Eyes of the Eagle: F Company LRPs in Vietnam, 1968

In the 101st Airborne, if you cared enough to send the very best, you sent The Howlers.



Gary Linderer volunteered for the Army, then volunteered for Airborne training. When he reached Vietnam in 1968, he was assigned to the famous "Screaming Eagles," the 101st Airborne Division. Once there, he volunteered for training and duty with F Company 58th Inf, the Long Range Patrol company that was "the Eyes of the Eagle."



F Company pulled reconnaissance missions and ambushes, and Linderer recounts ni...