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31 Jan 68
Joe,
I guess we’re in a pretty hot situation over here. The gooks are hell bent on trying to take over this area. Sometimes it gets pretty hairy on Hill 861. I’ve come close a few times….I want to say I’m not afraid of dying. I’ll just feel sorry for my folks…If I should go…It’s been a fantastic 9 years full of the best of everything with no regrets, a barrel of laughs, good times and bad, happy and sad. So much we planned - - so much we’re gonna do. Hell, I’m only taking it one day at a time now…Nothing else really counts…It’s been on my mind constantly in the last 12 days and I had to let you know the score, just “in case.” I think you know what I mean….
See you pronto,
Dennis
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Dennis M. Mannion was a lance corporal with K Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th regiment, 3rd Marine Division from September 1967-October 1968. His unit was on Hill 861 during the siege of Khe Sanh. When he came home, he became an English teacher and football coach in Cheshire, Connecticut.
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