Not the most politically correct tale, and the writing is a little....coarse. But....damn good read:

Operation Medina:
Reflections and Recollections of Nam
AKA: The Medina Men

By Thomas A. Holloran USMC

L/Cpl. Holly

Hotel Company, 2nd. BN. 1st. Marines
Vietnam, The Republic of: 1967-68
Northshore Queens Detachment #240, MCL

On October 11, 1967, two battalions of 1st Marine Regiment embarked on a search and destroy operation in the Hai Lang Forest of South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) was believed to be infiltrating the mountainous regions west of Quang Tri City. The latest MAC-V intelligence reports, known to the Marines of I - Corps, as the “Five O'clock follies,” concluded that the NVA was gearing up for a major offensive against the ancient provincial capital. The Hai Lang National Forest stretched from the Central Highlands of South Vietnam, westward, to the Laotian border. It did not require the mind of a rocket scientist to comprehend how difficult this search and destroy operation was going to be. The hills of the Hai Lang Forest were steep and its valley basins were all dank and steamy, bug infested jungle lairs. During the day, the heat was brutally oppressive soaring to temperatures of over 100 degrees. At night, the forest would cool down to about seventy - five degrees and the Marines could readily feel a chill in the air. The Hai Lang Forest proved to be one of the most miserable hell holes that the First Marines ever encountered in Vietnam, the F_king republic of. At the same time, The Hai Lang Forest was also, one of the most visually awesome sights these battle hardened Marines had ever gazed upon. The vibrant colors and sheer natural beauty of the forest was a breathtaking sight to behold.

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Good read and site.
Thanks,Gunny

All I can say is this young CPL must be referring to Hanio John & Murtha.