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Summary - March 1966

Most of the month was spent at An Khe providing the muscle to improve the defensive positions around the perimeter.  At the same time, day patrols and night ambushes were conducted to help protect the division base camp.  (Source:  "Annual Historical Report Calendar Year 1966 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry Operations in the Republic of Vietnam")

March 5

Charlie Company, along with the rest of the battalion, is airlifted out of the Kim Son Valley to An Khe for maintenance and training.  (Source:  "Annual Historical Report Calendar Year 1966 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry Operations in the Republic of Vietnam")

March 28

This picture was printed in the March 28th edition of the Pacific Stars and Stripes.  SSG Perkinson was badly wounded on February 19th in the Kim Son Valley area of Binh Dinh Province.  Parnell Bethune sent the following information: SSG Kenneth Perkinson did not lose his arm when he was hit, but doctors  tried to save it, and he wore a cast, then a half cast, but the arm kept getting smaller, and finally they had to amputate it.  He does real well, has built 2 or more houses in Columbus, Ga.

Click on Photo to See Larger Version Courtesy Edgar Irizarry

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