Forty -six years ago today, 76 courageous souls of the 173rd Airborne, Company A 2/503 Infantry (approx. 120) were slaughtered via multiple human wave attacks by an elite North Viet Nam unit (estimated anywhere from 500-1200) in the Central Highlands of South Viet Nam. Another two dozen were seriously wounded in what is now known as The Battle of the Slopes. This encounter ranks as the worse loss of life by a US unit in a single day. I am one of a couple dozen who survived this massacre charged with ensuring the world of its significance. So many young to have left us so soon. "Sweet is war to those who have never experienced it." KIAs by State Alabama 2 Arizona 1 California 8 Colorado 1 Florida 6 Georgia 2 Hawaii 1 Illinois 3 Iowa 1 Kansas 1 Kentucky 1 Maryland 2 Massachusetts 4 Michigan 7 Minnesota 1 Missouri 1 Mississippi 2 New Jersey 5 New Mexico 3 New York 6 North Carolina 2 Ohio 2 Oklahoma 1 Oregon 1 Rhode Island 1 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 2 Texas 5 West Virginia 1 Wisconsin 1 AGE Nine (9) Born before 1944 with the oldest born in 1933 1945 11 1946 20 1947 26 1948 10 RANK PFC 35 E-4 Cpl /Spec 4 26 E-5 Sgt/Spec 5 6 E-6 SSG/PSG 4 2nd LT 1 1st LT 4
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:01:25 +0000
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