18 Feb 2004 "Corky" Junger joined Golf 2/7's third platoon just before we started on Operation Oklahoma Hills. He was shot while tending a wounded Marine. Like so many of the Corpsmen I knew he took his duties seriously. Personal safety came after tending to the wounded. As I grow older their courage and devotion, as a group, impresses me more and more. The attached picture was taken while on Operation Oklahoma Hills, probably while on Hill 785 in the mountains just north of Happy Valley. Travis Skaggs 614 Derby Ct., Carson City, Nv 89703 tskaggs6@yahoo.com Visit the Golf 2/7 Marines

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall In early April, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, were involved in Operation OKLAHOMA HILLS, a search-and destroy operation aimed at the 31st NVA Regiment in the hills west of Danang. On 11 Apr, Echo Company found the 31st NVA's main base camp, an installation consisting of more than 300 assorted fortifications and buildings as well as large quantities of munitions and equipment. Golf Company, operating to Echo's west, found a smaller, but still large, enemy complex. Rather than stand and fight, the 31st NVA Regiment chose to abandon their base camps - but used blocking forces and rear-guard actions to protect movement of the main body of their troops further into the hills. One of these actions, on 15 Apr 1969, cost Golf Company, 2/7 Marines, three men killed in action: HM3 Walter J. Junger, Tulsa, OK; LCpl Wayne R. Quarles, Camden, NJ; and Pfc Clifford G. LaBombard, Albany, NY. "You guys are the Marine's doctors - There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..." -- Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller -- Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

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