Ed Nicholls remembers: (around 0500H-pre dawn "Whatever ship we debarked from on the LSTs, I think it was the Cabildo, (USS Vernon County also in area-ed) K Company 3/3 was fed Chili and Rice. I remember to this day throwing it up."
"...Viet Cong Lt.Dong Hong Minh, 60th Regiment electrically sets off a explosive charge........." (now 70 years of age still living in Van Tuong
