We Were Soldiers Once......... and Young

One of the best visits on an RVing excursion I have had was the trip down to Harwood, Texas at the end of last year, with my son, also an Air Force veteran. This was to the Tactical Paintball field for the scenario of the battle for “Landing Zone XRAY”, one of the earliest and hardest fought battles of the Vietnam War. In November 1965, the 7th Cav landed in the Ia Drang Valley with 450 soldiers to begin a search for

North Vietnam regulars and shortly after hitting the ground, found out that they were surrounded by an enemy force 4 or 5 times their size. Last year there were honored guest that attended the paint-ball scenario: actual veterans of the battle in 1965. Each year the LZ Xray survivors of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry met somewhere and last year about 25 members, some of who were mentioned in the book, attended the event. Also attending was Joseph L. Galloway, co-author of the book, shown at the right speaking to all that attended.

This year, Tactical Paintball, once again, is presenting this special program and have planned to recognize all veterans that can attend. I am asking all of my old buddies to make an effort to get down there and do alittle camping or RVing right on the property. They have several RV sites set up with electricity.

For more info, see their web site: http://www.tacticalpaintball.com/

or the page for this event: http://www.tacticalpaintball.com/schedule.htm