ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Marine Corps Vietnam Combat Hero</title> <meta content="Chuck Norris, combat soldier, MOS 0311, MIKE 3/5, Vietnam, Marines in Vietnam, Danny Lane, mmachine gunner, M60, Purple Heart, military tactics, police videos, West Virginia Private Investigator, 3rd Battailion 5th Marine Regiment, 3/5 Marines " name=keywords> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff" background="bkg-map20k.jpg"> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"> <img border="0" src="nam.jpg" width="205" height="96"></font></span></p> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="wix1a.jpg" width="232" height="205"><img border="0" src="boot.jpg" width="124" height="208"><img border="0" src="wixxxx.jpg" width="253" height="205"></p> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="2enlisted1.gif" width="92" height="99"></p> <p align="center"><small><font face="Arial"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Daniel E. Lane United States Marine Corp</strong></font><small><br> </small><font color="#000000"><strong>1st Marine Division/3rd Battalion/5th Marines Vietnam 1968-1969 </strong></font></font></small></p> <p align="center"><small><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><strong>Grunt Machine Gunner M-60</strong></font></small></p> <center> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S6bD5qWsBXk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S6bD5qWsBXk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <br><br> <center> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TgPGy7JISzs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </center> <p><font face="Arial"> <img border="0" src="machinegun.jpg" width="250" height="211" align="left">Daniel "Danny" Lane served with the 1st Marine Division 3rdBattalion/<a href="http://www.kilo35usmc.org/commem/5thhistory.htm">5th Marines</a> in 1968-1969 in</font><font face="Arial"> Vietnam as an 0311 Grunt Infantry Combat Soldier. While in country Danny operated out of An Hoa Combat Base known as&nbsp; "Rocket City" and the "Dodge City" area known to the grunts as Dodge City for its shoot-' em-up atmosphere twenty kilometers south of&nbsp; Da Nang. He participated in the following military operations to wit: <img border="0" src="mar8.jpg" width="239" height="155" align="right"> <a href="http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-38235.html">Operation Meade River,</a> <a href="http://www.combatwife.net/taylorcommon.htm">Operation Taylor Common,</a> <a href="http://www.securenet.net/3rdbn5th/mike35/operations.htm">Operation Durham Peak</a>, <a href="http://www.flyarmy.org/panel/battle/69052600.HTM">Operation Pipestone Canyon</a> and several other unclassified Covert Operations. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial">He was a M-60 Machine Gunner (left) and Platoon leader with Mike Company and H&amp;S Company 3/5 Marines. He specialized in 60mm mortars, M-60 machine guns, M-79 grenade launcher, M-16 and explosives. For his combat efforts, Danny was awarded 2 <a href="http://www.americal.org/awards/ph.htm">Purple Hearts</a> and numerous other individual and unit decorations.</font></p> <table dir="ltr" border="0" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td vAlign="top"> <h4><img border="0" src="5th.jpg" width="130" height="186" align="left"></h4> <h4><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"> <a href="http://lima35.tripod.com/Operations/operations.htm">3/5 Operations in Vietnam</a> </font></span></h4> <h4><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"><u> <a href="http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-38235.html"> Operation Meade River</a></u> was the largest Marine air mobile op of the war. Six infantry battalions participated, including 3/5. Starting 10 November through 9 December the battalions encircled and searched a 30 click cordon in Dodge City. Just about all the civilians in the area were evacuated.</font></span></h4> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"> <img border="0" src="marines999.jpg" width="205" height="198" align="right"></font></span></h3> <h4><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"> <img border="0" src="marines1.jpg" width="179" height="207" align="left"><u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Taylor_Common">Operation Taylor Common</a></u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Taylor_Common"> </a>started 7 December 1968 and continued through until March 8, 1969 and was conducted southwest of AnHoa in area identified as Base Area 112, a major staging area for the NVA.&nbsp; The intent of the operation was to build and secure a supply line from Da Nang to An Hoa.&nbsp; 3/5's participation started on 11 December when the battalion landed on Hill 575, and established FireBase Lance.&nbsp;&nbsp; Operations in the surrounding areas continued until February 14, 1969, when all units left except for Mike and Lima Companies 3/5.&nbsp; Pressure on the two remaining companies increased throughout February and by the end of the month they endured nightly mortar barrages and ground assaults.&nbsp; FSB Tomahawk was attacked just after midnight on March 1.&nbsp; Quoting from Semper Fi, Vietnam, page 231 &quot;Four Marines in a listening post first heard the enemy moving toward their position. Private First Class Daniel D. Bruce, a mortar man from the Headquarters and Service Company, 3/5, caught the explosive device in mid-air, then shouted a warning to his buddies as he leaped from the bunker.&nbsp; Intent only on protecting his fellow Marines, Bruce held the device to his body as he ran into the jungle. Before he could dispose of the charge, it exploded. Bruce absorbed the full and deadly blast, but his buddies survived to fight off their attackers. Bruce would receive a posthumous Medal of Honor for his valor.