United States Marine Corps - Viet Nam Machine Gunner
Hotel Company
Hotel Company
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines
Machine Gunner, Hotel Company, 2d Bn, 5th Marines, Viet Nam 1967 - 1968. Machine Gunner Downerβs company of 120, Hotel 2/5, was the very company featured in the award-winning movie, Full Metal Jacket, which chronicled combat engagements including the machine gunner, βAnimal Motherβ.
This MACHINE GUNNER fought in Viet Nam only to come home looking for an enemy who was not there. He had his finger on the trigger and crosshairs trained on the wrong enemy, his family. Hear Phil speak about his transformation straight from a combat veteran.
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