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An accounting of my experiences as a Hospital Corpsman attached to

"Ripley's Raiders"

Lima Company

3rd Battalion 3rd Marines – 1967

 

By Rus Jewett

Author of

Letters to Louise

and

Ripley’s Raiders’ Viet Nam Chronology

Vietnam 1967

Includes over 180 photos and 70 pages of text describing daily life near the DMZ with 3/3 in 1967

Ripley’s Raiders

Statistics and information on Ripley’s Raiders

3/3 Reunions

Photos of reunions of the 3dBattalion 3d Marines

John W. Ripley Memorial

Dedication of the Col. John W Ripley memorial at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

Return to Vietnam 2009

Five members of Ripley’s Raiders returned to Vietnam to visit our old sites

 

Dedicated to those U. S. Marines and Navy Hospital Corpsmen who suffered the ultimate sacrifice, not only to insure our freedom, but also to insure the freedom of others throughout the world.