On the night of July 16th, 1966, Lcpl. Ned Seath and his Marines from 3/4 where tasked with providing a blocking force in enemy infested jungles during operation Hastings.
Upon landing, the Marines came under heavy fire from an overwhelming NVA force who began to attack their position.
Seath immediately noticed that the only 2 M60 machineguns were disabled; one would only fire semi auto while the other jammed continuously.
Under murderous fire, Seath rolled out his poncho, grabbed some grease and a brush, and got to work on building an M60 with parts from the damaged ones.
In pitch darkness and wounded by shrapnel in the leg, stomach and hand, he pieced together the M60 and began to wreak havoc on the oncoming enemy which had closed in to only a few yards.
He piled up so many dead communists that they began to obstruct his field of fire, so he stood up and continued to lay down the hate until the enemy force was decimated.
After the war, Seath went on with his life and tried to forget Vietnam. Seath's story went unnoticed, until 40 years later, when one of his men who was there that night, began to circulate the events of his bravery and petitioned the government to get him an award for his bravery.
In 2011, Seath was awarded the Navy Cross and the Bronze Star with V after he rescued 2 wounded Marines under heavy fire the day prior to the battle. #semperkill #vietnamwar #marines #stayzero #zerofoxtrot