Senin, 16 April 2018

My War: One Marine’s wild ride off the Rockpile was more of an adventure than he needed

Dusk was just turning to darkness when I spotted the CH-46 that would be my ride off the Rockpile, a jagged, 800-foot pile of earth jutting out of the ground along the northern edge of Camp Carroll. Recon Marines used the Rockpile as an observation post and as a relay station for radio messages between …

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