Sent in by;  Lt Colonel Jack Swallows USMC Retired   

jswallows@cox.net 

                Recent Vietnam Trip - March 2003               

Cam Ne, Hill 55, Operation Harvest Moon Battle Area

Jack was a 1st Lt FO in 1965 for Golf 2/9 and later Lima 3/3

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Inside Cam Ne

Jack tells me that Cam Ne now has a paved road running through its center, all the paths are paved, no more grass huts, all the buildings are brick & mortar and they all have electricity.

Railroad Tracks East of Cam Ne

Looking North towards DaNang

This was Golf 2/9's 1st Field CP - most of the actual tracks were missing back in those days.

Do you recognize the Woman on the right? She is 77 years old and was a Viet Cong Helper in 1965

Jack Swallows with some of the Village kids. The Kids haven't changed much,  maybe there a little better dressed.

Jack at Hill 55 sitting in the area where Lt Col Muir was killed.

Jack says that Hill 55 is now a peaceful pine and eucalyptus forest.

There's no trace of 3rd Battalion

Atop Hill 43 looking North

Harvest Moon Battle Ground & Jack's Rock

Jack Swallows sitting atop Jack's Rock

if ya want to read about Jacks Rock click here

Village folks - village near Op Harvest Moon battlefield

Bomb Crater - Jack Saluting

Op Harvest Moon site Bomb Crater

Jack's Harvest Moon Battlefield map

The Furama Resort DaNang

Jack finally got to swim in the South China Sea, it only took 37 years.

Jack saluting our fallen brothers