Lt. Charles W. “Chuck” Newhall
Come back with your shield or upon it.
Gladys Brantley Newhall
One of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.
Charles Watson Newhall Jr.
My father became a struggling entrepreneur and a venture capitalist.
Captain Asa T. Abbott—The Fighting Cock
Abbott rode into their camp with two Army colts blazing and a sheathed saber.
Evangeline Abbott Newhall
What is honor?
First Uniforms – Father and Son
First Uniforms – Father and Son
I wore a uniform on and off from the age of eight.
Shattuck 1930
I faced the Lords of Discipline at 13 and lost any fear of them.
Shattuck Dormitory
A young impressionable boy, raised in Ivanhoe’s castle. The list of those who died in the war was in the entrance hall flanked by suits of armor.
Chuck Shattuck
A Shau Valley
The valley borders Cambodia and Laos, and connects Hanoi to its army in the south.
Combat Assault
I will bear witness to how they lived, fought and died.
Author in Light Observation Helicopter (LOH)
The LOH is a 3–seater helicopter that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
3rd Platoon – The Heroes of the A Shau
My company is like a minnow on the end of a fishhook. Minnows are expendable.
Peter Quirin
Peter believed leadership to be the art of getting men to accomplish what they believe is impossible.
Nasty and the Author
Nasty Naylor, a corporal and RTO, is the unofficial platoon leader.
Fearful Odds
They’ve got to get the bird airborne as soon as possible. A sitting chopper is an easy target for a rocket propelled grenade (RPG).
Stephenson, Noldner, Nasty and Sizemore
The band of brothers is a culture of we.
On Patrol
We were pack mules in the world’s largest sauna.
Sergeant Northcut
The last sinews attached to his foot break. The foot falls to the ground.
Head Wound
The rear of the company was ambushed while we were crossing the ravine. Carelessly, the men took off their helmets when we stopped. The result is devastating.
Lt. Charles W. “Chuck” Newhall
Come back with your shield or upon it.
Hue 1969
It is well that war is so terrible, or we should become too fond of it. –Robert E.Lee
Hue
For many American warriors, Vietnam is the parade’s end. There are no more triumphal marches.
Time Magazine, June 13, 1969
Kennedy was speaking to those who oppose the war, but he defiled the death of my friends.
Marsi
To be young and in love in the exotic surroundings of Hong Kong is a feast for the heart and a memory forever.
Marsi
Somehow, Marsi picked me out from among all those swirling young men. For her it was romantic to think of knights in armor on a battlefield of honor.
Marsi’s Diary
I, like Karenina’s husband, found the diaries.
Marsi’s Diary
Marsi’s Diary
With Amy and the boys in the summer of 1983
Amy saved our lives.
Chuck Newhall 2013
