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2 Mar 69

Darling,

…I guess I’ll just try to tell you how I feel, which is mostly proud, sad, tired, and relieved…I “only” lost six men (I know how awful that sounds!)…I said I was proud. Mostly of my men….

Love,
Brian
Brian R. Sullivan, a lieutenant assigned to the 4th Battalion, 11th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was a field artillery officer and infantry platoon commander in the area around Danang from June 1968-June 1969. At the time of the dedication of the Memorial, he had been an associate professor of history at Yale University.

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