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     This page is a collection of personal experience narratives, "War Stories", of some of the soldiers who served in A Troop in Vietnam.  If you have a narrative to submit please contact us by email.

• "The Combat Mess Hall Cook" by Robert E. Wellman (69/70)
• "Throw-Back 50 Years: First Contact" by Reb Marthers (69/70)
• "Mario" by John G. Jerdon (1968)
  
• "Left Behind"  by Bob Schneider (Aug. 19, 1968).
• "Ambush" by Lonnie Dotson (69/70).
• "Boom! Another Landmine" by Lonnie Dotson (69/70).
• "Trial by Fire" by Lonnie Dotson (69/70).
• "Once upon a Sunny Afternoon" by Lonnie Dotson (69/70).
• "Purple Heart" by Gene Yonke (1968).
• "A Letter to Dad" by Rachel Heath, daughter of Larry Heath (68/69).
• "Miller Time" by John G. Jerdon (1968).
• "The Hoc Mon 500" by John G. Jerdon (1968).
• "A Son Was There" by Verlie Moore, mother of John Moore (68/69).
• "My Story, a Belated Notification to Parents"  by Bob Schneider (67/68).
• "3/4 Cav Duty on Hwy #1 South of Cu Chi, 66" by Roger McGill (65/66).
• "A Troop arrives at Cu Chi, Feb 22, 1966" by Dave Cox (65/66).
• "Welcome Home Dad" by Collette McGill daughter of Roger McGill (65/66).
• "Just Remembering, 29 July 1969" by Reb Marthers (69/70).
• "The Big Red One" by Reb Marthers (69/70)
• "A Tribute to Milford Homer Wensel, KIA 5 June 1969" by Denny Wensel, his brother.
• "Buffaloed" by John G. Jerdon (1968).
• "The Fecal Finger of Fate" by John G. Jerdon (1968).
• "Kane" by John G. Jerdon (1967).
• "Fear" by John G. Jerdon (1967).
• "Pop" by John G. Jerdon (1967).
• "The Bouncing Grenade" by Rick Avant (1968).
• "Remembering January 20, 1968" by Rick Avant (1968).
• "Remembering August 19, 1968" by Gene Yonke (1968).
• "A Day at the Race Track - May 27, 1968" by Rick Avant (1968).
• "A Troop Harvests What The VC Sowed" by Rick Avant (67/68).
• "Willie Pete Calls a Dust-off" by Dave Cox (65/66).
• "War is Not Always Hell" by Steve Turner (68/69).
• "The Alley Fight" by John G. Jerdon (1968).
• "The Day A24 Died" by Daniel Chapa (1969).
• "Prisoners of our Memories by Daniel Chapa (1969).
• "Ollie" by John G. Jerdon (67/68).
• "Joe" by John G. Jerdon (67/68).
• "Dog Tags: A Bond Formed in Combat" by David Olsen (68/69).
• "The Wood Line" by Warren Yeagley (68/69).
• "Charles Allen, ABC News, Somewhere West of Saigon" by John G. Jerdon (1968).
• "My Colonel, My Captain, & My Lieutenant" by John G. Jerdon (1968).
• "Whitey" by John G. Jerdon (1968)
• "Doc" by John G. Jerdon (1968)
• "A Tribute to Veterans", song composed by songwriter Jerry Calow.
• "Fiddler's Green" author unknown (mid 1800's).
• "I Wasn't There" by John G. Jerdon (1967).

     Stories can be freely used by former members of 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry who served with the unit in Vietnam. Use is granted for personal use only. Use on any other web site or in commercial publications is prohibited unless permission is obtained from the story's owner.  Contact us by email for information on ownership of these stories.