*Another year goes by....
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NWOP354 For the BOYS! * For Mitch Silvers! For Razorback!
-> For Cdr.Jennifer! the best Commander I've ever known! <-
:: Duane -=A=- Wheeler * Portland,Oregon * Jesus is Lord ::
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DUTY is the sublimest word in our language..Do your duty in all things.
*You cannot do more- and you should never wish to do less. Gen. LEE
- Jes'shake off the dirt and step up! ...said the MULE
(Mitch was a Trailranger at Op22 Norwalk,Calif SoCal Dist.
with Commander Hank "Lone Eagle" Cole FCF '68)
PFC Mitchel Frank Silvers #2350036 USMC was attached to
Co. K "Kilo" 3rd Battalion 1st Marines Jan 5 1968 and reported to duty
aborad the USS Valley Forge a helocopter assult ship, located
on station Quang Tri porvence, Republic of Viet-Nam.
On January 23 3rd Batt. 1st Marines (3/1) went ashore to commence
operational action against a hostile force, later found to be elements of
the 803rd, 812th,324th NVA regulars supported by "popular forces" (VC)
in and around the mouth of the Chu Viet river
*This operation carried the code name "Badger Catch/
Saline" and followed a previous operation known as "Badger Tooth"...
Total compliment of 3/1 was 1,583 enlisted and 62 Officers within 4
companies of Battalion Landing teams "I" "K" "L" and "M" and 9
"H&S" companies of tanks and engineers, medics ect.
*Mitch Silvers was in Co."K" assigned a job of MOS2531 fwd observer or
radio operator (still to be discovered) Capt. J.E. Regal in command.
Enemy control of the Chu Viet river had them establish fortified defensive
lines on the edge of hamlets, with defensive positions running back into
the centers of the hamlets them selves. The enemy defended his position
with tenacity and skill and did not break contact untill well after
darkness had fallen....
Exstensive paddy areas and dikes prevenved wheeled vehicles and proved
difficult for tracked vehicles as well... *what was known was the enemy
had occupied the north bank of the Chu Viet river so as to interdict river
traffic.
*Mission: 3/1 was assigned the mission to clear the north bank of the Chu
Viet river and adjacent areas of enemy forces.
*To come: Co."K" 3/1 attacks the village of My Loc (yd305680) 25 Jan 1968
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*For the Boys! * For PFC Mitch Silvers!
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