Jack LARKIN

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First Year in Viet Nam with Alpha, 1/7:	1967

Spouse/Partner:	MELANIE ~ NOW 33 YEARS

Occupation:	RETIRED - disability 50%

Children:	MATTHEW 1972 ~ JOHN 1980 ~ SARAH 1988 EACH ONE A FIRST CHILD

Military Service:	United States Marine Corps

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PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT SINCE 1968...
around 2008 my Spinal Stenosis started to get really bad...
I can't walk to well now but I get long distances with a walker.

I text or talk to Harvey Jordan who was my A Gun team Leader - he lives in Dunedin Florida with his wife Barbara. Harvey and I were tight after we lost 2nd Squad guns to a claymore Jordan was the only one left in it. He came over to my 3rd Squad Guns and we were at Hill 10.

If anyone wants to talk or email with me it's ok... Semper Fi Alpha Company...

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Alpha 1/7 V.N. Stories and life experience since:

I came to Alpha company in October 1966. I was crossing the San Tra Bong River in the back of the mail truck. I had not been issued any gear yet - so I had little to do but duck when the truck got hit going towards A company hill from the river. The bullets were hitting all over the bed of the truck and the colored nylon mail bags were getting holes shot through them. We stopped at a small building at the bottom of the company hill. My old buddy Tiny from gun school was on a 60 shooting up at some in-coming. I jumped out of the truck and asked an officer standing in the blown out building if I could use his 45. He said, "Why?" I said, "Because your not using it. The incoming fire was dying down. The LT. looked at me and said, "When you get to Battalion - ask to be put in Alpha Company". I did and I was home.

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Point of Emergency Contact. JVLARKIN@MSN.COM

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Posted on: Oct 13, 2018 at 7:22 PM

Hi Bear...
Do you ever remember going down in a chinook - really hard landing ?
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Oct 12, 2018 at 7:06 PM

Hi Mike..
I know you kept great records of our squad.. I was wondering if you had anything about the chinook we went down in hard landing and or that happened when ?
Cpl. Jack Larkin 3rd Squad Guns...

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Oct 12, 2018 at 6:55 PM

I wish I could make a reunion but I'm blessed if I make to the dinner table let alone fly somewhere. Walking is getting harder everyday and I'm glad I have Marine Corps Training just to go through old age.
I have to say that some of the very best Men I have ever met - were in Alpha Company 1966 - 1967.. I can't say that about other years but I'm guessing you'all are just as good as our tour..
God Bless all of us.. It was real.. Have a great re-union and many more .
Cpl. Jack Larkin - Guns Up...

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Sep 20, 2018 at 12:45 PM

HI Lt.. I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE MADE MORE RANK SIR - BUT WELCOME TO ALPHA COMPANY AGAIN.. YOU WERE A GOOD Lt. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY OF THOSE. FROM CPL. JACK LARKIN 3RD SQUAD GUNS.. WE WERE PART OF THE THIRD HERD BACK IN THOSE DAYS... HAND SALUTE SIR.

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Jul 25, 2018 at 9:07 PM

hey Doc - Thank you for your call tonight. I thank God for my Brothers in Christ and my Brothers in the Corps - of which you are - USMC Doc. Thanks for being there for us in that War. semper fi and God Bless you Doc.

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Jul 25, 2018 at 1:39 PM

THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T HAVE A THOUGH OF VIETNAM - IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE A LIFE - I HAVE A FULL ONE - NOW AT 72 YEARS OLD - I FORGET NAMES BUT NOT FACES - I REMEBER HOW BRAVE THE MARINES WERE IN THOSE DAYS - I CAN'T WATCH ANY ARMY DOCUMENTRYS BECAUSE IT UPSETS ME TO SEE THE BLUNDERS THEY MAKE AND THE SAD WAY THEY FIGHT. WE WERE THERE TO DO A JOB AND MARINES DID REAL DIRTY WORK. OFF DAYS WE LIKED TO FIGHT TOO. GOD BLESS ALPHA COMPANY - THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.. KEEP THIS SITE UP - GOOD WORK..

