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Originally Posted by
mikeethekane
Hey Pfc Lane, I Think You Were In My Platoon, 2nd Plt India Co 3/9. Remember Our Plt
Lt, I Can't Renember How To Spell His Name. He Was Hard Corps All The Way. He And
Sgt Mat Came To Visit Me At The Hospital At Clark. Somebody Found My Wallet And They
Both Came To Return It. I Asked Him If Pfc Kevin Schwartzs Made It, He Was In Our
Platoon Too And On Board That Chopper. When I Asked Him About Kevin, He Lowered
His Head And A Tear Came Down His Cheek, He Told Me That Kev Didn't Make It.
He Was Hard Corp And An Officer Of Marines And He Was Crying Over The Loss
Of His Men, His Boys.im Crying Now, It Is Still So Very Hard For Me To Talk About It
And Recall Memories. Im Pretty Sure You Were In 2nd Platoon With Me. If Not
Im Glad You Made It, So Many Of Our Brothers Did Not. Take Care And Go Easy.
Semper Fi,
Michael Kane
It's been awhile since I've been on this site. My work keeps me pretty busy but I think of this everyday. My memory is really vague. Not sure if it is out of self preservation or age. I believe I was in the room with you at the hospital. Exiting the helicopter during the crash tore my right ear pretty good and sliced my right knee wide open. Landing around a tree on my right created a pneumothorax and my heart was dislodges 10% to the left and I had a branch penetrating my hip. A few less damaging inguries bit all in all I made out pretty good. I am 53 and still 100% functional with all my mobility and am pretty well fit. Did you have any pictures? All my film burned up with my pack in the helicopter. I was thrown out before the bird came to rest. Good to hear from another brother. My son is now a gung ho marine.