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Charlie Company, present and past 

11/22/2013

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PictureCharlie Company's 2013 reunion (courtesy of Bob Robbins)
Grady Myers, whose  Vietnam Army comrades knew him as Hoss, was ill by the time he knew about Charlie Company's annual November reunion in Branson, Mo. He died before he could attend.  No doubt he'd have felt right at home there, telling tales and bragging about family with the best of them.

Grady was an M-60 gunner in
Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. In his memoir "Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War," Grady explains, with amusement and chagrin, how Company C became known as Combustion Charlie. Its reputation for pyrotechnics began on Christmas Eve, 1968, just after Grady arrived at Fire Support Base 30. Holiday steam-letting got out of hand. Among other craziness, a guy calling himself Chicken Man took over the radio and broadcast some decidedly unofficial communications. 

I was reminded of that hilltop party when I came across this veteran's tape recording from that same Christmas -- in the case of this sober radioman at forward
Landing Zone Jake in III Corps.


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Reginald Mongeur
11/23/2013 07:48:12 am

I just finished Grady Myers book, I found it informative and amusing
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I was with D Co. 1St. Bn. 8 Th. Inf. 4 Th. Inf. Div. on FSB 30 from Sept. 1968- March 1969. Welcome Home to all Dragoons.Thank you for your service

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Julie Titone
11/23/2013 12:58:00 pm

Thank you, Reginald, for your service and for your kind words.

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    Julie Titone is co-author of the Grady Myers memoir "Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War." Grady was an M-60 machine gunner in The U.S. Army's Company C’s 2nd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment, 4th Infantry Division in late 1968 and early 1969. His Charlie Company comrades knew him as Hoss. Thoughts, comments? Send Julie an email.

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