THE OLD GUARD
2ND BATTALION, 3RD INFANTRY
199TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE
AVBH-A-CO 3 March 1968
SUBJECT: Letter of Appreciation
THRU: Commanding Officer
214th Combat Aviation Battalion
APO San Francisco 96370
TO: Major Carlvin J. Griggs
191st Assault Helicopter Company
214th Combat Aviation Battalion
APO San Francisco 96370
1. I am indeed honored to take this opportunity of expressing my profound appreciation to you for a great performance in support of elements of my command rendered on 23 February 1968. As commander of the airmobile company, you displayed the highest degree of professionalism, courage, and devotion to duty while inserting Company D into an extremely volatile area of operations, executing medevac of US wounded personnel, and catering to the call of emergency resupply of Companies C and D, 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry, and Company D, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, which was under my operational control.
2. You are commended most highly for a performance frankly rated one of the finest I have ever witnessed. Particularly noteworthy and gratifying to me was the timely response, the tremendous enthusiasm and the professional zeal which characterized you and your team at a time of great crisis. Despite heavy contact on the two landing zones, and not withstanding the fact that two of your gunships sustained several hits, you steadfastly continued your support role with outstanding results far into the hours of darkness by total commitment of you airmobile company.
3. The aggressiveness, boldness, and daring courage exemplified by you and your fine team materially contributed to the successful accomplishment of my assigned mission and reflects most favorably upon you, your entire unit, and the United States Army. Again, kindly accept my deepest expression of appreciation and convey to each of your men my profound gratitude for a job most excellently performed.
S/ William C. Carper III
T/ WILLIAM C. CARPER III
Lieutenant Colonel
Commanding