Vietnam Wall - This is Interesting

[angliagt]

                           Go to the site,punch in the state,then city/town.

    I've been to the wall.It's a really sobering experience.I was touched

by the notes/items people would leave there.http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

[datzenmike]

That wall had a lot of birthing pains to get built as I remember. You just can't please the living.

[MikeRL411]

When I visit traveling copies of thw wall I need to walk to the far left of the wall.  In 1962 I was briefly attached to [and I type this with a straight face] the "Third Radio Research Organization of the Department of Defence Pacific Research Organization" , DODPACRO, at Thon Sohn Nuit and Phubai.  The unit had just had what might have been the first admitted combat casualty. [The USA had taken over the French advisory roll as early as 1955 after Dienbenphu's fall and the Frech withdrawal.  Any casualties were in Advisory roll.]  Specialist Davis had taken a group of ARVN trainees out with a portable Radio Direction Finder vehicle.  As a confidence builder the van had no American escorts, they however followed at a discrete distance,  Davis rode inside the van and was armed with a grease gun.  The VC attacked the group.  Suddenly there were no ARVN around.  No surprise there.  The VC forced  the door and were promptly shot down by Davis who died in the cross fire.  The rear guard sped to the scene and found a circle of dead VC around the open door.  The US Army barracks at NSA headquartes at Fort Meade is named in his honor.  Does this fact lead to any conclusions as to DODPACRO's affiliation ?