Notes From Nam

Joe Lex

Nov 1, 20218 min read

#08 Some Quiet Returns ... at First

On October 01, 1968, The battalion units conducted RIFs in the area of Dau Tieng. One Bobcat from Company B died in hospital from an...

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Joe Lex

Feb 26, 202110 min read

I am a lifelong Chicago Bears fan. Gale Sayers, aka the Kansas Comet, was the best runner the Bears ever had until Walter Payton came...

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Joe Lex

Feb 25, 202116 min read

Skirmishes from 17 August accelerated. 17-18 August 1968 ============================================================= Battalion Action...

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Joe Lex

Feb 25, 20213 min read

In early summer of 1968, my family moved from Park Forest, a south suburb of Chicago, to Havana, Illinois, a town of less than 4500 on...

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Joe Lex

Feb 24, 20216 min read

There are no Battalion Action Reports available until 22 July 1968 C&C = Command and Control helicopter; usually unarmed, with a...

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