I beleive Pedro made it home alright, though all I know for sure is that his name isn't on the wall.
His grandfather was a Portugese sailer that was shipwrecked on Samoa and, evidently recognizing a good thing when he washes up on it, decided to stay. Pedro was part of a whole slug of Hawaiians we picked up after Oklahoma Hills. They were a great bunch, if you couldn't have a good time with them you just couldn't have a good time. As far as I know Pedro was the only one of them to make it home ok. He was a good, dependable man. I hope life has been equally good to him, he deserves it.
January 7, 2001. Just got off the phone with Glenn Denton. Glenn was with Golf's first platoon in 1969. After Vietnam he was stationed at Camp Pendleton and met Pedro's brother who had joined the Corps. He told Glenn that Pedro did not deal with life well after Vietnam. He had gone into the Jungle in Hawaii and was more or less living there as a total recluse. That was several years ago, so perhaps he is doing better now.
From left to right: Bailey, Rich Maus, Wilson, Boyd, Tony Hatfield. Tony would be wounded in April 1969 while on Operation Oklahoma hills.
