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Deborah Davitt 
11/18/09 at 08:33 AM

Branch of Service or Civilian: USMC

Unit Served in Viet Nam, If Any: I Corp, HMM 362

Comments:
I am the widow of Tony Davitt. He was the EMBO for his squadron, Ugly Angels, in country '68. I still have his flight logs which show quite a few flights to Khe Sanh. Most of his flights were troop insertions/extractions and med evacs.

I found Chap. Stubbe's story moving. In August of 1983, Tony RTB by his own hand just weeks after we discovered the body of a friend who had been murdered. In August of 2006, I received a book from a fellow named Chris Sauro, The Twins Platoon, and discovered he looked very much like my murdered friend whose discovery triggered Tony's final battle with PTSD.

As Tony had been selected for a Jesuit scholarship and had a deep spiritual side which many of his fellow pilots and buddies never saw, it occurred to me that he might have touched base with a chaplain there.

It took me 17 yrs to get his file from the VA and I'll spare you the details of that, suffice to say that I am still battling with them. Seems Tony had gone in in '76 for assist as he'd already been hospitalized at a mental health facility; the claims file showed an abrupt denial and indicated he had no combat stressors and apparently none of his doctors nor he ever got the file!

Much has changed since then in expediting veterans' claims, but for every improvement, there have been terrible shortcomings. The advent of the internet has made it possible for people like Chap. Stubbe to reach out and assist others in reaching out to one another. I truly believe that had this resource been available, Tony would have overcome that hurdle as he loved us so very, very much.

With love and gratitude for all y'all have done, suffered, and survived,

Deborah Daniels Davitt

Patrick R Maher JR Email
11/12/09 at 01:42 AM

Branch of Service or Civilian: Civilian

Unit Served in Viet Nam, If Any: N/A

Comments:
My uncle SSGT Howard Waldron (Whitey) was KIA on March 9,1968 at Khe Sanh .I am writing a book for our family, about the history of our ancestors. And while i have information from family members about Whitey. I hope that a few of his fellow marines would share some of their stories with me so that i can get to know him better. And can write an accurate account of what a great man he was. Thank you all who served to keep us free on this Veterens Day 2009.

Patrick R Maher Jr

Dave Fadley Email
10/28/09 at 09:57 PM

Branch of Service or Civilian: Civilian

Unit Served in Viet Nam, If Any: NA

Comments:

To all who have served,

Words can't thank you for your sacrifice for
America. You went without thinking about the outcome. You went because you believed in America and the freedom you were fighting for.

I had a friend, Jack Crosby Bogard, 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/26 Marines. He was KIA on 5Feb68 on Hill 861 Alpha. If anyone knew Jack, I'd like to hear from him.

I have a son who served in the Marines from 1998 until 2003. He's now in the Ohio National Guard, having served 11 months at Fort Hood and Kuwait.

Thanks for any information you may have. I heard there was someone writing a book/article about the events of 5Feb68 on Hill 861A. Any information would be appreciated.

A grateful American,

Dave Fadley

Jon Manoogian Email
10/23/09 at 05:11 PM

Branch of Service or Civilian: USMC

Unit Served in Viet Nam, If Any: 2/3 Gco

Comments:
SEMPER FI ! BROTHERS IN ARMS ! searching for those who were in hill fight on 23 may 68'

Jon Miskowski Email
10/20/09 at 12:18 AM

Branch of Service or Civilian: Civilian

Unit Served in Viet Nam, If Any: None

Comments:
Met a couple of Khe Sahn veterans at Kokomo who encouraged me to post here. Met two more Khe Sahn veterans on Saturday which reminded me. In May 2010, Wisconsin will honor our Vietnam veterans at LZ Lambeau in Green Bay. You can learn more at http://www.lzlambeau.org
Ray Stube who is featured in the Khe Sahn story in Wisconsin Public Television's three hour documentary history of the Vietnam War told by the men and women who served -- promises he'll be there and I wanted to encourage you to do the same.
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