Mike-Hale

MIKE HALE

Mike Hale arrived in Vietnam in 1968 and was assigned to A/2-501 IN, 1st platoon. He was from Battle Ground, WA.



MEDALS AND AWARDS National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal UNIT CITATIONS

PHOTOS

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NOTES FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS

The company was pulling guard duty at FSB T-bone when SSgt Hale reported to the 1st Platoon. The squad leaders were called up to the CP for a briefing and I meet Hale for the first time and learned he was an “instant NCO” and a “cherry”. It seemed that every time I looked at Hale he was watching me. I was sitting around a small fire smoking with the squad when they noticed Hale, down at the CP, watching us. Someone asked if Hale smoked and wondered if he would want to join us. I said, I did not know but I would go ask him. No one believed I would do it. SSG Hale and I became good friends. He later transferred to the recon platoon and I only saw him once after that. Years later, Alfred Cobb told me all the new cherries in the platoon knew who we were. They knew we were the last originals still in the platoon. We had lived through some of the worst fighting in Vietnam and they wanted to learn from us. Written by: Floyd Turnley