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 D 3/21 in memory (currently 1 views) |
| Jim Gray |
| Posted on: February 6th, 2011, 4:27pm |
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Big Member Sept 67-Sept 68 D 3/21 and HHC
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for those that do not know. D 3/21 is nicknamed Black Death. We lost our CO Capt. Belcher in this battle, and my understanding is that is why it was nicknamed Black Death. I still have my original patch made in Nam depicting Black Death.
I was fortunate in that when certain people heard that i had a brother in Nam [ Air Force in Cam Rahn Bay] i was removed from the field 2 weeks before this occurred. |
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| Gregory B Peters |
| Posted on: February 6th, 2011, 6:15pm |
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Maximum Member2 B company, 3/21/196th, incountry 07/1966-07/1967
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Hi James,
http://books.google.com/books?.....0vietnam&f=false
Col. Humphries in his book "Through the Valley..." discusses the naming Black Death.
BTW, when you say removed from the field because of your brother being there,
were you sent stateside? My Daddy was a lifer and was in and out of Nam as an "advisor" from the fifties on. He returned while I was still there. We were summoned to headquarters in Saigon and I was told I got to go home because both of us were combat :-) BUT then they told me that after Dad left I had to come back and finish my tour :-( I think that was the first time a four star ever heard an em say f**K you to his face. After all, what could they do? Send me to Nam? So with the blessing of Mother, we both signed a waiver and finished our tours.
Greg |
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| Jim Gray |
| Posted on: February 6th, 2011, 7:58pm |
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Big Member Sept 67-Sept 68 D 3/21 and HHC
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no i stayed in Nam. I was assigned to HHC as the Brigade casualty reporter. I was at Baldy and prepared the reports twice daily for the meetings in BTOC. The reports were mimeographed and then presented by Capt Cary in brigade HHC. i moved up to Camp Carroll and then back to Baldy when the Brigade moved.
i will have to read Col Humphries book. |
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| JimStone |
| Posted on: March 9th, 2011, 10:23pm |
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Minimum Member A 3/21 67-68 Lexington, Ne
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| I believe they were called Black Death because Belcher was a black man. It had nothing to do with this battle as they were black death befor that action. It was Belcher's call sign. Alpha was The Annialator and I can't remember B and C Co call signs. The Col. would have nightly talks on the radios with the company commanders at a certain time and they would each chime in with their call signs in order and then discuss happenings for the day. I believe this was discontinued after a short time because they finally figured out Charlie might be listening in Duh. I remember the Col saying Alpa got so many gooks that day in the Annialiator way, meaning we captured so many and Black Death would get kills, he wanted body count so we had to step it up a little and quit taking so many prisoners. Stoney |
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| namvet382 |
| Posted on: March 10th, 2011, 10:16pm |
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| From my understanding when I was 3/82 FA ,2/68 till 2/68 that D was named after the CO because he was killed. I saw them come up the hill carrying a cross made of tree limbs with a scull on top n other things hanging off. They looked like Hells Angles. Also understood that they got over run 1 night without setting up a primeter 3 times. 1st n 2nd was killing them n 3rd was collecting weapons n anything else they could carry. I may be wrong about them getting overrun |
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