I was in the 2nd of the 8th in vietnam from july 1970 to october 1971. I visited the moving Wall yesterday and was trying to find a fallen 1st Lt. John King and was unable to locate him on the wall. I am trying to find casualty lists for the 2nd of the 8th with no success. Nice to hear anything from a brother in the 2nd of the 8th. Ram 1965

I was in Alpha 2/8 from May 1969 through April 1970. I did my AIT at Fort Polk in July and also went to Ft. Benning for Non-Commisioned Officers School. When I arrived in Viet Nam on May 12th I was first assigned to B 2/8 for two weeks before joining Alpha 2/8 as a Squad Leader. I just read the book, Eleven Bravo by Tayloe Wise, who was with B 2/8. In the reviews, something like Kurtz, the book brings back vivid memories of LZs, jungle, fellow soldiers, all of it so different than anything I'd seen and difficult. Similar to The Hunger Games, we just wanted to stay alive and return to the world. I survived by numbing myself to what was going on around me. Unlike Kurtz, I slept while Becky was under seige. I was wounded on the 12th of August and medivaced out. As I left the field hospital I saw 19 body bags piled up like wood outside the back door. One of Tayloe's stories of an ambush on Sept. 13th where a new Sgt. (Joe Danison) was killed was very important to me. He had been a part of my company, Alpha 2/8 at Becky.
I heard he was killed by a claymore mine but pictured his death very differently. I found the book last week by Googling LZ Becky and was really surprised and grateful to learn of the book by a person who was in Viet Nam at the same time and same place that I was. I both loved the book and was saddened and angry to relive some of our common experiences. I want to thank the Author for all the work that went into this well written book. I'm sorry that Bravo Company was the one on LZ Becky as they replaced us, Alpha 2/8th. God Bless All 11 Bravo's this Veteran's Day.