Blast from the past Marines reunite, add new chapter to history By Bryan Lett Editor’s Note: This article contains vivid combat descriptions that may be triggering to veterans with PTSD and upsetting to others. D AV life member Bill Klobas has lived a life full of experiences, but he can’t remember some of them because of injuries sustained in Vietnam. However, a little bit of luck and a lot of personal resolve led to a reunion with Marines from his past that helped bring back lost memories. On April 26, 1969, Klobas was among a group of Marines who were scattered throughout an open field and pinned down by Vietnamese snipers. “They must have followed us out of the jungle,” said Klobas. “Once they started firing, I remember seeing and getting behind a large boulder or rock.” The team of Marines called upon their big guns— 155 mm howitzers—on a nearby hill to eliminate the threat. UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER, MARINE HISTORICAL COLLECTION/WIKICOMMONS 8

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