I'm in touch with a few of them but have been in touch with quite a few. I started research on our companies "travels" in RVN back in the late 70's. Rough going back then before the internet was accessible to me. The 1st Division museum isn't too far from me so there was some material available but not a bunch. Then Newsweek did the article on us, CBS/Bill Moyer did the TV special (Bittersweet Memories) and then the book got published. And so...with my notes/letters home I was able to piece even more together. The internet was a huge help and then the web REALLY got things going. Some members of our regiment started a web page which developed into a site which developed into the Black Lions Society which now has so many members that they can't afford to mail out member lists anymore.jerryd6818 wrote:Are you in touch with any of the guys you served with? If you are you know that even though you may not have seen them in 30 years or more, when you get in touch with them, it's just like you saw them yesterday.
My good buddy, Mike MacDonald, (no...not the singer) was humping the squad radio when I first joined the platoon, then he moved to humping company radio, then he moved to battalion radio and now he's the president of the BL society. I've got well over 1,000 photos, 2/28th DSJ's, 1st Div. AA's and a full set of operational maps of south Vietnam. When I get done with the research it's going into museum here in Illinois so it will be available for research in their library. I'm on my 5th computer with a 6th one about ready to be put online, 4 scanners and all sorts of printer paper...miles of it from way back when. I'm in a 10'x10' room that has about 8 sq ft of walking area available anymore. ::sigh::
DSJ = Daily Staff Journal
AA = After Action report