Troopers Category: B Company

327 Infantry Veterans - Vietnam War

Izard, Fred

Vietnam 2nd battalion Fred Izard B, E Companies 1967 - 1968 FIzard@aol.com I joined 2nd plt. B Co. 2/327 in Oct 67. Since I was the new guy with no rank I got stuck with a radio. I carried the radio for platoon Sgt. Corea (Jaguar) for about 6 months. Then I was transfered to [...]

Hess, Jimmy

Vietnam 2nd battalion Jimmy Hess B, D Companies 1968 Jimmy, a.k.a. as "The Jolly Green Giant," humped the 90mm Recoilless Rifle (with two rounds) into the A Shau Valley. Suppose it was because I'm 6'-8"? Lots of reinforced concrete bunkers there that an M-72 LAW couldn't penetrate. Was hit in the August air strike and [...]