31 Jul 2006 It is as if a silver chord Were suddenly grown mute, And life's song with its rhythm warred Against a silver lute. It is as if a silence fell Where bides the garnered sheaf, And voices murmuring, "It is well," Are stifled by our grief. It is as if the gloom of night Had hid a summer's day, And willows, sighing at their plight, Bent low beside the way, For he was part of the best That Nature loves and gives, And ever more on Memory's breast He lies and laughs and lives. - Paul Lawrence Dunbar - From a classmate, Spencer High School, Class of 1966, Wilson wwil333@aol.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall In the early morning of 07 Jan 1968, a Lima 3/4 platoon began an anti-sniper patrol, trying to root out several snipers who had been firing into the perimeter. An initial success very rapidly became more difficult when the patrol encountered a well dug-in NVA force and the fight developed into an all-day affair. The remainder of Lima 3/4 came to help, and Kilo 3/4 was sent as well. When the Marines broke contact toward sundown, they had killed no fewer than 26 North Vietnamese soldiers - but Lima 3/4 had lost six men, and one of their wounded died the following day: LCpl Richard G. Mangrum, Lynn Haven, FL (Silver Star) LCpl Louis G. Petrone, Morristown, NJ (Silver Star) Pfc William M. Anderson, Opa Locka, FL Pfc Lawrence C. Covington, Jersey City, NJ (DoW 01/08/1968) Pfc David L. Johnson, Columbus, GA Pfc Bobby R. McKinnon, Kosciusko, MS Pfc Donald E. Monkman, Bloomington, IL

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