SUB UNIT 5

HQ BN

3RD MARDIV

OUR TIME WAS 1967. OUR WAR WAS VIETNAM. OUR PLACE WAS KHE SANH.

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM OTHER TIMES AND OTHER BATTLES

David Plush is the son of Khe Sanh veteran Dennis Plush. Dennis was a radioman with Sub Unit 5 for most of 1967. He is deservedly proud of his son.

SSgt David Plush and his family when he returned from his second tour with the US Army in Iraq. The narrative that acompanies his award of the Silver Star medal follows.

ON A RECENT TRIP THROUGH SIDNEY. MONTANA I FOUND THIS MEMORIAL TO THE AMRICANS KIA IN IRAQ. REST IN PEACE BROTHERS.

@ casper star tribune

LT. SHANE CHILDERS OF POWELL, WYOMING WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO DIE IN ACTION IN THIS LATEST WAR IN IRAQ. I HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING LT CHILDERS' MOTHER AT THE MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY BALL IN 2006 IN CODY, WYOMING.

@ l bosworth

CWO-4 LARRY BOSWORTH MAY BE RETIRED, BUT HE CAN STILL FIND A FEW GOOD MEN. THESE MARINES ARE ON DUTY IN IRAG. GUNNER BOSWORTH WAS WITH OSCAR-3 AT KHE SANH IN 1967.

@ official usmc photo

DR BERNARD FALL WAS A STUDENT OF VIETNAM HISTORY. HE WROTE THE BOOK STREET WITHOUT JOY. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AS HE STUDIED A MAP WITH C/1/9 COMMANDING OFFICER CAPT CURD ON THE MORNING OF 21 FEBRUARY 1967 NEAR HUE. LATER THAT DAY DR FALL DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED FROM A BOOBY TRAP.

@ l larsen

THIS ANCIENT SITE IS CALLED THE MEDICINE WHEEL. IT SITS ON A BARE MOUNTAIN TOP IN THE BIG HORNS OF NORTHERN WYOMING.

ONLY ABOUT SIXTY MILES AS THE CROW FLIES IS THE LITTLE BIG HORN BATTLEFIELD IN MONTANA

@ l larsen

THIS IS THE HILL SIDE KNOWN AS CUSTER'S LAST STAND. THE MARKER IN THE CENTER IS WHERE CUSTER FELL.

@l larsen

DONALD RUHL IS BURIED IN THE HILLSIDE CEMETARY AT GREYBULL WYOMING. HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR (POSTHUMOUSLY) FOR HIS ACTION ON IWO JIMA.

@ jackson county minnesota in the world war

PRIVATE GILBERT OF THE 7TH MARINES IN 1918.

@ w larsen

HENDERSON FIELD ON GUADALCANAL IN 1943.

HEART MOUNTAIN RELOCATION CENTER MEMORIAL

@l larsen

In 1942 people of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast were forced out of their homes. They were interred in relocation camps like Heart Mountain in north western Wyoming. I am sure that it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. But most of them were American citizens. And many of them went on to enlist in the US Army and serve this great country.