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The US Naval Forces Vietnam Command History contains the following entry:
"The most serious incident reported by CB units occurred on the last day of the month at 1445H on a waterway near Kien Binh (WS 406 036) where the bodies of five USN Seabees were found. All the bodies contained gunshot and fragmentation wounds. Investigation of witnesses disclosed that five U.S. personnel armed with 3 M-16s and one pistol had been sighted in a Boston Whaler by Vietnamese personnel an hour and a half before, and ARVN units reported seeing U.S. personnel in a firefight in the same area. A Vietnamese eyewitness account indicated two VC sampans engaged the whaler, which was later found abandoned, with grenade and AK-47 fire on the Kinh Thot Not Canal. The five Seabees were attached to NMCB 74 and traveling from Cho Moi to Binh Thuy for minor medical treatment."
Fellow Seabee -MCB-74, Detail Charlie, Cho Moi, RVN
I served, with Jerry, in MCB-74, Detail Charlie, Cho Moi, RVN. The info., is wrong. He left, Cho Moi, enroute, to Bien Truy, with four, fellow Seabees, on New Year's, Day, 1971. They, were ambushed, enroute. Anyone, having served, with us, at Detail Charlie, 1970-71, please contact me. The five men, were a credit, to themselves and the tradition, of the U.S., Navy Seabees, "Can Do," spirit. They are sadly, missed.
Feb 6, 2007
James Paliani
JJP0250@optonline.net
Fellow Seabee - Detail Charlie, RVN
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