KSV News: Short Round 009
Khe Sanh Veterans
Short Round Newsletter #009
Your Photos, Please
Every picture is worth 1,000 words. In our case, every Khe Sanh photo taken has a story that is important to someone. And may be important to many. We want to share your photos on our new website in a Updated Photo Album Bunker dedicated exclusively to your photos and their stories.
Looking at Facebook and other publications, there are plenty of photos related to Khe Sanh. But few of them tell the story behind the photo. That is our goal.
Our Jim Velcheck (1/D/1/1), assisted by Dennis Mannion, has stepped up to become our Photo Manager. He will be in charge of collating and editing all of the photos which you send. Jim, thank you for taking on this incredibly important mission.
All photos must adhere to the following specifications:
Image File Type: JPEG
Resolution: As high as possible
Photo Credit: (Who Took)
Date: YY/MM
Location: (Hill 689)
Content: (Terrain looking Southwest. The mountain in the distance in the cloud is Co Roc, the mountain in Laos where the NVA had artillery in caves that they would roll out and fire into Khe Sanh Combat Base.)
If applicable, please attach a longer description of why this photo would be important to our members and future generations. We will try to include that information. Even better! Please try to write a short story about the photo and why it is important. We will do our best to publish those as well.
Just a thought, but if you have hard copy photos in a USMC shoebox in the back of the closet, those are welcome. A local chain pharmacy and dozens of other locations are able to scan these hardcopies and create digital versions which you can send to us.
Unless the files are way too large, please send the photo and its information via our email address: admin@khesanh.vet Attn Jim V. After this introduction, you and Jim can discuss the best way to have your photos posted and preserved for future generations.
I stumbled on this short article recently. If any of you have access to an expanded version, please contact me at admin@khesanh.vet
Ghost Patrol- NVA Account
The records of the 304th NVA Regiment record the actions that morning:
“With strong fire power and experienced troops, the first fire left many American bodies at the strong point. Light machine-gunner Nguyen Van Lang fired off two series of rounds and eliminated 19 of the enemy. The Americans were tall and big and because they were so slow, many died. However those who remained alive continued the attack. Now they became the target for our mortar fire which fired into the troops and the counter-attack by the two companies of Americans. . . we only began to fire when the enemy was about 20 meters from our Combat trench #1. Having killed a number, but with the enemy having a large force and having entered our positions they occupied a portion of that combat trench. They intended to use our trench to continue the attack. But because the Americans are so big and because they carry so much equipment, in a trench of ours that was so narrow, they could not move easily and in some cases were forced out of the the trench.”
SF
Bob Koury: Website & Digital Manager