Water becomes memory as Bravo Company battles heat and fire in Vietnam
In Vietnam’s Song Re River valley Bravo Company of the 2nd Battalion 12th Cavalry lands under fire. Water shortages drive desperate bids for a drink as helicopters hover and Med-Evac crews aid injuries. Captain Philip E. Pons Jr. leads the water request amid scorched terrain and rising heat.
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Gia Vuc
South Vietnam
UPI
Lorin Griggs
Cleveland
Tenn
Jim Pettit
Houston
Tex
Roger Kehmer
Bay City
Mich
Song Re
1St Cavalry Division
Vietnam
12Th Cavalry
Bravo Company
Charles Vokal
Grand Rapids
Water Shortage Averted by Helicopter Resupply
In a Bravo unit, First Sergeant Theolopolis Rigas of Astoria and Augusta led sergeants to keep order when promised water failed to arrive. A helicopter soon delivered 11 five-gallon cans, providing one canteen per man to avert a crisis.
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Bravo
Theolopolis
Ted) Rigas
Astoria
Queens
New York City
Augusta
Innocent Plea in Burglary Case At Local Store
James Marlin Moore aged 31 pleaded innocent in Common Pleas Court on two burglary charges involving the B F Goodrich store on Whitley Avenue. Bond set at 2000 dollars. Moore captured by Pennsylvania State Patrol in Beaver Falls. He is second arrestee in the theft of a safe containing 250 dollars. James Allen Goodsite, 18, remains in Huron County Jail under 5000 bond.
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B.F. Goodrich
Whittlesey Avenue
James Marlin Moore
Common Pleas
Moore
Pennsylvania
Beaver Falls
James Allen Goodsite
Huron County
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