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Marines Recall Vietnam Grit And Tiny Joys In Service
In Fort Sill report and recollections from Vietnam, Marine PFC Louis Salizar recalls danger and humor, from a safety pin in a hand grenade to finding four pieces of gum in a C-ration pack. The piece notes his 13 months with the 4th Marine Regiment and a last-day capture of a Viet Cong. A second brief item covers Private Rodney Bates completing eight weeks as an artillery surveyor at Fort Sill with wife Sheryl listed as his address contact.
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3Rd Marine Amphibious Force
Pfc
Vietnam
Louis Salizar
Charlie Cong
Fort Sill
Okla
Rodney A. Bates
Kenneth E. Bales
Maple St
Sidney
Army Artillery and Missile School