Reunion 2012   Fredericksburg, VA
June 12 thru June 17, 2012

Fredericksburg Hospitality House Hotel and Conference Center.

2801 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
http://www.fredericksburghospitalityhouse.com
$85.00 Room Rates for a single king or two queen beds plus 11% sales tax
Book your room by calling toll free and requesting Lima Company 3/5 Vietnam Reunion
540-786-8321 or toll free 1-800-682-1049

Or book it online

Hospitality Room opens Tuesday, June 12th.
Business Meeting Saturday, June 16th 9:00 am
Banquet and Silent Auction Saturday, June 16th  Cocktails at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 7:00pm
Attractions: Old Town Fredericksburg, Civil War Life Museum, James Monroe Museum, Belvedere Plantation, Marine Corps Museum, Quantico, Stonewall Jackson Shrine, and plenty of shopping. There are links to these attractions plus others on the hotel website.
Reunion Shirt order forms will be in the next newsletter in March.

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Request from Tom Moore's Son

My father is a Vietnam Vet and served in the 2nd Platoon Lima Company 3rd Battalion 5th Marines. His name is Tom Moore. He caught malaria while in the jungle and I believe was transferred to supply after nearly dying. I was trying to find his buddies for him on his behalf and with his knowledge. Could you please let me know if I have contacted someone in his Company?

Thank you for your time Sir.

Semper fi

Dan Moore (son)

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Hey Lima 3/5 1966 Guys,
Does anyone remember Sgt. Clifton Dockins from 1966.
He's in a nursing home and not doing real good. A friend of his family is working with his wife to find out some information about his Marine Corps history. His name is Master Gunnery Sgt. Mike Copeland, Retired. His e-mail address is mtcopeland9@yahoo.com, and his phone # is 252-232-0985.

If you have any information contact Mike or e-mail me and I will forward the info.
Semper Fi,
Dan

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From: Otto Lehrack <ottolehrack@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 10:30 am
Subject: Book on Operations Union I, Union II, Cochise, Swift and Essex
My new book, Road of 10,000 Pains: The Destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the Marines, 1967 will be available in April.

It covers the operations in the Que Son Valley from April to November 1967 and operations Union I, Union II, Cochise, Adair, Swift and Essex.

The cover price is $30 but it is now available on Amazon for pre order for $19.80 plus shipping which is about the price that I have to pay for them.

If you wish to order them from me, I will autograph and send them to you for $25 each. This includes the cost to me, including shipping from the press, the discount price of the book, the padded envelope and the cost of shipping to you. An order form is attached to this email. I am sorry but I have no way to
 accept credit cards.

I will send you as many copies as you would like. I would like to get as many of them done at one time as a convenience to me so try to order as many as you need all at once. If you cannot do so, I will accommodate late orders into the foreseeable future.

This has been an on and off project of mine for about six years. During this time I have lived in three states and two foreign countries and have lost the contact data for some of the Marines and Corpsmen that I interviewed. Please forward this email to all who you think might be interested.

Here is an excerpt from the book from Operation Swift.

“The NVA came at Murray’s men in a whirlwind of violence—hard on the heels of mortars that mushroomed across the knoll throwing hot, sharp steel in every direction; within the lanes marked by the tracers of Soviet-made machine guns and small arms that chain-sawed every bush, sapling and blade of grass to stubble; the NVA soldiers came by the score, in platoon formation, firing from the hip; they came in squads, firing and maneuvering their three man fire teams; they came singly, men orphaned by the Marines’ return fire but still on their feet and attacking; they came at the Marines in a flood, like water from a burst dam, flowing around the strong positions, threatening to carry away the weak and then trying to come together on the far side; attempting to isolate and surround small clumps of resistance. They nearly succeeded. Had it not been for the outstanding courage of the individual Marine and their close air support, the entire company would most likely have been butchered on the knoll.”

Semper fi,

Otto Lehrack

Otto Lehrack
4231 Colden St., #146
Flushing, NY 11355

My latest book: Road of 10,000 Pains, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com 

Read my blog: "Centrifugal Nation: How the Poisonous Legacy of the Sixties is Pulling Us Apart." http://www.centrifugalnation.com/ It will be updated twice weekly

The following was submitted by: David Stinson

Click on the link below for a very long list of web sites on things of the Vietnam war.  I am passing this along because it is probably the best search list ever compiled about the Vietnam War.  This simply has to be shared with anyone who ever served in Vietnam or knew someone who served in Vietnam.  It would take months to look at everything this site offers.  Somebody went to a lot of effort on this site... It's one of the most complete that I've seen to date... Feel free to pass it along to anyone you think might be interested...

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thomas.Pilsch/Vietnam.html.