3rd Platoon, E Company, 4th/47th Battalion, 2nd Brigade
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patrol in the Mekong Delta – USS Benewah
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3rd Platoon on Patrol – there’s Larry’s targeting himself with a “take your best shot” red flower on his helmet. One hour later, they found the VC as a huge fire fight instantly erupted. Hector Lugo-Mojica gave the ultimate sacrifice that day – August 18, 1968.
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SSGT Stafford Cowles holding a captured Chi-Com carbine – U Minh Forest – 1968
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