Jeter’s Diary – Nov. 6, 1968
August 19, 2011 12:00 pm in Diaries by Jack Jeter
Nov. 6, 1968 – LZ Billie, Vietnam
We went out to help Delta Co. this evening.
Today – The World
We were supposed to stay on the LZ on the 6th of November, but things don’t always work like you would want them to in the Army. Delta Company made a charlie alpha north of Billie at 11:50 AM that morning. By 12:50 PM they had found fifteen bunkers measuring 4ft. X 4ft. X 4ft. (short little suckers) and about fifteen pounds of TNT. At 2:15 PM Delta reported that they were in heavy contact, and had 4 WIA. all by command detonated booby trap. About 6:00 PM we were told to saddle up, and be sure to load up on extra ammo and water for the Delta guys, because we were going to help them. I remember I had enough 60 ammo strapped on me that I could barley stand up. We made the air assault at 6:30, and had all of Bravo at their location by 6:55 PM. It was dusk when we went in. The chopper that I was on, sat down next to a bomb crater, and as I was trying to stand on the skid, my foot slipped and I ended up falling into the crater head first. I think most of the shooting had stopped by the time we came in. I remember setting up for the night by a big log that we used for cover. The moon was so bright that night, it almost looked like day. When we got up the next morning, someone said that a column of gooks had walked past us during the night, and no one fired on them. I think that if 6 had known about that he would have had a stroke, if you know what I mean. That’s about all I can remember about that night, if anyone wants to add anything, go for it.
