History of Oscar Company - USMC Combined Action Platoon ...

(Courtesy of HN "Doc" John Roberts, O-2)
A rare photo (perhaps the only one extant) of an entire Combined Action
Company all together. (You can help by identifying yourself and your friends!) I
am on the front row, extreme right, kneeling with M-16, helmet, and flak jacket.
Doc Roberts is top row, second from the right, minus helmet, with glasses.) This
photo was taken by a Bru with Doc Roberts' camera just before the big sweep
made in October 1967. (See below)
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As noted in the Introduction, this history is only an outline. It is told mainly from
my own memories, and those of a handful of other Oscar company men, as well
as official records. Unfortunately, my memory is not what it used to be, and I was
not present for all the events recounted here. Therefore, there is much that needs
to be written that I cannot write alone. I hope that all of you who were there will
help fill in the details.
There will be a more complete version available to members in the near future. I
will also be putting personal recollections in the section entitled "In Their Own
Words" (Beneath this heading on the left sidebar menu). You may E-mail these to
me, write, call, or send a tape cassette or CD with your stories, or add them to
the comments page on this site. I will edit them for you if desired. My personal
first choice would be either E-mail or submitted as comments via this site - that
way, they are already digitized. However, I will accept calls, tapes, letters (if
legible!) etc., if necessary.