Friday, March 23, 2012
my name is michael black me and mel were jn vietnam togeatger . in 1967 and 1968 i searched for mel for over 30 years me and mel were tight and dam near bought the farm on a number of convoys to to jhe feild we were in more than our share of action i use to live in pomona in the mid 60s
and we sure smoked our share of bud mel had a flack jacket with the number 13 on it and a big ole reafer leaf on the back and i larned to play the harmonica from him he even bought me one and he was a huge doors fan and would always tell me light my fire i was realy saddened to learn of his death he is honered in our died sinse vietnam book of the 86th combat engrs and the 501stengrs we have a reunion every year this year its in ga in june i wish i only could have found him years ago it sure wasent grom a lack of trying if any one comes acrost my e mail please contact me id love to here from any one who knew melhe was for sure one of a kind
michael w black sr