1965-1975
Welcome to Seacoast Marines Vietnam War page.
As you know, many Marines from the Seacoast served in
and around Vietnam. The war lasted 10 years and in that time
a lot of the Marines you see at the Birthday celebrations,
Memorial Day, Veteran's Day are Nam vets. The following
photo galleries are just a few of the from the many archives
from that time period.
Col. Paul Lessard and Co.l Jack Vogt. Two Marines
from Hampton, NH
got to see each other at Dong Ha in 1967. Jack married Paul's
sister Connie. They both live in Hampton, NH.
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*40 Year Anniversary of OPERATION
DEWEY CANYON
The President
of the United States
in the name of the Congress of the United States
takes pride in presenting the
MEDAL OF HONOR
posthumously to
ALFRED MAC WILSON
Private First Class
United States Marine Corps
for
service as set forth in the following
CITATION:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity
at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty
while serving as a rifleman with Company M in action against hostile forces.
While returning from
a reconnaissance-in-force mission in the vicinity of Fire Support Base Cunningham,
the 1st Platoon of
Company M came under intense automatic weapons fire and a grenade attack from
a well concealed
enemy force. As the center of the column was pinned down, the leading squad
moved to outflank
the enemy. Pfc. Wilson, acting as squad leader of the rear squad, skillfully
maneuvered his men to form a
base of fire and act as a blocking force. In the ensuing fire fight, both
his machine gunner and assistant
machine gunner were seriously wounded and unable to operate their weapons.
Realizing the urgent
need to bring the weapon into operation again, Pfc. Wilson, followed by another
marine and with complete
disregard for his safety, fearlessly dashed across the fire-swept terrain
to recover the weapon. As they reached
the machinegun, an enemy soldier stepped from behind a tree and threw a grenade
toward the 2 marines.
Observing the grenade fall between himself and the other marine, Pfc. Wilson,
fully realizing the inevitable
result of his actions, shouted to his companion and unhesitating threw himself
on the grenade, absorbing the
full force of the explosion with his own body. His heroic actions inspired
his platoon members to
maximum effort as they aggressively attacked and defeated the enemy. Pfc.
Wilson's indomitable courage,
inspiring valor and selfless devotion to duty upheld the highest traditions
of the Marine Corps
and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
