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Vietnam War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Sp/4c Donald W. Evans Jr., US Army
25 Dec. 66
Hello Rich & Flou & Mel., I would start out with a Merry Christmas, but it isnt. I hope yours was and you all have a good year to come. Got the book, Candy you sent. That was a little while ago. Started it and finished it soon after it arrived. That book is really reaching into the depths of dirt. Then you finish the last couple of pages and realize why its the way it is. Correct me if Im wrong, but was represented was a dream this lady was having. A dream expected of a young girl just being exposed to the many aspects of sex and at the same time she is becoming fully mature physically. Dare say it was a hot one. The pages of the book are still being turned by different individuals. Same routine here in Nam as before. We patrol and go on short operations. Mostly the missions are to find Charlies supply, and were hes been hiding. The last few times out weve received sniper fire and had no one from our battalion injured. We never catch the Charlie fighter. Travel in and out of the sticks varies. Mostly by foot, sometimes by UH-119s (chopper) and very seldom by truck. Anyway the dirtiest way to go is by truck. I would give an awful lot to be back in Smog Ville puttin around. Hows Harv. and Beckys problems? Sure hope they solve it in such a way that both are somewhat satisfied. Do you think that there will be another member in the Evans chain soon? Ive only heard from Harv once. Guess cause I never managed to get a letter off to him. Say do you have the trouble with the Fords that you have with the V.W.? You know free mechanical work wont arrive for at least 9 more months and then youll have to wait till Bonnie and I get out of hiding (Ha!). What did you expect? Your damn cars to come first? Not as long as Im a healthy male, Evans type. Folks, the mail service for out going package has been set up. You can start expecting little goodies, late Christmas presents and the like. I hear Mel did a good job in the church play. Hi Mel. So Much for now,
Donnie
8 Jan 67
Hello Brother and Sister-in-law and little actress,
Hows every little battle on the home front? How are the little things growing?
Me, Im fine, considering. Charlie still hasnt found out how to spell my name, so he cant put it on any of his bullets. That leaves the elements still after me though. You know? Nobody can tell me to go to hell. Thats because Im already there.
Well the air temperature has gone down, but its getting a hell of a lot hotter here. We just got back from a five day operation. The thing was battalion size. The first day saw 11 Charlies zonked and 21 wounded, 27 captured. No one in this battalion was hurt. The next day things were a little different. One Charlie body and five wounded. A Company was responsible for the kill and some of the wounded. We had no casualties, but B Co. had 1 rag and one pole (rag= dead, pole= wounded). C Co. one rag, one pole. Charlie also lost one base camp and lots of chow. The following day there was no fighting. Charlie unassed the area right before the choppers got us there. This time we uncovered a field hospital and another base camp. Complete with supply and ammo. Later on that day a rice storage place was found, complete with 14 tons of rice. Charlie really is ticked off. Another day came and each company moved out in a different direction to meet in to same place. First to move was C Co., then B Co., and finally A Company. C Company was moving through the thick single file (bad tactics) and walked into an ambush. 4 rags, 7 poles in just three seconds. By the time they returned fire Charlie had made it with maybe a couple wounded. The whole operation saw 4 VC weapons captured and all else I mentioned. A VC weapon is worth 5 VCs. So much for that junk.
Got the camera. Thank you very much. Its just the thing. Dont worry about the Film, for Ill let you know. I think that 127 roll film is plentiful now. Already have shot up one roll. If you happen to get some horrid pictures please dont show them to just anybody. You know, the bloody type.
Like I said before, beer is the main beverage here. I drink a lot more than I did before. Dont get drunk though. You like to know how a medic spends X-mal cap. Well we get all the medics together plus grapefruit & same juice mix in 5 gal. water can and add 2 to 3 qts of 190 proof grain alcohol. (00000). Man you talk about getting drunk. There were 15 of us and 10 gal. consumed. Couldnt see worth a damn the next morning, but was not sick.
You all enjoy your TV and out door sports, for I dont, indoor sports are in season.
Your Brother, Donnie
25 Jan 67
Hello there,
Hows the battle going? I understand you also have snipers in your jungle (asphalt type). What about that?
Thanks for the girly mag and the toffee. Its nice to look at a lot of U.S.A. skin and eat sweet things at the same time. (Ha!)
Ive taken two rolls of 'around the base camp' pictures. They are on their way to you. There are a couple of pictures of me after our 7 day Operation. Notice how combat ready the animal looks. He should, for one hour before the picture was taken he had three shot wizz over his head.
Please send some of the prints back so I can see what mistakes I made with the camera. Going to start taking it out in the field tomorrow. The pictures will become more interesting.
Wont say much about the last few weeks because it gets too involved and not real pretty. Part of the operation was in our paper. I sent the article to Bonnie. Ask her to let you see it. What the article mentions wasnt the beginning of the Operation, nor the end.
Ill tell you now, this place might even rattle my cage before the year is up. Thats the way it goes.
Hows is every one in the manor? Is Mel excited about the oncoming of a family addition? Being stuck here in the boonies made it impossible for me to make myself a papa before you and Harvey made me an uncle again. For that I guess Ill have to be the first Evans to be in the army, go to war, and come back still in one piece.
Too much. This place sucks.
Truly, Donnie
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