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; On 3 March, Mike Company ran into a well entrenched enemy force.&nbsp; Two of the three Marines who died in the first few seconds bodies could not be recovered because of withering fire.&nbsp; A series of bitter fights occurred through March 6 in an effort to recover the bodies. &nbsp; Force Recon eventually recovered them.&nbsp; On March 8, the operation ended after forcing the NVA out of Base Area 112 and capturing huge quantities of arms and supplies. &nbsp; Murphy, on page 232, ends his essay on this op this way: &quot;....as soon as they departed the AO, the enemy began returning.&nbsp; Such was the war in South Vietnam.&quot;</font></span></h4> <h4><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"><u> <a href="http://www.flyarmy.org/panel/battle/69052600.HTM">Operation Pipestone Canyon</a></u><a href="http://www.flyarmy.org/panel/battle/69052600.HTM"> </a>started on May 26 and ran through November 7, 1969 in Goi Noi Island and Dodge City.&nbsp; This was a multi battalion effort and included ARVNs and ROKs (Republic of Korea Marines).&nbsp; 3/5's part of this op involved driving into east Goi Noi alongside BLT 1/26, then establishing a blocking position west of the railroad berm on 30 May.&nbsp; The results of this op was to &quot;transform Goi Noi Island from a heavily vegetated tract into a barren wasteland, free of tree lines and other cover long used by the enemy to conceal his movements across the island.&quot; &nbsp;</font></span></h4> <h4 align="left"><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Arial Narrow"><u>Operation Durham Peak</u> ran from July 18 to August 13, 1969.&nbsp; This operation took place in Antenna Valley and the Que Son Mountains.&nbsp; Enemy forces fleeing the carnage in Goi Noi and Dodge City because of Pipestone Canyon were filtering into this area.&nbsp; 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 5th Marines, along with 2/1, participated. &nbsp; The Army's Americal Division established blocking positions south of the AO. &nbsp; According to Murphy most of the heavy contact was sustained by a platoon of &nbsp; Hotel Company 2/1, ambushed on July 26th.</font></span></h4> <h4><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"> <img border="0" src="nammm.JPG" width="303" height="277" align="left">Danny with his SQUAD 3/5 Mike Company just before <a href="http://www.flyarmy.org/panel/battle/69052600.HTM">Operation PipeStone Canyon. </a></font></span> <font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.flyarmy.org/panel/battle/69052600.HTM"> <img border="0" src="nam69.jpg" width="138" height="209" align="left"></a></font></h4> <h4><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial">He was wounded TWICE in the mission and several of his SQUAD didn't make it!</font></span></h4> <p><font face="Arial">USMC losses were 71 (KIA) Killed In Action and 498 (WIA) Wounded In Action. 852 enemy were killed as counted which meant there were twice that many.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">Danny received 2 PURPLE HEARTS for his COMBAT WOUNDS as seen below</font>.</td> </tr> </table> <p><font face="Arial">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial Narrow"><img border="0" src="medals44.JPG" width="157" height="208" align="right"></font></span></p> <p align="left"><img alt="medlogoshadow.gif (24779 bytes)" align =left src="medlogoshadow.gif" width=150 height=155 ><font color="#ae2ced" face="Arial" size="2"><strong>There is a time in some men's lives their country calls in time of war, and asked to heed what they deplore. These gallant men</strong></font><font color="#ae2ced" face="Arial" size="2"><strong> who fight with pride with pain that lives and dies inside. They place their lives in dangers way to face the enemy each day. Some wounds severe with loss of limb, while some will heal and try again. To suffer wounds with death at hand, to fight a war in many lands. They do their duty and beyond they're swift to act and to respond. They shed their blood, some live, some die to keep Old Glory flying high. Their children cry, their widows weep, the blood that's shed runs very deep. They live with pain for many years and suffer stress that brings the tears. To honor those who played the part we give, with thanks, the Purple Heart.</strong></font></p> <p align="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Danny Lane a Real American Hero, </font></div> <div align="center"><font face="Arial">US Marine Combat Veteran Vietnam, Retired Police Officer &amp; Detective, 9th Degree Martial Arts Master</font></div> <div align="center"> <p class="style2" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <p class="style2" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font face="Arial">Highly Decorated US Marine in Vietnam</font></p> <p class="style2" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font face="Arial">Retired Decorated Police Officer &amp; Detective<br> 9&nbsp;Time Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee<br> Former World &amp; 9 Time National Champion<br> 9th Degree Martial Arts Black Belt Master</font></p> <p class="style2" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> <font face="Arial">Bodyguard to Movie Stars, Entertainers&nbsp;&amp; VIPS</font></p> <p class="style2" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><font face="Arial">Private/Civil &amp; Expert Criminal Investigator</font></p></div> <div align="center"> <embed src="war.mp3" loop="false" volume="100" hidden="true" autostart="true"><noembed><bgsound src="war.mp3"></noembed></div> <div align="center"> </div> </body> </html>