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Modern Southeast Asia Series Stephen F. Maxner, General Editor Also in the series After the Killing Fields: Lessons from the Cambodian Genocide, by Craig Etcheson An Loc: The Unfinished War, by General Tran Van Nhut with Christian L. Arevian The Battle of Ngok Tavak: Allied Valor and Defeat in Vietnam, by Bruce Davies David and Lee Roy: A Vietnam Story, by David L. Nelson and Randolph B. Schiffer Fragging: Why U.S. Soldiers Assaulted Their Officers in Vietnam, by George Lepre Hog’s Exit: Jerry Daniels, the Hmong, and the CIA, by Gayle L. Morrison The Mayaguez Incident: Testing America’s Resolve in the Post-Vietnam Era, by Robert J. Mahoney Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds: Aid to Civilians in the Vietnam War, by Robert J. Wilensky Operation Passage to Freedom: The United States Navy in Vietnam, 1954–1955, by Ronald B. Frankum, Jr. Vietnam and Beyond: A Diplomat’s Cold War Education, by Robert Hopkins Miller Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968–1972, transcribed and edited by Lewis Sorley Vietnam Labyrinth: Allies, Enemies, and Why the U.S. Lost the War, by Tran Ngoc Chau with Ken Fermoyle The Vietnam War: An Assessment by South Vietnam’s Generals, edited by Lewis Sorley Window on a War: An Anthropologist in the Vietnam Conflict, by Gerald C. Hickey [3.17.110.162] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 21:26 GMT) Texas Tech University Press CHARLIE ONE FIVE A Marine Company’s Vietnam War Nicholas Warr Foreword by Scott Nelson Copyright © 2013 by Nicholas Warr Unless otherwise indicated, all maps by Lt. Col. Richard L. Cody, USMC (Ret). All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including electronic storage and retrieval systems, except by explicit prior written permission of the publisher. Brief passages excerpted for review and critical purposes are excepted. This book is typeset in Minion Pro. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997). Designed by Kasey McBeath Cover photographs appear courtesy John Rusth (top) and Rich Lowder (bottom). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Warr, Nicholas, 1945– Charlie one five : a Marine company’s Vietnam War / Nicholas Warr ; foreword by Scott Nelson. pages cm.—(Modern Southeast Asia series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-89672-797-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-89672-798-4 (e-book) 1. Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Campaigns. 2. United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 5th. Battalion, 1st . Company C—History. 3. Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Regimental histories. I. Title. DS558.4.W37 2013 959.704'345—dc23 2013011226 Printed in the United States of America 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 / 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Texas Tech University Press Box 41037 | Lubbock, Texas 79409-1037 USA 800.832.4042 | ttup@ttu.edu | www.ttupress.org [3.17.110.162] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 21:26 GMT) This book is dedicated to all Vietnam veterans, especially those who served “in country”—in the rice paddies and jungles, up the rivers and off the shores of Vietnam—during one of the most difficult, divisive, and costly foreign wars in American history. You, the Vietnam veteran, chose service over self-interest; you faced fear nearly every day you spent there and didn’t waver in its face. Your courage and determination resulted in victory after victory against a very capable foe who would just not give up, despite near annihilation which came at great American cost on too many battlefields. The tragic outcome of this war, from the American point of view, had nothing to do with you. Clearly, our national leaders failed our country, failed to honor our commitments to the South Vietnamese people, and failed you miserably when you came home. Your reputation was tarnished by a few who chose politics and antiestablishment vitriol over a desire actually to understand anything about Vietnam and those who fought there. Many young people ran away from their responsibilities and hid from the challenge of service in the military, mocking your commitment. Yet despite all of that, you persisted and succeeded on every battlefield. You came home to, at worst, outright hostility from your fellow Americans and, at best, a universal apathy from the silent majority, yet you continue to serve to this day, in many ways, in your communities and for your country. You did not ask what your country could do...