Last Marine Truck Convoy To Xa-Truong

This story is about the last supply convoy the Marines did to the base at Xa-Truong. I should say that the photo that was used for the Press Release (not shown here) was a failure.

Viewing the photos for the first time in 30 years I realized that I should have incorporated the sign you see in the first photo on this page. Get the trucks either going under it or by it. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't.

Starting in '69 the Marines were in pull-back mode. The U.S. Army was taking over. That's why the 101st was at Hamburger Hill and not the Marines. This last convoy was just part of a bigger plan.

This trip was also another example of my inabilty to see real action. When we arrived at the base we were told that the North Vietnamese had tried to break though the outer perimeter the night before and they were expecting another attack that night.

It never happened.

A couple of days after we got back to FLC I found out that the North Vietnamese did make another attack the night after we were there.

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