19 Jun 2007 This man was the reason I survived Vietnam. If I could, I would have traded places with you, because you were such a better man than I can ever be. I think of you every day, and what you did for me in the short time we were together in the Battery and the life lessons you taught this young dumb "gun bunnie". I think of the first time I saw you on LZ Ross and I said "What's this little SH%T going to do?" Well, you out-worked everyone and you made us one hell of a gun section, and that damn "chicken". Every Reunion I go to we end up talking about you and then I find myself crying on the way home. I miss you so very much. But I will see you again, my friend. Your old problem child, HARDCHARGER, SIR! "JODY" "A" Btry 1/30 Arty 1st Cav Robert "Jody" Jeaudoin rjeaudoin@gsinetwork.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On the night of 11/12 August 1969 Landing Zone BECKY was garrisoned by the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, and A Battery, 1st Battalion, 30th Artillery. At 0300 on 12 August elements of the North Vietnamese 95C Regiment attacked the base. Although the initial assault was driven back, a second attack, accompanied by heavy rocket, mortar, and RPG fire, began at 0340. The enemy withdrew by daybreak, but 2/8 Cav and A/1/30 Arty had 21 men killed in action: A Btry, 1st Bn, 30th Artillery CPT Donald H. White, Lafayette, CA SSG Samuel Abrams, Tampa, FL SP5 Jeremiah M. Hayes, Bay Head, NJ SSG George E. Snyder, Ferndale, MI (Bronze Star "V") SP4 Bobby L. Bevard, Santa Clara, CA CPL Richard J. Zisko, North Olmsted, OH PFC Greg A. Barker, Belleville, MI PFC Gary L. Hoskins, Chouteau, OK PFC William T. Smith, Summerville, SC 2nd Bn, 8th Cavalry SGT Thomas W. Carrington, Storm Lake, IA, E Company SGT Harold G. Miles, Travelers Rest, SC, E Company SP5 George R. Platter, North Kansas City, MO, HQ Company SGT Stanley J. Shuminski, Windsor, OH, E Company SP4 Fredrick P. Gillen, Clairton, PA, B Company SP4 Marion L. Zipp, Elsmere, KY, E Company SP4 Edward L. Kanter, Cincinnati, OH, HQ Company PFC Larry L. Shaw, Rogers, OH, A Company PFC David M. Freeman, Putnam, CT, E Company PFC Kenney E. Lassiter, Philadelphia, PA, E Company PFC Garry G. Smith, Deckerville, MI, E Company PVT Daniel M. Zuniga, San Antonio, TX, C Company Staff Sergeant Snyder's actions during the attack warranted the posthumous award of the Bronze Star Medal for valor in action. He is remembered by his comrades in the 30th Field Artillery the Hard Chargers

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