Que Sanh Valley, 1968
![SP/4 Steve Johnson (Newark, NJ) adjusts his helmet as his assistant gunner SP/4 Ramon Aragon (Albuquerque, NM) watches radioman Duane Middleton (Tuckasegge, AL[NC?]) fire back at NVA fighters.](/sites/default/files/styles/photo_of_the_day/public/photo/Jan.-14.jpg?h=9e499333&itok=2fIieYoy)
SP/4 Steve Johnson (Newark, NJ) adjusts his helmet as his assistant gunner SP/4 Ramon Aragon (Albuquerque, NM) watches radioman Duane Middleton (Tuckasegge, AL[NC?]) fire back at NVA fighters. The three found cover in a crater after an NVA attack halted a combined Infantry and Cavalry mission. The North Vietnamese opened up with 75mm recoilless, 50 cal. and AK-47 rifles, hitting one Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) twice, blowing off its tracks, and disabling a tank. The action took place about 2000 meters from Landing Zone Ross, north of Chu Lai. Included were soldiers from B Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment; C Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment; and A and D Squad, 1st Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. The units had been moving 1000 meters West along a road leading through the Que Sanh valley with the objective to take a hill some 500 meters away when a tank hit a 500 pound mine, causing two injured, one seriously. In a subsequent firefight, the NVA managed to disable a second tank as well as an Armored Personnel Carrier, pinning the units down in the cross fire. After three hours of air strikes – some hitting as close as 50 meter from the men – the order to withdraw was given. A total of 22 NVA were killed. Three tanks and one APC were destroyed and the Americans suffered 5 wounded during the action.
 adjusts his helmet as his assistant gunner SP/4 Ramon Aragon (Albuquerque, NM) watches radioman Duane Middleton (Tuckasegge, AL[NC?]) fire back at NVA fighters. The three found cover in a crater after an NVA attack halted a combined Infantry and Cavalry mission. The North Vietnamese opened up with 75mm recoilless, 50 cal. and AK-47 rifles, hitting one Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) twice, blowing off its tracks, and disabling a tank. The action took place about 2000 meters from Landing Zone Ross, north of Chu Lai. Included were soldiers from B Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment; C Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment; and A and D Squad, 1st Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. The units had been moving 1000 meters West along a road leading through the Que Sanh valley with the objective to take a hill some 500 meters away when a tank hit a 500 pound mine, causing two injured, one seriously. In a subsequent firefight, the NVA managed to disable a second tank as well as an Armored Personnel Carrier, pinning the units down in the cross fire. After three hours of air strikes – some hitting as close as 50 meter from the men – the order to withdraw was given. A total of 22 NVA were killed. Three tanks and one APC were destroyed and the Americans suffered 5 wounded during the action.
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