i was now jack mclean, 0313 westpac. i quietly sing feith cadence to myself, one, two, three, four, united states marine corps. this is what we asked for. 3,076, we are the best of all the rest. it left, right, left. left, right, left. i silently hoped, prayed i would remember half of what sergeant bolten had told me. that's my arrival in country. the battle for blank erupted in three days in june, 1968. we landed significantly 41 years ago today. this was the first day of the battle. i have two other pieces, one brief and one a little bit longer. i'm obliged lima. can do anything i want. given the day and given this battle, this terrific battle in which 46 american boys were killed began today. i will read just a piece from the night before the main battle began. some of you may have read or seen three weeks ago just coincidental to the publishing of this book we buried the last three victims from the battle for lz loon in arlington cemetery with full marine corps military honors. their remains were identified, recovere