THE ALL MARINE RADIO HOUR: A salute to General Richard “Butch” Neal, USMC (Ret)
Update: 2022-06-20
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Upon his passing, we share two wonderful interviews with a remarkable American… Richard I. “Butch” Neal, who haled from Hull, Massachusetts, and rose to become the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Some notes:
* You can find his biography HERE and HERE
* The second interview begins at 2:06:00 (if you want to skip to that…)
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MAPS FOR THE BATTLE OF GETLIN’S CORNER INTERVIEW (starts at 2:06:00 )
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From one battle on 30-31 March 1967 Marines of India Company 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment received the following medals for valor: Medal of Honor (2dLt John P. Bobo, posthumous), four Navy Crosses {Capt Michael P. Getlin (posthumous), CpI John L. “Jack” Loweranitis (posthumous), HM3 Kenneth R. “Doc” Braun and 1stSgt Raymond G. Rogers Jr.}; yet I had never heard of the battle. Retired Marine Corps General Butch Neal was the artillery forward observer for I/3/9 and joined ALL MARINE RADIO to discuss his time with India Company and the fight they experienced with the NVA on the evening of 30 March 1
967 approximately 5.5 SSW of the Con Thien Combat Base in the I Corps area of operations in the northern part of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
The 3d Battalion, 9th Marines Operations Journal for March 29-31, 1967 is here
The Leatherneck Magazine article entitled “The ‘Flaming I’ at Getlin’s Corner” is here”
General Neal’s book is entitled “What Now Lieutenant” is here
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Some notes:
* You can find his biography HERE and HERE
* The second interview begins at 2:06:00 (if you want to skip to that…)
===============================================================================================================
MAPS FOR THE BATTLE OF GETLIN’S CORNER INTERVIEW (starts at 2:06:00 )
Click on maps to enlarge
From one battle on 30-31 March 1967 Marines of India Company 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment received the following medals for valor: Medal of Honor (2dLt John P. Bobo, posthumous), four Navy Crosses {Capt Michael P. Getlin (posthumous), CpI John L. “Jack” Loweranitis (posthumous), HM3 Kenneth R. “Doc” Braun and 1stSgt Raymond G. Rogers Jr.}; yet I had never heard of the battle. Retired Marine Corps General Butch Neal was the artillery forward observer for I/3/9 and joined ALL MARINE RADIO to discuss his time with India Company and the fight they experienced with the NVA on the evening of 30 March 1
967 approximately 5.5 SSW of the Con Thien Combat Base in the I Corps area of operations in the northern part of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
The 3d Battalion, 9th Marines Operations Journal for March 29-31, 1967 is here
The Leatherneck Magazine article entitled “The ‘Flaming I’ at Getlin’s Corner” is here”
General Neal’s book is entitled “What Now Lieutenant” is here
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