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Gary M. JohnsonB Troop
1966 - 1967
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S/Sgt. Gary Johnson served in B Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment as Track Commander (TC) of B-22. Gary lives in Dewey, Arizona. He has contributed the following.
Blackhorse Patch - Photo - Subdued, Olive Drab
Map - Blackhorse Base Camp (area of operations) Routes 1 and 2.
Ambush - C Troop ambush, November 21, 1966. (Photo by John Quinn). This photo of the C Troop ambush was mistakenly identified as the site of the K Troop ambush of May 21, 1967. Gary confirmed that it was not K Troop's ambush after talking with reliable sources at the Washington, DC reunion of the 11ACVVC in August of 2001.
Gary Johnson writes about the photo: " I was the track commander (TC) on B-22. I was not there when this photo was taken but my driver, John Quinn, sent me the photo after we returned from Vietnam. I Have just the one". In another letter, Gary writes, "the photo of what I thought was of the K Troop ambush is not. Showed the photo to Sgt. Pittman and he so much as informed me that it was not the K Troop ambush. The rome plows had cleared the jungle back from the road prior to the ambush so it couldn't have been of the ambush. I have two confirms that it was of C troops ambush of Nov 21, 1966. I had to be there on the reaction force with B troop and I don't recall it at all. Sgt. Swindler, my platoon Sgt. at the time, took a look at the photo and he said it was C Troop as did the driver for the Co. B Troop, Captain Landry."
"16 Americans . . Die in . . Ambush" - AP News Article May 21, 1967
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