JOHN O'DONNELL
MARINE VET
HONORING A YOUNG BRAVE MARINE HERO
THIS MAN HAS GIVEN OF HIMSELF EVERTHING HE COULD, SO THAT HIS BROTHER MARINES AND THE PEOPLE BACK HOME COULD LIVE A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE. THIS GIFT OF HIS LIFE SHOWS THE GREATNESS OF THIS HERO. HERO'S DON'T WEAR A CAPE OR MASK NO! THEY WEAR MARINE GREEN.HERO'S COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPE'S AND SIZE'S. AS EACH DAY PASSES,WE MUST TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS HERO GAVE UP! SO THAT WE COULD LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY. THANK YOU ! SEMPER FI! HERO YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN DOSEN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A 2YR, 3YR, 4YR, ENLISTMENT OR A DRAFTEE OR RESERVIST, YOU HAVE EARNED THE TITTLE OF U.S. MARINE! A NATION CRIES OUT FOR THE LOSS OF ITS SON.
May 3, 2014 |
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Antonio Ramos
royalbunch@msn.com
Was at Water Rum Ambush Run
234 E., 81 St. Apt A NY NY 10028 USA
42 years later
Brother, It's been so long since the fatefull Water Run Ambush. You haven't been forgotten. I still here like we should, after 42 years. God Bless you and Semper Fi. Antonio
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009 |
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Garnet Jenkins
garijen@bresnan.net
Grand Junction Co
~ In Humble Gratitude, For Your Sacrifice ~
In Tribute to this Brave Young Marine, with So Much Gratitude for his Courage, Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest in Peace, LCpl Eugene Douglas Spicer and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of Sgt David Dickinson, another young hero, who also made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam 1967... ' SOME PEOPLE SPEND AN ENTIRE LIFETIME, WONDERING IF THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE. THE MARINES DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM' ~ President Ronald Reagan ~
May 3, 2009 |
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manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
“You are Remembered”
Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. "He which hath no stomach to this fight let him depart. But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother.” Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless You for your Sacrifice!!!
May 3, 2007 |
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Toni Fox
Foxes@prodigy.net
Neice
TnUSA
I never knew my uncle because he was killed years before I was born. I do know that he was, and still influential to many people. Our family recently was contacted by a young man that saw my uncle's name on the wall, which happened to be very similar to his own. This younf man quit college and joined the Marine's about 2 weeks later. He knew what a sacrifice was made for our country and felt this was the only way he could show respect for my uncle. This has meant so much for my mother and her brothers and sisters. As fate would have it, this young man lives only an hour from me and my mother had planned to come out and visit in just one week. Now these two get to meet. You can't imagine how much this all means to my mother. My uncle Eugene was her best friend and someone, that never even met him still remembers and respects him.
Monday, March 29, 1999 |
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C B
A salute to one of Minnesota's finest a real HERO. Rest in peace. one but not forgotten.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
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Antonio R. Ramos
Royalbunch@msn.com
Took part in battle he died
234 E., 81 St., Apt. A
NY, NY 10028 USA
38 years and I still remember
The water run ambush. Some of us went from Vietnan to Okinawa to refurbish. With others, returned to Vietnam as Battalion Landing Team (BLT-1/3), 1st. Batn, 3rd. Marine Regiment (FMF). Our fleet ship was the USS Okinawa, a helicopter carrier to do heliborne assaults against the N. Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. On the 28 April 28, 1967 we were helolifted into the Que Son Valley (Quang Tin Prov.) to sweep northwest of the village. We humped for days, contact with the enemy was increasing. On May 3, 1967 after a very hot day of search, we called off the day. It was Operation Beaver Cage-Union. In need of drinking water, a water run was organized out of company "A" guys who proceeded to pick up every else's canteens and hoisted them on belts to carry as many as possible to a creek. So many that they were even told not to bring their weapons. We had made the mistake of setting up camp in a flat area lower than some nearby hills. Unknowingly to us, the enemy was spying from the higher ground. The water run left and we keep digging for the night. Shortly afterwards, heavy automatic and small arms fire erupted. Since there have been no prior scouting, the water run was easily ambushed. Every body was called to commit and the battle lasted until past midnight. Artillery and gunship fire was needed to suppress the cunning enemy. 14 Marine brothers were killed that night including this hero. Some of the bodies we could not retrieve until the next day. As Shore Party man, I loaded most the bodies into the choppers. 38 years later, I want to Memorialize them all and tell their loved ones what happened. As for me, sometime later, on the evening of June 13, 1967, I lost part of my right leg to a booby trap during the first day of Operation Choctaw. God Bless you all brothers. I still love and remember you all. Semper Fi. Antonio R. Ramos. In Memorian 1) Borawski, James D. 2) Button, Monty Duwayne 3) Carnline, Troy Monroe 4) Dickerson, Tommy Eugene 5) Falwell, Donald Wayne 6) Gilbertson, Ricky Mark, 7) La Rose, Joseph Rhuben, 8) Murry Eugene 9) Plesakov, Luciano Paul 10) Rose, Robert James 11) Spicer, Eugene Douglas 12) Sweesy, John Earl 13) Urick, John William 14) Verbilla, David.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
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Thomas Hagen
trexx@uia.net
Nephew
I never knew my uncle Eugene but as I get older in life I find myself thinking about this man I never met and the sacrifice he made. I feel both sorrow and pride when I think about him. I often wonder what kind of man he was and what kind of man he would have grown to be. I wish I could have known him.
Tuesday, November 11, 2003 |
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Frank Russo
frusso10@msn.com
Fellow Marine
Was going through our graduation platoon book and came across your picture. God bless you
Thursday, December 02, 2004 |
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Frank Russo
frusso10@aol.com
Fellow Marine
Eugene and I went through boot camp together. Plt. 343 September 11, 1963. I remember him as one of the top Marines. God bless you.
Saturday, December 14, 2002 |
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