2nd Battalion 9th Marines
When I got to Vietnam I was assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. We were stationed in the Northern I Corp, up by the DMZ just down from where Khe Sanh use to be, at Vandegrift Combat Base, LZ Stud. Being a grunt there was some difficulty taking pictures and getting the film processed in a timely manner, many rolls never got processed and those that did may have spent a month or better in my back pack in hot and humid weather. Those that did survive were not of the best quality and after fifty years in albums did sustain some damage, which I was able to fix somewhat.
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2nd Battalion 9th Marines
I arrived in DaNang, Vietnam on Dec. 17, 1968. I was in DaNang for several days awaiting assignment. I was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment and sent to Quang Tri. Once there I was assigned to Fox Company and was issued my equipment and M16. After a couple of days of paperwork I was sent to Vandagrift Combat Base, known to most as LZ Stud. The base was located by the DMZ and Khe Sanh.
