HM3 Russell H. Jacobson Jr. · Echo 2/9 · Oct 1965 to May 1968
✉ 0 letters home to Peg
In November 1966, Navy corpsman Russell Jacobson, 20, joined Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. Four months later he was carried off Hill 861.
Fly the ground he covered. Drag to look around, pinch to zoom, tap a number to go there. Each stop shows what the unit records say, what he wrote home, and the documents behind it. Watch his letters fly home to Peg, and walk through March 16 on Hill 861 step by step.
Today's satellite view. Records follow Echo Company, not Russell himself, unless a line says otherwise.