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Joe Pollicino found one of our missing Brother Marines. While perusing the Virtual Wall "L 3/5" caught his eye and the name read NORMAND ALFRED CORBIN, LANCE CORPORAL O311 RIFLEMAN. LCpl Corbin reported to Lima Company on August 3rd 1968 and was wounded on July 11th 1969. He was severely wounded by an unknown explosive device and subsequently succumbed to his wounds and passed on August 6th 1969. I have sent an email to his sister who is longing to hear from any one who knew him or remembers him. He was in country for a year somebody knows him. We need to bring some closure to his family.

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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.