Co C, 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf, 1971
Taken at Standown, just before unit shipped home
LTC Roy K. Flint, Bn Cmdr, 3/22 Inf. April 13, 1968
3/22 Cmdrs. and Staff
Nov 1967
Bottom row L-R: Bob (Doc) Breault, Larry (Tex) Prentice, Gary Pupshis, Jackie (Mississippi) Randolph, Dale Erdman, Larry Siebenthal.
Top
row L-R: Lyle Mathews, Aaron Tilley, Rick Rose, Brent Dyson, Henry Sherry, Jimmy Wright, Sylvester Ellis.
Compliments of Bob Bessette)
4th Platoon, Co C, 3/22, 1968
Andrew Paul
Crawford
KIA 2/6/68
Carlos Chavez & The 4th Plt of Co C, 1967
Dale Arthur Erdman
KIA 4/7/70
Fire Support Base Washington
French Fort & Nui Ba Den in background
Guess???
Sgt "Nash"
Nacionales
1st Plt, 1968
The Shell Station at
Tay Ninh City
Top of Nui Ba Den
Another picture of Roger Dale Haste
KIA 12-22-67
Roger Dale Haste
KIA 12-22-67
This is another of the HQ buildings around Dau Tieng
Here's some happy swimmers. You
remember, don't you?
Jan 1968 (1st Plt)
Left to Right:
Robert Mayo
Ron Hudson
Horacio (Dee) Dos Santos
and far right,Tony Colunga
Sgt Robert E. "Dutch" Bowman
KIA at Fire Support Base Burt, 1/1/68
The following several pages depict war stories, battles, and pictures from those battles. We also show personal pictures of our members, pictures of KIAs, etc., on these pages. Send yours in! Note: Click the pictures to enlarge.
"Attached is a picture of PFC Howard L. Painter killed in the battle at Ap Cho February 10, 1968. He belonged to C/3/22.I am Howard's brother, Larry. I met a lot of Howard's company at the Minneapolis reunion. Please use the attached photo for a memorial booklet. If there are any problems with the picture, please contact me.Thank you,Larry Painter"
This message and photograph came in from
Larry Painter on 11/15/2004, Veterans Day
"My name is Lara Kludy; I am Larry Painter's daughter. My dad doesn't have a computer, so I manage his emails for him. Thank you for
adding my Uncle Howard's picture to the website. Although I wasn't born when Howard was killed, I feel a very close connection to
him and his story. I am a history teacher at Shelby High School in Shelby, Michigan. I often read passages from [the] book "Absolution"
when I teach Vietnam. I read the passage about Howard's death...it really brings the war home to some of my students. Could you provide
me information on how to order a copy of "Absolution" for our school's library?
"Thank you for your service to our country and thank
you for not allowing fallen soldiers like Howard to be forgotten."
Sincerely,
Lara Kludy
Front Row, L-R: Larry 'Airborne' Goethe, Greg Lagoy, Ron 'Carolina' Evans,
(Unidentified man-known as 'Ridgerunner') John 'Swede'
Larsin
Back Row, L-R: Chet Strother (KIA 5-29-70), Mike Marcum, Kerry Minner,
Bruce Hahn (KIA 5-6-70), Steve Todd. (Last man on right
is unidentified)
Kerry Minner, 69-70, 1st Plt, sent this picture. The group was called "Point Squad."
Cpt Sligar sent the picture to Kerry. It was
taken about Oct or Nov 1969.
A couple of the men are unidentified. If you can help with the names, please let us know.
Ralph P. Costanzo.
KIA 10-15-67
Howard L.
Painter
KIA 2-10-68
Photo from
Randy Wehner, 67-68.
Dave Gehr found this photo of Edward S. Yamashiro in an old photo album. Edward was killed in action on 6-7-1967.
Edward S. Yamashiro
6-7-1967
The following excerpt is from Ivan Katzenmeier’s weblog AMBUSH AT AP NHI, and based on his experiences as Sr. Medic for company C.
3/22nd. The link to Ivan’s weblog with the complete story and pictures is below.
There are many wounded. The medics are busy treating the casualties. Our Captain, James B. Hansard, walks in the center of the road
with his RTO (radio telephone operator) at his side. A model of courage, he shows no sign of fear. He is intent on doing his job
and taking care of the men in Charlie Company. I am walking with him, but near the ditch trying to keep a low profile (see Paddy picture
below.)
Death and Destruction. Bodies of civilians are lying along the road. Parts of their bodies blown away. The ambushed convoy’s trucks
sit on the road, their drivers dead in the cabs. Bullet holes in the thick metal rims of the trucks, bear witness to the fact that
my fragile body is no match for the penetrating power of a machine gun round. The reality of the situation slowly soaks into my mind.
I am in a life and death situation. I might be the next dead medic!
At 1:00 PM Company C 3/22nd is ordered to join other assault units engaged in
the battle at Ap Nhi. Our unit is flown by helicopter to Tay Ninh, waits an hour and then flown to the sight of the ambushed convoy.
We land on a road outside of the village. A mechanized armored unit leads our assault troops towards the village as we follow on foot.
