Diary13 Nov 1968
The Last Day!
13 Nov - [field strength-no entry] Quiet nite. A Co. & CIDG - Opened road SW toward Cambodia.
C Co. - Opened road, RIF'd.
B Co. - Escorted convoy to & from. [No indication destination]
Scts - OPCON 3/22.
Change
of Command at Rawlins at 1400 with LTC Albert C. Butler.
MG Richardson presented me LM [Legion of Merit, a customary award to out going BN CO who hadn't otherwise screwed up.] COL Fair changed flags; BG Long attended. Also COL Sumner, 25th ID Chief of Staff; [LTC Clemons] Riley [ CO, 3/4 and an old friend]; & [LTC] Alex
Hunt [CO, 3/22 a RVN friend and fellow veteran of the battle for Tay Ninh City.]
[LTC Butler was KIA on 22 March 1969. He died from injuries suffered when his Loach was shot down not far from Rawlins.]
 LTC Cliff Neilson relinquishes his command to COL Fair. rr. MG Richardson |
 LTC Cliff Neilson, COL Fair, LTC Al Butler, |
Depart TN at 1700 on BDE CO ship. Saw MG Williamson prior to leaving. Arrived Camp Alpha at 1800, Stayed w/ MAJ Huntsinger, AG, CO, 178 Replacement Co.
Arrived SGN Terminal 0715 - Depart 1140
 Homeward Bound.. Back to the World... |
Cliff Neilson
"Mohawk 6
May-Nov 1968
Illegitimi nil carborundum