Posted on May 11, 2015

50 years ago today, May 11, in sunny Vietnam-land

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U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.

General Westmoreland and Deputy Premier Nguyen Van Thieu make a parachute jump together.

The 1st marine Aircraft Wing flies in to establish its advance headquarters at Danang.

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Cpl Dennis F.

Posted 9 y ago

I and a few other Marines were invited to breakfast at El Toro MCAS with Westmoreland in August 1968. We had just returned from Vietnam and he had been called to Washington for an ass chewing.

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