Pleiku Mike Force, village west of MACV.

  I WAS A MEMBER OF THE 330TH RRC APPROX. 15 OR SO MILES NORTH OF PLEIKU. WE DID JOINT OPS WITH THE 401ST SOD, B-52. I RAN AROUND WITH 2 SSG FLAKEY AND JOE?. ME AND SOME OTHEE GUYS PUT TOGETHER A ROCK BAND CALLED "THE INNER UNION". WE PLAYED AT THE B-52 NCO CLUB AND AT MIKE FORCE. WE LOVED THE YARD AND THEY LOVED US AND WE SPENT AS MUCH TIME AT THE VILLAGE AS WE COULD. 0NE NIGHT GENERATORS WERE SET UP AND WE PLAYED AT THE VILLAGE USING THE LOG HOUSE AS A STAGE. tHERE WAS A DEAF MUTE. A 12 YEAR OLD BOY WHOM I CALLED FRIDAY. HE FOLLOWED ME EVERY WHERE I WENT. I NOTICED HE COULD MAKE GUTTERAL SOUNDS AND TAUGHT HIM HIS FIRST WORD 'HORSE'. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANY SF'ERS OR YARD WHO REMEMBER THESE TIMES. THEY ARE PRECIOUS TO ME. MYSELF, PHIL LACLAIR, DAVE MITCHELL,BUDDY BRANCH AND RODNEY BALL WERE ALL MADE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE IN A CEREMONY AND GIVEN GIFTS OF YARD BLANKETS AND CLOTHING. THERE WAS A SCHOOL IN THE CENTER OF THE VILLAGE AND I REMEMBER WATCHING A WOMAN 7MONTHS PREGNANT LAY DOWN AND DIE BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN HER PICTURE AND IT HAD BEEN BURNED IN A FIRE. MY INTERPETURE WAS CALLED JIMMY. THERE WAS ALSO A CHILD WITH WATER ON THE BRAIN WHICH THE YARD THOUGHT I COULD HELP BECAUSE OF MY TEACHING FRIDAY TO SPEAK. IT WAS SAD. IN THE LODGE MEETINS I SAT TO THE LEFT OF THE CHIEF AND BECAME GOOD FRIENDS WITH A SUBCHIEF ALTHOUGH I DON'T RECALL HIS NAME.
THE YARDS GAVE ME AN AK-47 WHICH I CARRIED THE WHOLE TIME I WAS THERE. IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THESE TIMES PLEASE CONTACT ME: KEITH R. GEORGE
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