Comments on: Operation Meade River: Marine Search-and-Destroy Cordon of the Vietnam War http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.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: Bruce H King http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-144542 Bruce H King Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:26:53 +0000 #comment-144542 I am one of the marines,that ran Bull-dozer for this oper.there was 3 marnies and 3 army guys,we just went out an dropped every thing that grow,we wast a assinged to ARvnig unit,one nite got the s*** kicked out of us. THANK God i am still hear to tell about ,I had to dig hole and burie those deep vet-cong I am one of the marines,that ran Bull-dozer for this oper.there was 3 marnies and 3 army guys,we just went out an dropped every thing that grow,we wast a assinged to ARvnig unit,one nite got the s*** kicked out of us. THANK God i am still hear to tell about ,I had to dig hole and burie those deep vet-cong

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]]> By: Randolph Macias Jr. http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-120883 Randolph Macias Jr. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:56:25 +0000 #comment-120883 I have read all the comments by the gentlemen that served in this particular mission called Meade River, and although my father did not talk about the specifics of what he did, it was enough to torture him mentally after he came home until his death a few years ago. I admired him for enlisting instead of being drafted. I discovered that he was in Operation Meade River, and I was trying to get a feel for what he went through by reading this article, I know I will never be able to truly know, because I wasn't there. When I told him I was going to join the Army he conveyed to me his worry about my going to war in Desert Storm, and although I finished my term of enlistment without being deployed, all the time I spent in Fort Carson was training for that very purpose, and I would like to say "Thank you to all the Veterans that made it back, and of course I remember the fallen vets that didn't make it back." My father and I share the same name he was senior, and I was Junior. If anyone remembers serving with him, I would appreciate any corrospondence via my email. - randmeister@hotmail.com thanks, RMJ. I have read all the comments by the gentlemen that served in this particular mission called Meade River, and although my father did not talk about the specifics of what he did, it was enough to torture him mentally after he came home until his death a few years ago. I admired him for enlisting instead of being drafted. I discovered that he was in Operation Meade River, and I was trying to get a feel for what he went through by reading this article, I know I will never be able to truly know, because I wasn’t there. When I told him I was going to join the Army he conveyed to me his worry about my going to war in Desert Storm, and although I finished my term of enlistment without being deployed, all the time I spent in Fort Carson was training for that very purpose, and I would like to say “Thank you to all the Veterans that made it back, and of course I remember the fallen vets that didn’t make it back.” My father and I share the same name he was senior, and I was Junior. If anyone remembers serving with him, I would appreciate any corrospondence via my email. – randmeister@hotmail.com thanks, RMJ.

]]> By: Lawrence Hogue http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-120059 Lawrence Hogue Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:04:44 +0000 #comment-120059 I was platoon radio man with 3/5 Lima company. I remember Operation Meade River because on 1 December I was hit by a sniper. My god friend Clarence Love was killed on that Operation. I remember it weel because I picked him up and he hd been hit by RPG in the head. I went after another wounded Marine when I got hit. I had to crawl about 250 meters under fire to get to him but he was not there and that was when I was hit. Lt. Carl Schultz my platoon commander was hit with RPG that day as well adn we both medvac to Da. Nang. I lost contact with him. He was fine soldier and a great leader. We lost a good Marines on this OPeration but we inflicted a sever blow to the enemy. As I set in my office today, I think we all did superb job in Vietnam. To all my fellow brothers in arms I say job well done. As for me I will never forget the sacrificies made by all at Meade River. Semper Fi, Lawrence L. Hogue I was platoon radio man with 3/5 Lima company. I remember Operation Meade River because on 1 December I was hit by a sniper. My god friend Clarence Love was killed on that Operation. I remember it weel because I picked him up and he hd been hit by RPG in the head. I went after another wounded Marine when I got hit. I had to crawl about 250 meters under fire to get to him but he was not there and that was when I was hit. Lt. Carl Schultz my platoon commander was hit with RPG that day as well adn we both medvac to Da. Nang. I lost contact with him. He was fine soldier and a great leader. We lost a good Marines on this OPeration but we inflicted a sever blow to the enemy. As I set in my office today, I think we all did superb job in Vietnam. To all my fellow brothers in arms I say job well done. As for me I will never forget the sacrificies made by all at Meade River.

