Comments on: The 1966 Buddhist Crisis in South Vietnam http://www.historynet.com/the-1966-buddhist-crisis-in-south-vietnam.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:16:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dan E. Gibson http://www.historynet.com/the-1966-buddhist-crisis-in-south-vietnam.htm/comment-page-1#comment-61969 Dan E. Gibson Mon, 18 May 2009 15:48:50 +0000 #comment-61969 On April 9, 1966, I was the artillery forward observer who was on site with the platoon of marines from Fox 2-9 that was mentioned in the article. I called in the artillery fire mission and had several batteries of artillery waiting for my command to fire. The hero of this event was ignored by your story. Captain Reckwell, C.O. of Fox Company, led our small group at the run from our company position to interdict the approaching ARVN reinfored batallion. It was Capt. Reckwell that met the ARVN officer on the bridge. I never saw helicopter come in nor see Col. Chaisson or any other officer superior to Captain Reckwell on site. Obviously, being with a platoon facing a battalion with two 155 Howitzers was about as tense a situation as one could imagine. If they had fired on us, our air power and artillery would have been devistating to them. However, it is unlikely that it would have helped us survive. Dan Gibson Janesville, Wisconsin 608-743-0838 On April 9, 1966, I was the artillery forward observer who was on site with the platoon of marines from Fox 2-9 that was mentioned in the article. I called in the artillery fire mission and had several batteries of artillery waiting for my command to fire.

The hero of this event was ignored by your story. Captain Reckwell, C.O. of Fox Company, led our small group at the run from our company position to interdict the approaching ARVN reinfored batallion. It was Capt. Reckwell that met the ARVN officer on the bridge. I never saw helicopter come in nor see Col. Chaisson or any other officer superior to Captain Reckwell on site.

Obviously, being with a platoon facing a battalion with two 155 Howitzers was about as tense a situation as one could imagine. If they had fired on us, our air power and artillery would have been devistating to them. However, it is unlikely that it would have helped us survive.

Dan Gibson
Janesville, Wisconsin
608-743-0838

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