ShowMe Times Staff Writer

Dallas Buchanan of Puxico and his wife Marla Buchanan, who works at County Wide Insurance, recently went to Branson for his Charlie Company Reunion. The Buchanan’s and other members of the troop stayed in the Savannah House Hotel in which the Company had a fun filled weekend planned out for them. The reunion is once a year and almost all of the veterans attend.

On the first night they all had a nice dinner and reminisced on old times and caught up on what everyone had been up to over the past year. The second night there was a fish fry and a band from Oklahoma City that had them all dancing the night away. On the last night of their stay they ate up the left overs, had a rifle auction, and said their good byes until next time.

Dallas said, “It was a real good time. During the day the men sat and talked and the women shopped. Then at night we ate and had a good time.”  

The Charlie Company was apart of the battle of Xa Cam My which was fought over two days from April 11-12, 1966. During the battle 134 men from the Charlie Company and 3 other divisions were ambushed by the Viet Cong.

We thank these good men for everything they have done for us and hope they all enjoyed their weekend reunion!