The Lexington Veterans Association brings veterans and community members together in fellowship
to be informed and inspired at our monthly speaker series.
to be informed and inspired at our monthly speaker series.
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Doyle Glass
Join us on Monday, November 10, 2025
“Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines
of Mike 3/5 In Vietnam, 4 September 1967"
1:15 pm, Brookhaven at Lexington and by Zoom
Presented by Doyle Glass, author, historian, and sculptor
On September 4, 1967 Marine Lance Corporal Jack Swan crested the face of a bare, rocky knoll in the Que Son Valley of South Vietnam. Following Swan were the 164 Marines of Mike Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division. Their mission, in Operation Swift, was to locate and rescue an understrength and isolated company of fellow Marines who were under attack by the North Vietnamese Army.
The sight of a quiet and serene rice paddy and shrub-covered valley greeted Swan. “Too serene”, he thought as he caught sight of a trembling bush. “I think I just saw that bush move!” he shouted. “If it moves again, shoot it” his squad leader commanded. The bush moved, Swan fired, and the bush went down. Then hell on earth broke loose. Rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 fire, mortars and machine guns engulfed the exposed Marines. The vaunted 2nd NVA Division, 6,500-men strong and expertly camouflaged, had sprung their well-laid trap. Instead of coming to the rescue of their embattled comrades, it was now the men of Mike 3/5 who were about to be annihilated. Burdened with an M-16 that would often malfunction, how could they hope to beat back a vastly superior force bent on their destruction.
Doyle Glass, the author of Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of Mike 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967, will relate the story of the ensuing battle.
Doyle Glass, author, historian and sculptor, is a master at recounting true stories of heroes who, in the face of overwhelming odds, fight for their ideals and comrades. After earning degrees in history and law from Southern Methodist University, he completed law school and worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Texas. Later, he served as Assistant Attorney General in Kentucky. Doyle and his family reside in Dallas, Texas.
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Live at Brookhaven at Lexington and via Zoom, free and open to the public.
Coffee and conversation at 12:45, program begins at 1:15 p.m.
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The LexVets float, ready to join the Patriots' Day Parade on April 19.
Veterans of 3 wars: Bruce Jackan, left, veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, joins Korean War veteran Sal Pace, age 91, and Vietnam veteran Jim Ramsey at the Lexington Veterans float on Patriots' Day.
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