2/503d VIETNAm Newsletter - August 2010, Issue 18

Contact: [email protected] See all issues: www.firebase319.org/2bat/news.php August 2010 ~ Issue 18 ~ 2/503d PHOTOS OF THE MONTH ~ Honoring Our Helio Buddies January 16, 2010 God’s Own Lunatics Filed under Rollcall Presentation by Mr. Joe Gallaway, a war correspondent with the grunts and a hero. The only civilian to be awarded, from the Army, a Bronze Star for bravery in action. From the sound track of The Shadow of the Blade, gods-own-lunatics2 2d Battalion on mission. Photo by: Wayne Hoitt, 2/503d 2/503d ready to board Huey’s at the “Snakepit”, Bien Hoa airbase . Photo by: Wayne Hoitt, 2/503d I don’t know if there is anybody here today who doesn’t thrill at the sound of those blades. That familiar whoop whoop whoop is the sound track of our war. The lullaby of our younger days. To someone who spent his time in Nam with the grunts, I’ve got to tell you that noise was always a great comfort. It meant that someone was going to help, someone was coming to get our wounded, someone was coming to bring us water and ammo, someone was coming to take our dead brothers home. 2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter / August 2010 - Issue 18 Page 1 of 47