Vietnam 1st Battalion
Robert Lee Lindauer
C Company 1971 – 1972
WHEN I GOT TO VIETNAM I WAS 11BRAVO THE ENTIRE PLANE WAS. THEY SAID THEY WERE SHORT ON MP’S SO WE ALL BECAME MPS.TEN MONTHS LATER THEY SAID SINCE I WAS INFANTRY I WAS SHIPPED UP TO CAMP EAGLE.I DID GET MY CIB AN ANOTHER GUY GAVE ME AN AIR MEDALI WASNT REALLY THERE LONG ENOUGH 2 CAMPAIGNS 716 MP 101ST AIRBORNE;SMOKED SOME KILLER WEED AT FIREBASE BASTONE.I REMEMBER ASHAW VALLEY, DA NANG.FIRST TIME IN DA NANG THEY WERE SHIPPING US BACK TO BATTALIONSO A SHITHOOK LANDED MY PLATOON GOT ON AN LEFT, IT WAS 15MIN LATER THEY TURNED US AROUND WE LANDED BACK IN DANANG. BITCHING A MOANING, THEY PUT THE COOKS ON SO WHEN WE ALL GOT HOME OUR CHOW WOULD BE READY.WELL 1 NHOUR WENT BY OUR CHINOOK LANDED WE GOT BACK TO EAGLE…THE COOKS NEVER MADE IT HOME THEY CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINS THEY ALL DIED.ANYWAY WHEN WE WERE OUT IN THE BUSH I REMEMBER WALKING POINT..THERE IS A POEM WHERE THE LORD IS CARRIYING ME I TURN TO LOOK AN NO FOOTPRINTS YOU HAD TO LET GO-LET GOD. I HAVE 70PERCENT DISABILITY PTSD AGENT ORANGE DIABETIS BLADDER CANCER HEART DISEASE I HAVE HAD 3 STROKES IN 2.5 YRS. DO YOUEVER WONDER ARE WE REALLY HOME.