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7 July 1967

No hop today - yet - Spent the whole
day at disbursing with a calculator
figuring out July 1-6 receipts - Hope
everything is squared away now so
daily inventories will go a little easier.

Joe Miller had a [?] last nite -
He and MAJOR Brubaker had a trampars
("Thats tired raggedy assed Marines
firing at Sams") alert - Shrike & 2 unis
24,000 and the Gooks launchec two Sams
at them - Joe out manuver one - but
sighted the site but the shrikes won't fire ! -
TEHD to PISS YOU OFF ! - Found out later
they weren't loaded & armed properly.
MAJOR Brubaker wasn't so lucky he took
frag hits from the missle & ejected.
Joe never heard from him again. This
morning "Jolly Green" plucked himm
out from the middle of the 324 B Division!
He now in an AF hospital in Danang &
full story is not yet known.

MAJOR Blockington informed me this
afternoon that I am the Civil Affairs officer
Fretabs-12 ugh & double ugh ! -
that's what I like about the [?] ]?] -

Lot of good jobs floating around
just waiting for some hard working young
officer. The Marine Corp has tried
to do much, for too long with too little.
Too many jobs are assigned but not
accomplished. We're over [?] ! -

Wrote out questions for 2nd [?]
& sent it in. Brought to mind the ultimate
question of what D's going to do come Feb(?)
Dont even know if I'll extend or not - have to end
of July -