14-358 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

A South Vietnamese Marine, severely wounded during a Viet Cong ambush, is comforted by a comrade in a sugar cane field at Duc Hoa, about 12 miles west of Saigon. August 5, 1963.

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[CINDERS]

Hope he pulled through

[Snafu]

Hope he made it out before the fall

[Bill Hollinger]

I found another cation that stated there were four wounded and one killed. I suspect he at least made it out of this engagement.

[25-5]

Very sad. Heroic, but very sad.

[Paul S.]

A little factoid here: The ARVNs were mostly conscripts. I remember my ARVN translator, Sgt. Phat (his real name!), told me once conscripted they were in till age 55. Phat's brother was an infantry Lieutenant and was KIA near Phan Rang in late 1969.