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Jul 25, 2018 at 1:19 PM

THIS IS A TOUGH BUNCH OF MARINES - FROM THE LEFT IS BROWN (KY) THEN YOU L.T. MULLINS (VA)- BERKHOUSER (PA) - JORDAN (MS) AND SEILER (PA)- ALL AT HILL 10 TRASH PIT SOME TIME IN THE SUMMER OF 67... DODGE CITY BOYS. JUST ABOUT THE ROUGHEST SHIT HOLE AROUND DANANG. WE HAD THE MOST KILLS AND THE MOST BEER OF ANY SQUAD IN ALPHA COMPANY- GUNS UP BROTHERS GUNS UP !

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Jul 25, 2018 at 1:10 PM

these two Marines came into 3rd squad Guns - my Squad - But I have forgotten their names.. Please anybody know these Men ? Far right is Donald Helms - he took over my Squad in Nov of 67...the other two ?? Help

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Jul 22, 2018 at 11:40 AM

GOD BLESS YOU ALL 1-7 MARINES ~ ALPHA WAS THE BEST ~ ALWAYS

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Jul 22, 2018 at 11:35 AM

does anybody remember a butt plate named O'Hara ? He and I both got poisoned by a little girl at a well in a ville - she filled our canteens with Strychnine - we both got medevac'd me by truck him by chopper.. Around the time we were on Trinity.

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Jul 22, 2018 at 11:26 AM

hi Ralph - "the Ghost" Hope you are well and living peacefully..
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Jan 16, 2018 at 10:48 AM

JONES 2ND SQUAD GUNS SQUAD LEADER - HE GOT HIT IN KNEE CAPS BY CLAYMORE THAT WIPED OUT 2ND SQUAD GUNS - EXCEPT JORDAN FAR RIGHT IN LAST PHOTO..
THAT'S WHEN WE ONLY HAD TWO GUN SQUADS - 1ST AND 3RD... Jordan CAME OVER TO MY 3RD SQUAD...67 HILL 10

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Jan 16, 2018 at 10:41 AM

DOC BOTTOMLEY WORKING ON PHILIP MOORE WHEN HE GOT GUT SHOT BY THE RIVER.. MOORE RECOVERED - PULLED HIS TUBES OUT AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.. SAD TIME - MOORE WAS GUNNER 2ND SQUAD GUNS M60S

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Jan 16, 2018 at 10:37 AM

3RD SQUAD GUNS ON THE BEACH IN CHULAI 1967 - HILL 10 67.. 3RD AQUAD GUNS M60'S - MIDDLE PHOTO - BROWN - MULLINS - BERKHOUSER - JORDAN - SEILER .- PICTURE ON RIGHT - HAAS - VAUGHN - WHITNEY (LOW SEATED) JORDAN (SEATED) SEILER (LEANING) BRADLEY (FAR RIGHT) - 3RD SQUAD GUNS 1967...

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Posted: Dec 17, 2013 at 12:21 AM

This is me now. I am an old fart but I am still very much a Marine inside. I can't walk very well but I still shoot straight.

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ME AND TOMMY THOMPSON AFTER HE GOT BACK TO A COMPANY

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3RD SQUAD GUNS ~ ME AND SQUAD LEADER DANNY O'CONNOR KNEELING
wHITNEY ~ BELCHER ~ AND SIELER STANDING

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ME STANDING WATCH OVER A COMPANY WITH MY M14 ~ MISS THAT RIFLE.

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THIS IS THE ROAD FROM THE RIVER TO OUR ALPHA COMPANY THEN UP TO BATTALION...VERY DANGEROUS ROAD!!

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ARMY LINES GUARDING THE BIG GUNS AND BLOWING OFF STEAM ~ COPE VS LARKIN ~ COPE WON

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CHECKING IN THE VILLAGE

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DUTY HILL FROM THE DUNES

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ALPHA COMPANY 1-7 ON THE MOVE