HAPPY VETERANS DAY TROOPERS! IP: 107.191.169.164 Posted on November 10, 2016 at 10:03:10 PM by Jerry B
Here's wishing all our Veterans a safe and well Veterans Day. Thank you, Veterans for making America strong and free. For those of you within my circle, you continue to be an important link in my life's chain.
This day--Veterans Day--has some special meaning for those of us who served with the 3-506th, especially at the beginning of the battalion's Vietnam odyssey.
The “Stand Alone” Battalion was initiated into the Vietnam War on November 11, 1967-Veterans Day-an appropriate date for the unit to begin its combat legacy as a new generation of Currahees. On this day, the 3-506 embarked on its first combat operation-Operation ROSE. It was a combination Search and Destroy/Reconnaissance in Force operation southwest of Phan Rang in Ninh Thuan Province.
If members are interested to know where in Vietnam and what the battalion was involved in during your tour, here's what I can tell you. I would love to hear and am sure that other members would too, to hear more about your Veterans Day in Vietnam. Post your comments and recollections after your timeframe. See additional posts.
As a Veterans Day gift to all my combat "hunting" brothers, I would like to invite each of you to free access to the Montana Woods'N Water outdoor magazine--Living The Dream. The owner/publisher Raf Viniard is a good friend of mine and a appreciate Veterans. He asked me to join his pro staff writing team back when he started up his publication (2014), but due to too many irons in the fire, I kept putting him off, until I finally gave in! He will include some of my "Things I Remember" hunting stories and pictures beginning in the next month issue. You can find a few photos of my grandson Blake in the July and October Issues, and one of me in this month's issue (Nov.). If you enjoy outdoor stories and photos, particularly NW Montana, check out the magazine.
Also, the following posts of Veterans Day timeframes for our Currahees are taken from our book--The Stand Alone Battalion--A Pictorial Chronology of the 3-506 Vietnam Odyssey (1967-1971). As another Veterans Day offer, if you own a copy of this book and its pages are beginning to seperate--due to useage--or never got a copy; send me $10 to cover postage and large padded shipping envelope, and I will ship you a new book.
