Our Recent Trip to the Outer Banks of NC

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Nicely done, Mike!
I've never been to Nag's Head, although the name itself is a fond memory: it was the radio callsign of our division HQ (1st Cav Div) when I was in Vietnam, '67-68. Our CG was MG John J. (Jack) Tolson, and he was from N.C.. Our shoulder patch was a black-bordered yellow field with a horse's head in an upper corner. So the connection to Nag's Head for the division HQ was many-fold. (The Old Man's c/s BTW was Nag's Head 6.) MG Tolson (later LG as CG of XVIII Corps & Ft Bragg) retired in N.C. and finished his public service career as N.C. SecState. The finest commander a young LT could ever wish for! An incredible fellow. Flew his own Huey with a volunteer crew into the city of Hue during the Tet Offensive - twice - when it was occupied by 11 NVA regiments, and directed our division artillery onto his own position. Cajones like watermellons! Holy cow, it gives me chills even today.....
Old Nag's Head 6 was one helluva soldier! Learned the trade as C.O. of a company, then a battalion, under Patton.

Sorry.... hope those who are intensely bored by old war stores jumped off 'way up there somewhere. Congrats on a very well-written trip report there, Mike.