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CHICAGO!!!
We needed help finding the train, what is officially termed the CTA, the Chicago Transit Authority, from Midway Airport into downtown Chicago. We had notions about traveling on the system but really...
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The War Was In My Throat
The war was in my throat; the need to shout it out. I thought I’d bust wide open. (1) In the late 1960s I was asked not to talk about it. It bummed people out. People couldn’t look me in the eye when I...
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New Honors for the Fallen of Khe Sanh
We posted a blog in June of this year that pondered, among other things, a firefight that occurred northwest of Hill 881 South on June 7, 1967. Two platoons of Bravo Company, 1/26, were involved in...
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Honors for BRAVO! Marine Michael E. O’Hara
Last week BRAVO! Marine Michael E. O’Hara was awarded the Congressional Veterans Commendation for the Ninth Congressional District of Indiana. This prestigious award was presented by Congressman Todd...
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The Agony and Ecstasy of Listening Posts–Redux
Four years ago, when we were on the road to shoot interviews in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska and to conduct research at the National Archives and the Marine History Division in the Washington...
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Dancing–Redux
This week the blog revisits a poignant encounter we had at The Wall in Washington DC while photographing the names of deceased Marines of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment. Bamboo...
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Nampa, Idaho Screening to Benefit Wyakin Warriors
On September 25, 2014, BRAVO!, COMMON MEN, UNCOMMON VALOR will be screened at the Elks Lodge in Nampa, Idaho. Doors will open at 6:00 PM with the screening of the film at 6:30, followed by a Q & A...
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Alan Heathcock–The Valor of Story: Why the Silent Man Fights Alone
In anticipation of the September 25th screening of BRAVO! at the Elks Lodge in Nampa, Idaho, we repost a visceral essay by the screening’s Master of Ceremonies, Alan Heathcock. Al is an award winning...
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On Medford, Massachusetts; Nampa, Idaho; and Liberty Lake, Washington
We are proud to announce an upcoming event in Medford, Massachusetts to honor Vincent Mottola, a Bravo Company Marine who was killed in action at Khe Sanh on February 23, 1968. Vincent, or Vinnie as...
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On The Wyakin Warrior Screening in Nampa
Last Thursday evening, 9/25/2014, BRAVO! was screened to an enthusiastic crowd of more than one-hundred folks at the Nampa, Idaho, Elks Lodge as a fundraiser for the Wyakin Warrior Foundation. The...
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On Medford, Massachusetts; Vincent Mottola and Honoring Veterans
One of the more gratifying experiences we’ve enjoyed with our BRAVO! encounters is the recognition that is coming to so many of the men who served with Bravo Company, 1/26, during the outfit’s time in...
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On October Cruel
April is the cruelest month . . . –T. S. Eliot But October 1967 was pretty cruel for the men of Bravo Company. Or so we thought. It rained. Everything was soaked. We ran patrols in red mud and slick...
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More on October 1967
Last week we wrote about the month of October around the Khe Sanh Combat Base. One of the main themes of the blog was that the most difficult thing to deal with was the weather. We don’t think that was...
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On Oceanside, Newport Beach, the Marine Corps Birthday and Veterans Day
Last Wednesday night BRAVO! was screened to an enthusiastic crowd at the Meridian Library District, Meridian, Idaho. As the event began a brisk wind snapped the American flag on its pole outside the...
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Notes on California
Last Saturday morning, November 1, 2015, BRAVO! was screened to a standing-room-only audience at the Veterans Association of North County in Oceanside, California. An attentive and enthusiastic crowd...
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On Rosie the Welder and Other Folks Who Served Our Country
I used to travel to Sonoma County, California, back in the early seventies and it seemed to me the place seethed with hatred of our war efforts in not just Vietnam, but all over the world. In my mind,...
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On Sweet Pacific Breezes and Film Screenings, Reunions and Survival
This past week the BRAVO! team spent the week at the Khe Sanh Veterans annual reunion at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego, California. We met again with men who served with Bravo Company, First...
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Last Memorials
November is a thoughtful and busy time for veterans of the United States military. Celebrations, parades, reunions and remembrances occur from big cities to small towns up and down and all across the...
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On Letters Home
I found them in an old blue binder, one of those flimsy ones with a cheap vinyl cover. All the letters I sent to my family while I was in the service from 1966 through 1969. I had no idea my mother had...
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On Scuttlebutt
In last week’s blog I wrote about the letters I sent home to my parents while I was in-country in 1967-68. In preparation for that article, I read each of the letters. I am glad I did because it...
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