Semper Fi,

Lawrence L. Hogue

]]> By: Cpl Mike McLeod http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-109200 Cpl Mike McLeod Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:38:41 +0000 #comment-109200 To James "Woody" Watwood, I to struggled with Vietnam and was it worth it. I do believe if were allowed to go north and settle it, 2 million south vietnamese would not have been murdered by the north. I know our b-52's had the north closed down several times and we could walked in and took over. It would have been hard but we could have ended it.Vietnam was a stepping stone to bring down the communist countries and free people. To little to late but we did not fight for nothing brother, don't ever forget we fought hard and the cowards back home made it impossible to win. Be safe Woody and forever hold your head up. Cpl Mike McLeod USMC Blt 2-26, 1st marines, 12th Div. Whiskey Battery I-corps To James “Woody” Watwood,
I to struggled with Vietnam and was it worth it. I do believe if were allowed to go north and settle it, 2 million south vietnamese would not have been murdered by the north. I know our b-52’s had the north closed down several times and we could walked in and took over. It would have been hard but we could have ended it.Vietnam was a stepping stone to bring down the communist countries and free people. To little to late but we did not fight for nothing brother, don’t ever forget we fought hard and the cowards back home made it impossible to win. Be safe Woody and forever hold your head up.

Cpl Mike McLeod
USMC
Blt 2-26, 1st marines, 12th Div.
Whiskey Battery
I-corps

]]> By: James "woody" Watwood http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-108386 James "woody" Watwood Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:21:14 +0000 #comment-108386 George, Thanks a million for this professionally written article. I am sure when I read your book , I’ll be equally impressed with your work. Though I would never wish “dodge city” on anyone, I must say, it has been a real treat to read this article and the comments from others who were there and can relate and understand. It makes me feel less alone to know others experienced similar things in this sorry little piece of real estate called, “dodge city”. I lost a piece of my innocence, a piece of my soul, in that ugly little god forsaken place, and after reading the posted comments, I can see I am not the only one. Semper Fi, ,bless you for being there, and welcome home. For those who didn’t make it home goes my deepest respect and a sorrow that goes all the way to the bone. There is an old saying that goes like this, “If it doesn’t kill you, you learn from it, it makes you a better person”. I have found this to be a lie. I have seen courage, valor, nobility, and honor, from those I served with I have seen these saintly qualities among those I have known. I see these qualities against a backdrop of a country called Vietnam , a country undeserving of the sacrifice of those with saintly qualities. In my tour of Vietnam I could not find a single instance (and I tried) anywhere of anything in that country worth a single American life. I cannot reconcile in my mind the quality of life given to a more worthless, and undeserving, cause as was Vietnam. What a foolish waste of resources. So, here I am, Vietnam didn’t kill me. So, I got to ask you, what have I learned that is supposed to make me a better person? NOTHING, that’s what! George,

Thanks a million for this professionally written article. I am sure when I read your book , I’ll be equally impressed with your work.

Though I would never wish “dodge city” on anyone, I must say, it has been a real treat to read this article and the comments from others who were there and can relate and understand. It makes me feel less alone to know others experienced similar things in this sorry little piece of real estate called, “dodge city”. I lost a piece of my innocence, a piece of my soul, in that ugly little god forsaken place, and after reading the posted comments, I can see I am not the only one. Semper Fi, ,bless you for being there, and welcome home.

For those who didn’t make it home goes my deepest respect and a sorrow that goes all the way to the bone. There is an old saying that goes like this, “If it doesn’t kill you, you learn from it, it makes you a better person”. I have found this to be a lie. I have seen courage, valor, nobility, and honor, from those I served with I have seen these saintly qualities among those I have known. I see these qualities against a backdrop of a country called Vietnam , a country undeserving of the sacrifice of those with saintly qualities. In my tour of Vietnam I could not find a single instance (and I tried) anywhere of anything in that country worth a single American life. I cannot reconcile in my mind the quality of life given to a more worthless, and undeserving, cause as was Vietnam. What a foolish waste of resources.

So, here I am, Vietnam didn’t kill me. So, I got to ask you, what have I learned that is supposed to make me a better person?

NOTHING, that’s what!

