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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1830632" data-attributes="member: 3144"><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10256998_300675500116002_1629951076610352374_n.jpg?oh=9fe82b74d68f5c8c5ba80b19940e50ea&oe=5623EEFB&__gda__=1446014066_21e1988bf4edad3c3700d4fbd164435c" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>SSG Willie Williams Jr</p><p>B Coy, 2nd Bn, Mech 2nd Inf, 1st Inf Division.</p><p>Vietnam 1967.</p><p>During his service in Vietnam his teeth got shot out and sustained damage to his left eye at the Battle of Ap Bau Bang II, for which in 2009 he was added to the Court of Valor at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Manchester Township, Pennsylvania. </p><p>He is a Purple Heart recipient.</p><p></p><p>The Battle of Ap Bau Bang II occurred during the night of 19–20 March 1967 during Operation Junction City, a search and destroy mission by American military forces in Tay Ninh Province of South Vietnam, to the west of the capital Saigon.</p><p></p><p>Forces from the 5th Cavalry Regiment were entrusted with the securing of Fire Support Base 20, around 1.5 km north of the village of Ap Bau Bang, and they had expected an attack, as their area was a known communist stronghold. During the evening of 19 March, the Viet Cong attacked the base with machine guns, mortars, rockets and small arms fire. The mortars fired from afar while a large number of infantrymen dressed in black charged from the foliage. Initially, they swarmed over the American armoured vehicles, but were dispersed by the vehicles shooting on one another, although some of the vehicles were destroyed. With the help of artillery and air strikes, as well as flares and aerial searchlights to spot their enemies, the Americans repelled the communists with ease. They claimed 227 communist killed and captured three, while losing only 3 and suffering 63 wounded.</p><p></p><p>To this day Willie is still trying to get the US Goverment to help fund his medical bills for ongoing treatment to his mouth and eye.</p><p><img src="https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10665246_300675933449292_5125372677978839821_n.jpg?oh=469e4f538d78c09e5b85baea6221b461&oe=56299D75" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>Willie in 2009 at the Court of Valor</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1830632, member: 3144"] [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10256998_300675500116002_1629951076610352374_n.jpg?oh=9fe82b74d68f5c8c5ba80b19940e50ea&oe=5623EEFB&__gda__=1446014066_21e1988bf4edad3c3700d4fbd164435c[/IMG] SSG Willie Williams Jr B Coy, 2nd Bn, Mech 2nd Inf, 1st Inf Division. Vietnam 1967. During his service in Vietnam his teeth got shot out and sustained damage to his left eye at the Battle of Ap Bau Bang II, for which in 2009 he was added to the Court of Valor at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Manchester Township, Pennsylvania. He is a Purple Heart recipient. The Battle of Ap Bau Bang II occurred during the night of 19–20 March 1967 during Operation Junction City, a search and destroy mission by American military forces in Tay Ninh Province of South Vietnam, to the west of the capital Saigon. Forces from the 5th Cavalry Regiment were entrusted with the securing of Fire Support Base 20, around 1.5 km north of the village of Ap Bau Bang, and they had expected an attack, as their area was a known communist stronghold. During the evening of 19 March, the Viet Cong attacked the base with machine guns, mortars, rockets and small arms fire. The mortars fired from afar while a large number of infantrymen dressed in black charged from the foliage. Initially, they swarmed over the American armoured vehicles, but were dispersed by the vehicles shooting on one another, although some of the vehicles were destroyed. With the help of artillery and air strikes, as well as flares and aerial searchlights to spot their enemies, the Americans repelled the communists with ease. They claimed 227 communist killed and captured three, while losing only 3 and suffering 63 wounded. To this day Willie is still trying to get the US Goverment to help fund his medical bills for ongoing treatment to his mouth and eye. [IMG]https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10665246_300675933449292_5125372677978839821_n.jpg?oh=469e4f538d78c09e5b85baea6221b461&oe=56299D75[/IMG] Willie in 2009 at the Court of Valor [/QUOTE]
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