European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse C n n i � is / � 7 v co u m i 4. I Al Al u m1 it Oil tikium. Mmry Mim Row. 1.1 u. Wal feta re a to if Lei f football Battle cry in Viet Nam or Hen the join get tin Vijh the it tout id Oln quarterback Dirk Erkert puked up the Bathe cry a wet i Oln during hit playing Dayt former rach dal Hall had u pm All mar Chr locker room. u. Dick Eckert Al Carlyle. A who graduated from he military Academy in Ini. Never hat forgotten us motto in Utt touch War Anta Lrol the Viet con. Eckert to received the purple heart amur Beirut in holy wounded by a hand a Renade. Re rolled then Ollo in an interview he and three other former Wett Point Mitall Buyert ire a lined to the Pitird Aba Brut. Us Osbert Are cant. Tom Rlanda of a cow of ism. A i . Tomii Ufim. Hawed to Sepla Imir ifs. Brotter of Veteran prot meal Atar Gram mania Cap Turk him York Clau of Imi. And and u. Jim pm try of us Blaa. Minn. Plan of im4. All have the Una flip Lent i Rit a Tyraa they did on la a fld aft lha mar nut Tanir Nril to stir trite of Huntr. Tanu. N. Alto a Fornuff u4rirrl my pred to be in the tight place Al the re Fol time " Eckerl. Blanda. Burkner and to Ernan been at then Lloa air cum about 11 mlle North of Samiton. Untre mar when us i turd w t Erpf cited fran Okinawa All trept or Kurt. Who la Bachelor had to leave their Wlter in Okinawa quater i wife u Eipur Ctina a child next Mont Bunda uld that in Imi. Jut Hehr. Be left Tor Okinawa the Siu a Cardinala of us football a of mad him an offer. I new yet being with us Pitird an what i Wax Eckert u in command of a weapon Autoon in the and in. Myrd inf Luanda and Buckner Are Battery artillery com Landert and hotter it a tire direction officer at lean two other former writ Point athlete lit u Ronald i. Glnn and lit u. Bob Purt Lhart have been killed inaction in Viet Nam. Glnn. Alao a member of the Pitird. Waa killed july 1 in a Battle with us Viet Cone in zone d. Fuellhart. I football teammate of both or Kurt and Bunda. Wat kilted angeral week afo while rerun a helicopter attack near us vol late of a tank help fuel Lawm played the lonely Endon Altmin in the fit Finnall Uffens directed by Blandy and pc Karl Glnn m the m Kilometre walk in the ih4 Tell Ime the it an Mufti can Eer a done in a walk Lynx event. Eckert. 14. Who Viilup Irereo for duty in Viet Sam last january before it Wal known the i turd would be moved there recalled the bin Battle when american 4e arid australian inc a ran into a writ fortified Viet Cone Viskne. We Rud four killed and ii Sckerl we minuted thai we killed around m Viet con we put Hedu Viet Cong unit out of the vol Lack the vill Jee had a m of tuner a and Tronchet and blood trally leading out of All of them. The Viet font draws re out their wounded and dead. I that one Tel per in a tree he Fen out of the tree but we never found him later twice the Viet c on came out of the Trenche and Attu item us. We threw Eren adet. We Taw people drop. A rain they pulled them bark into the ire Che lira wat the platoon Leader of a Lead Rifle platoon. We Wen of Attef behind them. Shenall the Nurmi opened up. We could t Ligure what ii a so a went Forward and to within ii feet of Glnn i la wat already waa hit with us initial fire. Tow met cons kept Hlatt inf bin with Marmi run Hull to Snipen were up to of the. While we in Onan Lilac. Lher waa Tulper fire and to Raduc Mac mrw fun Flora from us company command or moved us left Puloma around to try to of Aroon to us rear of Chr Villa Ira thar ran Tat a machine no. They pin Mary fire onh and knocked Una machine in oat. Armed he Coplen pot of Hoar we attacked and crept a Rock to Stam and Stu i us Villate Ekeh and Zulaa Vert Vriendt. It Glnn t death it one of those m thin i you Eipel to happen but Yuu than of my Eipert to happen but to never eyvt1 it to lie the Perton Nett to you i really did t think or comprehend it until it of All Over and i had a Rhanie la relax after it Wai All Over i tuned to thing about hit family lie had Luat Lotten married " Cir re received he purple heart for brine wounded in us upper part of i let Duran a an earlier operation Alao zone d or a one of us Villa sen. When Root Lar Man came up behind him and flipped a hand made. Eckert. Who aug headed Bunda a tint trim quarterback in Imi. Uld that actually then la a lot m common up Vine Riporti and Teini la Bank. Therr a us tame he explained. The aame feeling. All Tat trial noun u like Procter uni in vet to Tram. You develop the aame Type of team work that you do in haute. When us Leini of to tout. Una Mufti Iet Fout 11
