Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans

COMBAT STORIES FROM Vietnam

John Bates | 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment - Marines

5:02   |   John Bates had just gotten to Vietnam and the truck taking him to join his unit took fire on the road. He really wished he had a weapon but they had not given him one yet. He was based in An Hoa and he had two jobs at first. One was real good and one was real bad.

More From John Bates

Keywords   :     John Bates    Vietnam    Chu Lai    Operation Prairie    An Hoa    Seabees    bulldozer    illumination round    Viet Cong (VC)    North Vietnamese Army (NVA)    machine gunner    burning shitters

Videos ( 8 )
Other
  • John Bates  |  Other  |  Multiple Units  |  3:57

    The Marines sent him home after he received three Purple Hearts in Vietnam. John Bates then served a few months at Camp Horno before they sent him home. He was not done with the Corps, though, and would return as an officer.

Vietnam
Operation Desert Storm
Showing : Vietnam Videos
 1 2 3 >  Last › | Showing 30 / 2,933

Our Sponsors

SpendHQInsight Sourcing  Group

Our Partners