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Disclaimer: This private site is not endorsed by, nor does it attempt to reflect the official views or positions of Headquarters Marine Corps, The Department of Defense, or The President or Interns of the United States.

This site will teach you about a veteran's life before, during, and after the Marine Corps and teach you some other things you might not know or want to know.
"H" Co. or "Hotel" Company was my unit in Vietnam.

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UPDATES

10/8/2002 - Added Steve Mahoney's pics
11/12/2002 - Added names to Memorial pages
11/14/2002 - Added pics to Hayden/Peterson pages
1/28/2003 - Added Jay Peterson's memorial to Peter Nee
5/27/2003 - Added a picture of Bob Barr
7/25/2003 - Added info on Bob Barr & Dave Girardo

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H (Hotel) Company
2nd Battalion
5th Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
An Hoa Combat Base, South Vietnam
April '69 to March '70

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A 5th Marine Regiment decal I picked up at Camp Margarita in 1987.

Attention Marines!
If you see anything in these pages that's wrong or inaccurate, don't hesitate to let me know. I am writing most of this from memory, with a little help from my letters, my pictures, and my fellow Marines and their memories and pictures.

Sit Reps (Situation Reports) -
at night, calling sitreps was done by the platoon command post (CP) group to keep track of squads out on ambushes or fireteams out on listening posts (LP). The person on the ambush or LP could click his handset twice to let the CP know everything was OK without talking or making noise.
"1 Bravo. 1 Bravo. This is Hotel 1.
If all secure, key your handset twice.
If not, key it 3 times."
or
"If it's cool in the bushes,
give me 2 pushes."

Me at the North end of the compound at Liberty Bridge.
February, 1970

My name is Terry Toenges. My nickname in Vietnam was "Terrible T".
This site will be under constant revision for a while so check back often.
This is site is intended to be educational. Some people know very little about the veterans who fought the war. After all the close calls I had in 'Nam, I often wondered why I was spared. Perhaps it was so that I could share my experiences and things I've learned over the years.
Maybe someone will learn from me. All these pictures and notes and paraphanalia were laying around collecting dust. Now I have the vehicle by which I can share these things with the world.
I've always wanted to write my autobiography, so this is forcing me to sit down and write and remember. It's like I'm writing my book on line. Since I've started dabbling in geneology, I sure wish all my ancestors would have documented their lives like I'm doing.
This site is just a small slice of time and space from years past. I hope you enjoy and perhaps learn a little, through words and pictures, the life of a grunt, before, during, and after Vietnam.
Besides, I have a very high level of dioxin (Agent Orange) in my blood, so I might not be around much longer. Who knows....
So come.............. Share my PTSD with me...............

Flamethrowers - 2/70 - looking Southwest from North side of Liberty Bridge.

*** A Word of Warning ***
Some of these following pages contain salty language that might not be suitable for youngsters or other timid souls.

Ham and lima beans, better known as "ham and mother fuckers"
= beau coup number 10.

2nd Battalion 5th Regiment patch I got at a 2/5 reunion in Washington D.C.

Liberty Bridge - looking Southwest toward An Hoa.
February, 1970

If you think sex is fun, try a firefight..

1st Marine Division patch

Liberty Bridge, 1996. This is a photo that Mike Averill from Golf 2/5 sent me from his trip back to Vietnam in 1996. This view is looking North.

When was the last time you had the "2 digit frigids"?

Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.) chevron

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Second Battalion - Fifth Marine Regiment - First Marine Division
The most decorated unit in the Marine Corps.

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Hotel Company Index

Marine pages
My Memorial pages
Prologue - Before Boot Camp & Begin my Marine tour
Boot Camp
ITR
BITS
Staging
Okinawa

2/5 Area map- Begin my Vietnam tour & Hotel Index
Hotel pictures 1
Hotel pictures 2
Hotel pictures 3
Various Hotel stuff - page 1
Stuff From Other 2/5 Guys
Pics from Tom Kanik
Poem from Jimme "JC" Collins
Pics from Mike Averill of Vietnam now
Pics from Jim Hayden and Jay Peterson
Pics from Bruce Birck
Pics from Steve Mahoney
Hotel Roster from 5/23/69
Hotel Company pics from Yearbook from February 1970
2/5 Yearbook - 1970
Hotel Guys Now

5th Marine Regiment Headquarters page - Camp Margarita
Various Marine Stuff
Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) page 1
My Marine Education and Training
Veterans In My Family
An Hoa Links
Agent Orange Spray Map

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