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Somebody Had to Carry the Radio
This video was captured by the Twin Cities PBS Minnesota Remembers Vietnam team in Bloomington, MN at a national 1st Battalion, 1st Marines reunion in August 2017.
To learn more about upcoming 1/1 reunions, visit www.alpha1stbn1stmarines.org.
I've been living with that for almost 50 years now... What if? What if I hadn't have done that?
During a major battle in which the company's radiomen got hit, rifleman Glenn Griffin volunteered to become the radioman. Near the end of his tour, he was offered a chaplain's assistant position which he somewhat reluctantly accepted. As it turns out, this decision may have saved his life.
Story Themes: 1967, 1968, 1st Marines, 1st Marines Reunion, Baldwinsville, Brotherhood, Death and Loss, Glenn Griffin, Khe Sanh, KIA, Killed in Action, Luck, New York, Radioman, Religion, Reunion, Watch