Hi Charles:  I just read your account of the event at Tango-4 and the O-51
  Bunker.

  Without the men like you and your buddies, I might not have had to serve
  battlefield.  But I certainly don't blame you guys.  As a matter of fact, I
  don't know the words to express my utmost repect and admiration for
  you and the rest of the 377th Security Police Squadron.

  When I arrived there on TSN in February 1971, I had no idea what had
  transpired earlier.  I had no idea of the bravery and determination that so
  many of the 377th Security Police Squadron had shown on that night, Jan
  31, 1968.  Just the thought of what you guys went through during the TET
  Offensive makes me shiver.   You see, I'm not a particularly brave man.

  Me and my buds were not trained to stand before an enemy and put our
  lives on the line.  I praise the Lord that you and the others who lived
  through that night were.  I simply can't say "thank you" because that is
  not enough.

I just can't imagine what you must have been thinking when your friend, A1C Alan Tucker, looked west and north-west out of his assigned towwer, Tango-4 and saw that massive wave of human beings coming at him with the full intention of removing all friendlies from the face of this world.

I am so grateful that our United States Air Force had the kinds of men at their disposal that were manning those bunkers that fateful night.  It is simply mind boggling to me.  I'm not sure I could have had the courage to stand facing what you guys had to face and fight the way you did.   I suppose if I had been trained to do that, I might have done it.  But, I wasn't, you were.

And to think, for all that courage, dedication, and patriotism that you so proudly served with, when you came home, you, like so many others from that lousy war, probably didn't even get a "thank you" or "Welcome Home."  Not then anyways, maybe some years later when the people of this country finally woke up and faced the reality of the situation.

I know I'm rambling, but I just can't come with words that I know that can express my deepest respect.  I hope this doesn't sound corny, but "Job Well Done, Thank You, and 'Welcome Home'."

Because of men like you and your buds, my year in that country was almost like a paid vacation, with only a few exceptions.  I wish so many times that I had volunteered for augmentee duty when I first got there, but I didn't.  I did train as an augmentee late in my tour, but I was never called upon to do anything, except to clean some weapons.

Maybe during that year I gained a bit of bravery.

Thanks again.