The descendants of John Wadleigh (b. ca. 1600-1671?), possibly of Bristol, Devonshire, England, who settled in Saco, Kittery and Wells, Maine after 1632. Descendants have settled throughout the United States.
Ralph Farnum was born in about 1603, probably in Rochester, Kent, England, to Henry Farnham and Mary. He probably married Alice 1 October 1627. They had five children.
This is a captivating account of a Marine Rifle Squad as it prepared for deployment to Vietnam, and establishing the enclave south of Da Nang, Vietnam. Mentored by Korean Veterans, the Marine Riflemen become veterans tested in the rice paddies at Da Nang, Phu Bai, and the highlands of Khe Sanh. They walked from Khe Sanh to Dong Ha, Vietnam, one of the first units to do so since the fall of the French at Dien Bien Phu, 1954. They become Marine Riflemen ready to pick up their rifle and accomplish their mission under any physical conditions.