Vietnam 1967: Operation Medina and The Heroic Marines of Charlie Company

On October 11, 1967, Charlie Company, First Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division landed on a low hill-top clearing in the dense Hai Lang National Forest south of Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Charlie Company was the point company for Operation Medina, a search-and-destroy mission against a North Vietnamese Army staging area that supported two NVA Regiments. At 4 P.M. on October 12, Charlie Company was ambushed and surrounded by 3-4 NVA companies. Jim Ramsey, former Navy lieutenant and Seabee company commander in Vietnam, will relate the story of the ensuing battle, drawing on the book Lions of Medina: The True Story of the Marines of Charlie 1/1 in Vietnam, 11-12 October, 1967 by Doyle Glass. Author Doyle Glass will participate via Zoom.