CLIPPINGS FROM
COOK BARELA'S SCRAPBOOK

Christmas Cards from Charlie

This photo of Christmas wreaths was submitted by Cookie Barela from Riverside,CA.

Cookie stated that the wreaths had leaflets attached to them and the
Viet Cong (Charlie) would send them to us "by floating them down the Song Thu
Bon River on Christmas eve 1967. They also offered a bounty for Marines in India
Company and had some of us listed with a certain price tag attached for our names."

Webmaster's note: One of the leaflets that were attached to these wreaths can be seen by Clicking Here.

Many thanks to Cook Barela, former India Company Marine, for supplying
this great photo for inclusion in the scrapbook.