Elliot
Rubenfeld, Mike 3/5 and Force Recon
My name is Elliot Rubenfeld. Some may know me as "Recon"
or "JJ". I was with 2nd platoon M Co. 3/5, Sgt. Peters'
squad from 7/67 to 12/67. I was the short guy from 2nd Recon who wore
jump wings all the time.
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Me and M/3/5 Marines
My
big claim to fame was on Operation SWIFT 9/12 where we were on an
ambush and got hit by Spooky in the early morning. Carnell died in
my arms, and two others were shot and medivaced. I didn't get hit.
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Me and "Sugarbear" Bryant (on the right) before
SWIFT
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Me (with
helmet) and Rodriguez
This
picture must have been taken in November on Operation ESSEX, just
before I got hit. We were being ambushed almost every hour while moving
to our objective. They said that was my thousand yard stare.~"RECON"
The Marine sitting next to Rubenfeld is named Rodriguez, first name
I can't remember. I think maybe Jim? He was from N.Y. like you, I
think. He showed up at the Naval Hospital in Yacosuka, Japan shortly
after I was wounded. We were on the same ward. He told me he had been
hit just outside the battlion area during the first days of TET, if
I remember right. Semper Fi.~"Short Round," Frm.
Sgt.Tony Martinez, Mike Co 2nd squad, 2nd plt.
Operation
ESSEX
On
Operation ESSEX, 2nd platoon was the point platoon when we got online
to assault the village. I was with the point squad. I got shot in
the knee and was medivaced. When I returned to the company, they sent
me back to 1st Force Recon where I stayed till Sept. 1968 when I got
my third heart.
I
was sent to Hawaii for the remainder of my Marine Corps tour. If anyone
remembers the names of the Marines in my pictures, please let me know.
Semper fi, Elliot "Recon" Rubenfeld
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Still
jumping!
2003
Me
and M Co. 3/5 Marines at the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines Reunion, May
2003
Operation
COCHISE
Operation
SWIFT
Operation SHELBYVILLE
Operation
ESSEX
Mike
3/5 website
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by Redeye)
