Small Wars Journal

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Saint Barbara as the Patron Saint of Grunts SWJED Tue, 02/05/2019 - 3:20am
51 years ago – this past Sunday - around 0630, I was looking over the berm shown in the picture, wondering how I emerged alive. It was Tet 1968. A very thin 52d ARVN Ranger Battalion was defending the Xuan Loc airfield against constant assaults.