D CO 4th BATTALION 12th INFANTRY 199TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE "DYING DELTA": (ME) PFC GREG PAYNE'S D-4/12 199thLIB VIETNAM PICTURES Page 1

199th LIB COMPANY OPERATIONS IN THE 1969 TET COUNTEROFFENSIVE

TET 1969 COUNTEROFFENSIVE

199th LIB COMPANY OPERATIONS - UPDATES SHOULD INCLUDE : "OPERATION STRANGLER III," "OPERATION LULU," "OPERATION STRANGLER IV," AND "TET COUNTEROFFENSIVE PHASE I, " AND "TET COUNTEROFFENSIVE PHASE II,"

Feb 4 – 12	Operation Strangler I^[1]	199th Infantry Brigade cordon and search operation	Gia Định Province

Feb 13 – 16	Operation Strangler II^[1]	199th Infantry Brigade cordon and search operation	Gia Định Province

Nov 24 – 28	Operation Ransom Raider^[1]	199th Infantry Brigade and ARVN 18th Division clear and search operation	Long Khánh Province

DOES ANYONE HERE REMEMBER "MY YEN" JUST SOUTHWEST OF BINH CHANH?

Greg Payne WE GOT SHELLED WITH THE COMMUNIST 82MM,MORTAR ROUNDS AMBUSHED, AND PROBED QUITE ALOT IN A LITTLE 3 HOUSE HAMLET CALLED "MY YEN" JUST OFF THE ROAD ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BINH CHANH DOES ANYONE REMEMBER "MY YEN?" FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (ME) GREG PAYNE, WILLIAM DEBATES KIA, PAT "SMITTY" SMITH, AND SP4 BOMIER.Manage

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Greg Payne MY YEN, VIETNAM - (SEE MAP POSTED ABOVE THIS MESSAGE 6 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BIN CHANH ONE VIET CONG MORTAR PLATOON STRONG HOLD BEFORE WE WENT TO THE PINEAPPLE AND THE CAMBODIAN BORDER APRIL OF 1969)Manage

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Greg Payne MY YEN, VIETNAM - LITTLE BOY STANDING IN THE FOREGROUND TURNED OUT TO BE A VIETCONG SPY CAUGHT WITH A MAP OF OUR NDP PERMITTER MORTAR PITS, CLAYMORE MINES, BUNKER, AND CP BUNKER WERE ALL CHARTED AND READY TO BE DELIVERED TO THE VIETCONG WHEN WE CAUGHT HIM RED HANDED. DOES ANY BODY REMEMBER "MY YEN, VIETNAM???",

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Greg Payne MY YEN, VIETNAM - ON OF OUR MORTAR PITS AT MY YENManage

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Greg Payne I'AM THE SMALL ONE "Greg Payne"ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE GROUP PHOTOGRAPH DEBATES #2 LATER KIA, #3 PAT "SMUTTY" SMITH AND #4 SP4 BOEMIER IN THE GROUP PHOTOGRAPH DOSE ANYBODY REMEMBER MY YEN, VIETNAM?

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Greg Payne SEE MESSAGE POSTED JUST ABOVE THIS GROUP SHOTManage

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Greg Payne MY SQUAD WAS CUT IN HALF AT MY YEN, VIETNAM --ON TOP OF OUR PLATOON SIZED BUNKER WERE ALL THREE WERE KILLED THE ARMY SAID THEY ALL DIED IN THE BUNKER ON APRIL 1, 1969 WHICH WAS NOT TRUE AT ALL THEY DIED ON TOP OF THE BUNKER THURSBY AND BOUYER WERE KILLED INSTANTLY ON MARCH 31st 1969 AND DEBATES WHO WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE BUNKER TRIED TO CUT AND RUN FROM THE INCIDENT WAS WOUNDED SERIOUSLY IN THE BACK AND DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY ON APRIL 1 AND A FOURTH ONE WAS FOUND THE DAY AFTER THAT AND HISS NAME WAS MOSSER MORE INVESTIGATION ON THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE YET ON HIM SO THERE WAS A COVER-UP ON WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHTManage