3rd Platoon, C Company, 4th/47th Battalion, 2nd Brigade May, 1967. 3rd Platoon troopers in the Mekong Delta Lower Left: Jim Cusanelli, Forrest Ramos and Jose Saucedo. Top Left: John Howell, James Smith and Wes Ostrem January, 1967 – Aboard the USS General John Pope en route to Viet Nam. Jimmie Salazar, Jim Cusanelli, Forrest Ramos and Jose Saucedo.