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Issue #26, October 2004, Table of Contents
FIREBALL AT DAK TO PAGES 1 - 3
A personal account and photos sent by SGT George L. Mercado about
Operation
Hawthorne and the part he saw as part of Company C 2/502.
MOM PAGE 4
Story of the wife of a B Company 2/327 veteran who supported soldiers of
B Company
1/327 in Iraq and their meeting at Cobra Lake in June.
IN THIS VALLEY THERE ARE TIGERS PAGES 5
- 9
Portion of Chapter 9 from a book by CWO4 (R) Charles A. McDonald.
This chapter
describes the action he saw at Dak To with C Company 1/327.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PAGES 10 - 16
Letters, photographs and other messages from readers and those who do
not subscribe.
Content includes material from the 1st Brigade web site, e-mail and mail
sent through the
U.S. Postal Service.
ON EAGLES WINGS PAGES 16 & 35
Another in the series of Viet Nam experiences by Kenneth B. Taylor,
2/327 C 6/66-6/67.
This story is called "My Worst Mission."
THE SCREAMING EAGLE NEWSPAPER PAGES 17
- 20
The August 16, 1967 issue was sent by Donald R. Lenc, 2/320 FA
HHB 6/67-6/68. From
the datelines in this issue there is no doubt the brigade is at Duc Pho.
327 DMOR PAGES 21 - 22
Photos and list of those honored with the title of Distinguished
COBRA LAKE PAGE 23
New rules for the Cobra Lake reunion in 2005 as well as photos from the
2004 Cobra
Lake Reunion sent by CSM(R) John R. "Russ" McDonald, 1/327 C
1/64-7/68
(CobraTop).
BRONZE STAR WITH V PAGE 24
Material furnished by 1st SGT(R) Wayne Smith, 2/502 HQ 3/67-3/68,
that includes
orders and a news story from Chu Lai.
OBITUARIES PAGE 25
Please send obituaries of our 1st Brigade (S) veterans when you see them
so they can be
published.
SUBSCRIBERS' LIST PAGES 26 - 30
Lists include those renewing subscriptions, new subscribers and address
corrections for
subscribers.
POEM PAGES 30 & 31
"Of Airborne Wings and CIB" by Claude A. Frisbie, 1/327 A
7/66-2/68, shows the
importance he places on these two awards.
101ST REUNION PAGE 31
Photo of members of C Company 1/327 at the Hampton, VA reunion. Material
furnished
by MAJ(R) Walter W. Jackson, 1/327 C 7/67-6/68.
NATIONAL AIRBORNE DAY PAGE 32
Proclamation proclaiming August 16 as National Airborne Day.
ITEMS FOR SALE PAGES 33 &34
Some of the items for sale are pictured on page 33 while others are
shown on page 34
along with an order form.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION PAGE 36
Information about the 1st Brigade (S) magazine along with notices, a
change of address
form, deadline for submitting material for the next magazine and a form
to send the name
of a friend