Name: Steve Nalley
Email: NALLEY68@aol.com 
Date: 2/24/01

I've been been going through my letters to my wife from Nam to find names. I got to Nam in March and deros'd on Jan.21. I've got quite a few names and places so bare with me. There were several  shake and bakes that came over the same time with me. Their names are as follows: Sgts. Dave MILLER ( 1ST BAT./501ST), Bob Mikolay and Quintin Minnehan-(C co./2/501), Charles Mitchel (D co./2/501), Jack Noel and Jim Morris (1st bat,/501). Also I have a few names from 2nd sq./1st plat./b co.2/501 that were in my squad. They were as follows: Jim Griffin from Georgia, Peewee Harris from Virginia, Retlick from Michigan, Fraley (RED) from Kentucky, Hernandez from California, Spiller ?, Sgt. Saylor from Kentucky and a Sgt Hessling and Sgt. Acuff from either1st or 3rd squad. Also there was a guy we called TEX from either A or B co. who partied with us at Eagle Beach Apr 4 to 7th  and then he caught shrapnel on firebase granite and medevac on may 3rd and I never did hear how he did. The firebases we were at and the time frame are fb Jack and vegal and their ao in early April and fb Granite (to back up alhpa after the attack ) & ao late april, FB. henderson  may8th to help alpha and hold the firebase from being overrun,FB.gladiator and ao the rest of and then to FB.brick for two months to build it and then we gave to the arvns., FB Bastogne in early July. and then we were moved to the mouth of Ashau valley and lzed on coc meun mountain  and was are lay station for the whole 2nd battalion working around fb.Ripcord. After the battle at ripcord every got quiet and after r&r in oct. I stayed in the rear and ran the p.l.l. of the motor pool until deros. thanks for listening and if you can come up with any more names it will be appreciated.