Hotel 2/5 Blog

Comments and subjects written by the members and Marines from the Vietnam War.

Stephanie Casey’s Visit to the Tri Ân Monument

In an earlier edition of the Hotel 2/5 newsletter, I authored a story about The Tri Ân Monument, a memorial that was dedicated to Vietnam war veterans thanks to the efforts of Mr. Yung Nguyen and is located in Louisville, Kentucky. In September of 2024, two weeks prior to our Seattle reunion, I made the trip up there to meet…

Paul Kellum – A Short Walk Back in History

A Short Walk Back in History SSGT Paul Kellum My adventure with 2nd Battalion Hotel 2/5 began around December 26 or 27th. I had come off a 30-day leave after completing ITR at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The bus dropped me off in front Headquarters Battalion and I reported in. I was told to wait outside and a few minutes later…

Corpsmen Are Not Chefs by Dennis Noah

In combat situations you return to the basics of survival: food, staying dry, and so forth.  Food is a large aspect of life, especially when you spend days on end eating out of these little green cans with dates on them going back to the Korean War. Also, on extended operations in the field, we were particularly dependent upon helicopter resupply missions that were…

MARS – Military Auxiliary Radio System

During the Vietnam conflict, there were no individual personal cellular or landline telephones available for soldiers or sailors to use for calling family members back home. To address this, United States MARS (Military Affiliate Radio Service) stations from all branches of the service, Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, were deployed throughout Vietnam. The MARS system offered soldiers and sailors…

Hotel 2/5 Academy Awards Ceremony Presentation 2017

The Hotel 2/5 Academy Awards is a periodic event celebrating reunion awards conferred by the Hotel 2/5 Academy’s Board of Governors.  Hum, you might be wondering, who the heck is on this Board of Directors?  Well, it’s only me! (Larry Tyler)  So let’s get on with it. And now, (big drum roll . . .) the Hotel 2/5 Academy Awards…