and as it was written in the division newspaper within a few newspaperrding to the , the american forces lost one man killed, don peterson. i believe they claimed we had killed 125 enemy soldiers. that is probably pretty close to true. so the kill ratio was 125-1. seemed worth it, unless your friend was the one killed, don peterson. and our introduction to the whole thing, endeavored to get a name. -- it never did get a name. i doubt any other newspaper covered it at all. it was no big event. it was our first. first time we had a man killed in action. it did not mean anything to anybody, unless those that were close with don peterson. us on the, those of ground who fought the battle, are never going to forget that day, may 15, 1967. we all remember it. curiously enough, it is the exact date that we will be in las vegas for the reunion. learn from it. we all were changed after that day. we would fight bigger battles later on and lose a lot more men in the months to come, but nothing will ever quite replace, 15,ing will be the same as may. i realized i have talked about this in a disjointe

and as it was written in the division newspaper within a few newspaperrding to the , the american forces lost one man killed, don peterson. i believe they claimed we had killed 125 enemy soldiers. that is probably pretty close to true. so the kill ratio was 125-1. seemed worth it, unless your friend was the one killed, don peterson. and our introduction to the whole thing, endeavored to get a name. -- it