On a hill near Da Nang, Vietnam, sat Camp Reasoner ― home of the Marine Corps' 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and later 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the Vietnam War.
The camp was named after 1st Lt. Frank Reasoner, the second
Marine to receive the Medal of Honor during the war, and was marked by a stone
that bore a hand-lettered message to the fallen Marine.
“'First Lieutenant Reasoner sacrificed his life to save one
of his wounded Marines. ‘Greater Love Hath No Man,’” the stone said, according
to the Marine Corps University.
On Monday 12 Marine veterans and members of the House of
Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling on him
to begin negotiations with Vietnam to have the stone sent to the U.S. where the
1st Reconnaissance Battalion will host it on Camp Pendleton, California.
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