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| Veterans Day Profile: Point Man, Roger Helle |
| 2007-11-13 |
| Sorry for submitting this story late. My mom's cousin who was a Medic, sent this to me other day and I wanted to re-read it again before posting. "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) “I’m Sgt. Helle’s brother. How is he?” asked Roger’s twin brother, Ron, also an E-5, USMC. “I’m sorry son, but your brother is going to die,” the physician responded tersely. That was July 1970, China Beach, Vietnam. My friend Roger Helle was 17 years old when he joined the Marine Corps. The product of a broken home (http://PatriotPost.US/alexander/edition.asp?id=537), he was very insecure and hoped becoming a Marine would provide him the confidence he lacked. In February 1966, five months into his first 13-month tour in Vietnam, Roger’s unit was searching for Viet Cong around Gia Le. Roger had walked point for patrols during the previous four months and had been shot once, so his intuition about the enemy’s presence was acutely tuned. |
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