Excerpts From

They Were Ours

Gloucester County's Loss in Vietnam

They're starting to use Russian tanks and armored carriers not far from us.  We've been bracing for an all out attack.  Mom, it's getting worse over here.  You can't even walk 5 feet before running into a booby trap.  We lose so many guys by them.  It's just a lousy rotten war.

(from a letter by SP4 Richard Johnson to his mother)

On March 4, 1968 while in charge of a Reaction Force trying to catch a sniper, Richard Johnson stepped on a mine and died instantly.

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