{"product_id":"9781483615011","title":"Ripley's Raiders Vietnam Chronicles: A compilation of recorded events to assist the memory","description":"\u003cp\u003e     How familiar is this? You attend a reunion and inevitably several members recollecting a significant event begin arguing over when that event actually     occurred. As you listen to them debating over the circumstances you realize that neither has a clue as to the facts or sequence of events. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Since 2003 I have attended Third Battalion Third Marines Viet Nam Era reunions and listened to my fellow warriors of Lima Company recollecting stories of     our glory days. I noticed that every year the details of events became more and more obscure. Of course one could consult the official Command     Chronologies, but not everyone has access to them. Even if you do have access to this information, it takes time to wade through all the data; a task that     the average individual would find tedious. Some of the copies of the Command Chronologies are almost unreadable due to poor quality reproduction methods     used. Wouldn’t it be helpful if all the information was assembled in one area and available for quick reference? This project was an answer to that     problem. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     I started with the Lima Company roster for the end of February 1967, which listed all the members of Company Lima that participated in the battles with the     North Vietnamese Army during the first five days of March for which we acquired the tag of “Ripley’s Raiders”. I then determined the Marine who had been     with the unit the longest and the Marine who had been there the least length of time. My goal for this project was to chronicle all the entries I could     find on Lima Company during their tours of duty. This required compiling information for a period of twenty eight months: December 1966 thru March 1968. I     included the names of all other members of Lima Company during this time frame to act as memory joggers for the reader. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     I accessed the National Archives on line and in thirteen months transcribed everything I could find from the Command Chronologies into one chronological     record of the events experienced by the members of Ripley’s Raiders.     \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168307396848,"sku":"9781483615011","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483615011_p0.jpg?v=1763631004","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483615011","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}