Talk:2nd Battalion 4th Marines/@comment-76.91.9.77-20170108014614

I WAS A CORPSMAN W/2/4, G CO., 3RD PLATOON, ON 4/30 68. ON YHAT NIGHT NVA ARTY BLEW US OUT OF OUR CAMP ON JONES CREEK. 2 MARINES ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. THE FIRST HAD HIS ARM BLOWN OFF BY ARTELLIARY. I HELPED HIM AND OTHERS WALKED HIM OUT TO THE BN AIDE STATION, A FEW MILES AWAY.

THE SECONG HAD HIS CALF SHREDDED BY ARTY. AFTER APPLYING FIELD DRESSINGS I GOT HIM TO HIS FEET.ONE OF HIS BUDDES   HAD STOOD BY. HE WAS TO BIG TO CARRY. ALL THE OTHERS WERE OUT OF SIGHT AND HEARING. WE HOPPED FOR 4 OR 5 HRS UNTIL WE FOUND THE AID STATION

I DIDN'T KNOW THESE MEN, NOR THEY ME. BUT I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THEM OR OUR SHARED  EXPERIENCE. THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO DAI DO, AND MANY MEN DIED. I WAS SHOT 5/02/1968, MY LAST REAL CONTACT WITH 2/4

IF ANYONE KNOWS EITHER OF THESE MEN I WOULD APPRECIATE LEARNING HOW TO CONTACT THEM.

JOHN DOHERTY HM3 @  JDOHERTY@DOHERTYCATLOW.COM