Comments on: 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry in the Battle of Hoa Hoi http://www.historynet.com/1st-battalion-12th-cavalry-in-the-battle-of-hoa-hoi.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: larry d whitman C 1/12 abn http://www.historynet.com/1st-battalion-12th-cavalry-in-the-battle-of-hoa-hoi.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46871 larry d whitman C 1/12 abn Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:01:17 +0000 #comment-46871 I remember the night, the flares lit the sky, the shells crashed into the ground, after what seemed like an eternity we left the trench that divided the village, and made our way through a village of craters. Along the way we collected the villagers that emerged from their bomb shelters, and the enemy that was also shell shocked. A night of pounding by shells left the place looking like a desolate moon scape. Charlie Company 1/12 survived another battle. Larry D Whitman I remember the night, the flares lit the sky, the shells crashed
into the ground, after what seemed like an eternity we left
the trench that divided the village, and made our way through
a village of craters. Along the way we collected the villagers that
emerged from their bomb shelters, and the enemy that was also
shell shocked. A night of pounding by shells left the place looking
like a desolate moon scape. Charlie Company 1/12 survived another battle.

Larry D Whitman

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