Posted on Nov 26, 2018
'They Are My Men': A 50-Year Veterans Reunion Helped My Dad Process A Brutal Battle
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"Not a day goes by that my dad, former Army Staff Sgt. Tom Frame, doesn't think about the men who fought and died alongside him in Vietnam.
In recent years for Veterans Day, he and some other guys from his unit have paid tribute by traveling to Texas, which was home for Staff Sgt. Marvin Rex Young. Young was one of 18 men who lost their lives in the Battle of Ben Cui, an intense firefight between my dad's unit and the North Vietnamese army.
The pilgrimages have been a way for my dad to reconnect with his fellow soldiers. And it was another trip to Texas, back in the summer, that really helped him honor Young and the others who died in the Battle of Ben Cui"
In recent years for Veterans Day, he and some other guys from his unit have paid tribute by traveling to Texas, which was home for Staff Sgt. Marvin Rex Young. Young was one of 18 men who lost their lives in the Battle of Ben Cui, an intense firefight between my dad's unit and the North Vietnamese army.
The pilgrimages have been a way for my dad to reconnect with his fellow soldiers. And it was another trip to Texas, back in the summer, that really helped him honor Young and the others who died in the Battle of Ben Cui"
'They Are My Men': A 50-Year Veterans Reunion Helped My Dad Process A Brutal Battle
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He was iin the 1/5th Mech wasn't he ? They got ambushed there between Tay Nhin and Trang Bang ! I had a retired full bird friend Col Dude Wolfe he was the Brigade commander during that action. There was so much shit going on that day they couldn't send reinforcements to help them they had to fight their way out !
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