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462 entries.
wrote on July 11, 2026
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10:57 am
Hi guys- This is Tom Jones, aka "Buddha" in the Nam. I was with the 1/327 for the first 6 months of 1970 and then I transferred to the 1/501 as part of the infusion program to prevent everybody from DEROSing at the same time. I remember "General Lee". Pierce, "Yankee", "West Virginia", "Tennessee", Gabe, "Moon", Cadman and "Big John", O'Berry, Rusnak, "JoJo", "Chickenman", Top Sellars, Frazee, "Wild Bill", Ziggy the medic, Noble, Horton, Kunnert, Yates, and "Terrible Terry" as if it were yesterday. I would love to hear from any of you guys.
wrote on June 29, 2026
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1:15 pm
I served with B Co 1st Bn 327th Inf from. September 1966 to September 1967. I extended for base security at Phang Rang.
wrote on June 25, 2026
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9:04 am
I was Jimmy Cintineo's CO at the time of his death. He was the senior medic in the Tiger Force and the best medic with whom I ever served.
wrote on June 21, 2026
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4:55 am
My cousin was James Giacomo Cintineo. (Jimmy). I would like to get in touch with some of the other Veterans particularly from his unit. I have respect for the military.
He was a Specialist Five. Giacomo served in the Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion,327th Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division. https://327infantry.org/troopers/cintineo-giacomo-james/
He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War beginning his tour of duty on May 30, 1966 until his tragic passing on December 25, 1966. He was a Medical NCO (Combat Medic). He was in South Vietnam.
Thank you for your time.
He was a Specialist Five. Giacomo served in the Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion,327th Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division. https://327infantry.org/troopers/cintineo-giacomo-james/
He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War beginning his tour of duty on May 30, 1966 until his tragic passing on December 25, 1966. He was a Medical NCO (Combat Medic). He was in South Vietnam.
Thank you for your time.
wrote on June 15, 2026
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2:06 pm
Thank you to the Gilberts and Chambers and the rest of the volunteers that made the Cobra reunion fantastic!
wrote on June 15, 2026
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10:00 am
Thank you Don and Christine and all the younger Cobras for another great reunion.
We really appreciate all of the effort you put into it.
Ron G
We really appreciate all of the effort you put into it.
Ron G
wrote on May 25, 2026
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5:16 am
Today I take time to remember and Honor all those with whom I serve red. I also take this time to remember those I served with that never came back from Vietnam. ALBERT BURCIAGA never came home. He was the best of the best!
I think it is very fitting to remember the words of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae written in his hastily crafted poem Flanders Fields. "If ye break faith from us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields......
I think it is very fitting to remember the words of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae written in his hastily crafted poem Flanders Fields. "If ye break faith from us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields......
wrote on May 22, 2026
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9:02 pm
For historical correctness I would like to correctly identify the dirt road which went by Firebase Bastone and continued toward the Ashau Valley where the intense firefight occured. It was known as road 547. NVA coming down the Ho Chi Minh trail would make a left turn into Vietnam entering road 547. It was big enough for the NVA to move tanks trucks and other military supplies and ammunition into the Ashau Valley which until the 101st arrived was their safe haven.
It is an established fact that some of the most intense fighting of the Vietnam war was fought in the Ashau Valley. If you need a reference, read the description of Operation Delaware in the Republic of Vietnam.
It is an established fact that some of the most intense fighting of the Vietnam war was fought in the Ashau Valley. If you need a reference, read the description of Operation Delaware in the Republic of Vietnam.
wrote on May 22, 2026
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3:00 pm
As far as I AM concerned Albert Burciaga was the finest paratrooper that ever walked through the Ashau Valley Vietnam
wrote on May 22, 2026
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7:16 am
My account of a firefight in the Ashau Valley after Charlie miking out of Firebase Bastone .
Colonel Beckwith and CSM Gergen were with us as we pushed west toward Cam odoan border. We were going deeper into the mouth of the tiger(Ashau Valley). We were breaking through triple canopy jungle with machetes
while mechanized unit accompanying us was on dirt road parallel to our movement west.
Suddenly , we were ambushed by dug in NVA troops. Small arms fire from NVA was intense. I remember hearing the intense crackling of
rapid fire from a Russian light machine gun from a sniper up in the trees. It a fuckin RPD rain shit down on us at 1100 rounds per minute. Sgt Williams took a direct hit in his head from shrapnel probably from a Chinese
claymore that proceeded the initial small arms fire that started the ambush. Colonel Beckwith was in a gully beside the dirt road.where armored track vehicles were moving
Beckwith ordered the mechanized unit commander to move forward into triple canopy jungle to back us up. The mechanized commander refused. He knew it was a strategic mistake. Colonel Beckwith in defiance commanded us the move forward. To advance directly into the mouth of the tiger
NVA forces. My reaction Are you F__kin kidding me. Here goes: the shit hit the fan we flanked the NVA meeting strong resistance.
Wherever we moved we were countered by high trained NVA forces. RPD raining down on us. In a brief moment I realized * had been hit by shrapnel. I knew if I stayed in field my wounds would get infected. Infection might cause me to lose a body part. So I returned fire and withdrew to area on road where Medivac helicopter was about to take off. I jumped in just in time for liftoff to triage area a few miles away. I remember being tagged by triage medic in field an evacuated to marine hospital in Hue Phu Bai.
Colonel Beckwith and CSM Gergen were with us as we pushed west toward Cam odoan border. We were going deeper into the mouth of the tiger(Ashau Valley). We were breaking through triple canopy jungle with machetes
while mechanized unit accompanying us was on dirt road parallel to our movement west.
Suddenly , we were ambushed by dug in NVA troops. Small arms fire from NVA was intense. I remember hearing the intense crackling of
rapid fire from a Russian light machine gun from a sniper up in the trees. It a fuckin RPD rain shit down on us at 1100 rounds per minute. Sgt Williams took a direct hit in his head from shrapnel probably from a Chinese
claymore that proceeded the initial small arms fire that started the ambush. Colonel Beckwith was in a gully beside the dirt road.where armored track vehicles were moving
Beckwith ordered the mechanized unit commander to move forward into triple canopy jungle to back us up. The mechanized commander refused. He knew it was a strategic mistake. Colonel Beckwith in defiance commanded us the move forward. To advance directly into the mouth of the tiger
NVA forces. My reaction Are you F__kin kidding me. Here goes: the shit hit the fan we flanked the NVA meeting strong resistance.
Wherever we moved we were countered by high trained NVA forces. RPD raining down on us. In a brief moment I realized * had been hit by shrapnel. I knew if I stayed in field my wounds would get infected. Infection might cause me to lose a body part. So I returned fire and withdrew to area on road where Medivac helicopter was about to take off. I jumped in just in time for liftoff to triage area a few miles away. I remember being tagged by triage medic in field an evacuated to marine hospital in Hue Phu Bai.