LRRPS

[Anonymous Vet]

I was totally unaware of the tragic events that were going on with the rest of our Battallion on March 27, 1969. Buried in this Action Report is an entry I recall vividly.
4:00 pm. 1600 hours.
2-8 received sniper fire at ZA027877. Commanding Officer and Platoon Leader were Dusted OFF. Both received leg wounds from small arms fire.

www.war-records.com/War-Records.HISTORY.After_Action_Report.htm

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[Anonymous Vet]

“… LLRP’s …” ”A lot of these guys are juvenile delinquents, beach bums, high school dropouts," Finlayson says affectionately. "You could call them the Army's hippies," adds First Lt. Robert Walden, leader of a recon platoon in the Army's Fourth Infantry Division. "They're nonconformists. They don't go for the strait-laced Army atmosphere."

[necroprime]

Yes, I remember a guy like that from my platoon...Private James Anderson...brings back a lot of memories