9.5K views · 322 reactions | 3rd Marine Division Vietnam Heroes. As we read into the history of 3rd Marine Division, we want to commemorate all the veterans who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War. To all our veterans, your sacrifice is not forgotten. | 3rd Marine Division | Facebook

Life expectancy for a machine gunner in Vietnam was 2.8 seconds. U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Private First Class Charles Armitage learned that all too well in January 1969 serving as an M60 machine gunner while attached to Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Listen to Charles tell his story of how a medical corpsman sealed his fate with a toe tag and a status of “killed in action” as we commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day in another episode of “Stories of Valor.” | U.S. Department of Ve