Weapons company

Blue Diamond was, uh, th- there was an army general there.

Hurricane Point was our, uh, battalion commander was there, so Weapons Company and H&S Company were there.

And then Bravo and Alpha...

No, Bravo was in Camp Ram- Ramadi, and then we had Charlie Company was in Snake Pit, which was outside.

And so did two deployments.

That was the two deployments, the first one with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines.

And then I went to the Gulf for Desert Storm with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines.

And

so you go to California.

Kyle's men were awaiting orders at the line of departure, but all were embarked in boats.

Shoup and others managed to assemble enough LVTs to transport Kyle's companies A and B, but the 3rd Infantry Company and the Weapons Company would have to wade ashore.

The ensuing assault was chaotic.

Many of the LVTs were destroyed en route by anti-boat guns, which increasingly had the range down pat.

Swincheski, badly wounded, survived by crawling atop a pile of dead bodies to keep from drowning until he was finally discovered on D-plus-1.

Shoup's message to the flagship at 1045 reflected his frustrations.

Stiff resistance, need have tracks, are tanks no good? But the regimental weapons company half-tracks, mounting 75mm guns, fared no better getting ashore than did any other combat unit that bloody morning.

One was sunk in its LCM by long-range artillery fire before it reached the reef.

Up into the mountain areas where the quote unquote over the mountain men of which my ancestors were part of.

Also, a shout out to Cody Huffman from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines.

He also had ancestors there and was in my platoon in Iraq.

He still lives outside of Charlotte.