Thomas Edward Bush
Private First Class
G CO, 2ND BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
10 August 1948 - 21 November 1968
Pfc Thomas E. Bush was assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Bn, 7th Marines. In November 1968 the 2/7 Marines provided the infantry component of Battalion Landing Team 2/7, an afloat element of the 7th Fleet - but as usual the BLT was generally occupied ashore in South Vietnam.
Between 10-17 November BLT 2/7 participated in Operation DARING ENDEAVOR in the Army's 23rd Infantry Division operating area, re-embarking on 18 November.
Two days later, on 20 November, BLT 2/7 engaged in Operation MEADE RIVER in an area about 15 kilometers south-southwest of Danang. MEADE RIVER was directed against a North Vietnamese Army battalion and supporting VC forces known to be in the area.
Golf 2/7 was heavily engaged on the afternoon of 20 November and was forced to pull back from its position, bringing out all its wounded but leaving the bodies of 6 Marines on the field.
The company established a night defensive position just southeast of Cam Van village, and on the 21st moved into a blocking position while other Marine elements flanked the NVA positions.
At 11 a.m. Golf 2/7 received a single round of rocket-propelled grenade fire, which killed Pfc Bush and wounded a second Marine.
A recording made during an actual firefight in the city of Da Nang during the Vietnam war.
Tom Bush was a lead gunner with the U.S. Marines and made this recording on a battery powered reel to reel player. This segment is part of a longer recording Tom made to send home to his family and friends in the U.S.A
Source: Bush, Tom (Internet Archive,
https://archive.org/details/VietnamF...tLiveRecording)
Source:
https://youtu.be/Cf3ctzU2onQ