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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2065641, member: 32619&quot;]So I got into Ray Bows&#039; &quot;Vietnam Militarty Lore 1959-1973...Another Way to Remember&quot; and looked this token up. His catalog number is 521IFA-5</p><p>o: 1/27 WOLF HOUND E. M. CLUB / (two stars) / 5c</p><p>r:&nbsp; same</p><p>21mm chrome</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He gives the dates of service as Jan 66 - Apr 71 at Cu Chi Base Camp, Hua Nghia Province.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chu Chi Base Camp was built in 1966 on the site of a former peanut plantation known by the Vietnamese as Dong Zu Base meaning paratrooper&#039;s field. Cu Chi was surrounded by desnse forest laces with a labyrinth of enemy tunnels. The base was 25 miles northwest of Saigon and south of the Iron Triangle. To the north of the base was the Fil Hol Plantation, a former rrubber plantatino from which the Viet Cong would launch rocket attacks agains tthe base. Further northwest was tthe Hobo Woods a major stronghold of the Viet cong. The area around Cu Chi was the scene of some of the most destructive operations of the war. The interior of Cu Chi was devoid of vegitation and the earth was a fine talcum powder-like substance. Cu Chi was described as &quot;one of the few places on earth that one could stand &#039;rear-deep&#039; (but not the word rear) in mud and get dust in his eyes.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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