]]> By: James "woody" Watwood http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-108201 James "woody" Watwood Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:16:08 +0000 #comment-108201 I was a grunt in Delta 1-1-1. Dodge city was our area. I remember the "Truss", a favorate location for gook snipers. Many times Artillary had to be used to rid ourselves of these snipers. If it weren't snipers, it was bobby traps. I lost 2 friends on the same day less than 3 min. apart. Both stepped on bobby trapped 105 artillary shells. Both lived....if you want to call it that. They lost there legs as well as other body parts . If I remember correctly the black guy was named Williams, the white guy was named Leech or lynch. God I hated Dodge city. The night I got wounded was the most horrible day of my life. I just wanted to die. At least 3 times we were pinned down in rice patties by snipers. Everytime someone got hit,we had to carry their gear. my shoulers were bleeding from the weight. Water was everywhere from the weeks of rain. impossible to find anything dry. We were told to dig in. I was one of the few who did. My hole filled with water while I dug. I had passed out in the mud outside my hole. The gooks had thought my position was the C P due to it,s slight elevation and a careless light cigerette and proceeded to walk mortors in on me and my squad. The last one fired was the one that got me in the shoulder as I lay on the prone position to scared to run. The ARVN solder who I had been paired up with was not so lucky. He tried to run as the last one hit. He died before our medivac chopper reached the Da Nang hospital. I will never, ever, forget Dodge City. I was a grunt in Delta 1-1-1. Dodge city was our area. I remember the “Truss”, a favorate location for gook snipers. Many times Artillary had to be used to rid ourselves of these snipers. If it weren’t snipers, it was bobby traps. I lost 2 friends on the same day less than 3 min. apart. Both stepped on bobby trapped 105 artillary shells. Both lived….if you want to call it that. They lost there legs as well as other body parts . If I remember correctly the black guy was named Williams, the white guy was named Leech or lynch.

God I hated Dodge city. The night I got wounded was the most horrible day of my life. I just wanted to die. At least 3 times we were pinned down in rice patties by snipers. Everytime someone got hit,we had to carry their gear. my shoulers were bleeding from the weight. Water was everywhere from the weeks of rain. impossible to find anything dry.

We were told to dig in. I was one of the few who did. My hole filled with water while I dug. I had passed out in the mud outside my hole. The gooks had thought my position was the C P due to it,s slight elevation and a careless light cigerette and proceeded to walk mortors in on me and my squad. The last one fired was the one that got me in the shoulder as I lay on the prone position to scared to run. The ARVN solder who I had been paired up with was not so lucky. He tried to run as the last one hit. He died before our medivac chopper reached the Da Nang hospital. I will never, ever, forget Dodge City.

]]> By: Jerry Gupton http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-95896 Jerry Gupton Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:27:39 +0000 #comment-95896 Thanks to all you who served in the Marines and especially those involved in the Meade River Operation. I lost a very special first cousin, Cpl Connard Darrell Mallory. He was with I Co, 3rd Bn, 26th Marines and was killed on December 8th along with 15 other brave Marines as part of this operation. I would like to talk with J.E. and any others who might have known Darrell during that time. Thanks again and welcome home. I was Army in "Little America" Cam Rahn Bay 71-72 24th Trans. Thanks to all you who served in the Marines and especially those involved in the Meade River Operation.

I lost a very special first cousin, Cpl Connard Darrell Mallory. He was with I Co, 3rd Bn, 26th Marines and was killed on December 8th along with 15 other brave Marines as part of this operation.

I would like to talk with J.E. and any others who might have known Darrell during that time.

Thanks again and welcome home. I was Army in “Little America” Cam Rahn Bay 71-72 24th Trans.

]]> By: Cpl Mike McLeod http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-91700 Cpl Mike McLeod Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:15:25 +0000 #comment-91700 Does anyone of you Marines remember being on the USS Daluth(sp) and going south in a Monsoon? Cpl Mike McLeod Motor T chief Blt/226 Whiskey Battery Does anyone of you Marines remember being on the USS Daluth(sp) and going south in a Monsoon?

Cpl Mike McLeod
Motor T chief
Blt/226
Whiskey Battery

]]> By: Cpl Mike McLeod http://www.historynet.com/operation-meade-river-marine-search-and-destroy-cordon-of-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-86385 Cpl Mike McLeod Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:46:07 +0000 #comment-86385 I was with BLT 226/1st Marines/Whiskey Battery I worked resupply and transport out of Camp Booker and maintained Base Camp Security. I was blew in to a roll of RAZOR WIRE AND CREASED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER 1968. WOULD NOT LET DOC GRASSI MAKE A REPORT AND I TURNED DOWN PURPER HEART. MAYBE I SHOULD NOT HAVE..... SEMPER FI, I was with BLT 226/1st Marines/Whiskey Battery

I worked resupply and transport out of Camp Booker and maintained Base Camp Security.

I was blew in to a roll of RAZOR WIRE AND CREASED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER 1968. WOULD NOT LET DOC GRASSI MAKE A REPORT AND I TURNED DOWN PURPER HEART. MAYBE I SHOULD NOT HAVE…..

SEMPER FI,

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