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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By David Jasper / The Bulletin
September 9, 2007
“My name is 1st Lieutenant Robert L. Cooper and unfortunately this narrative is true.”
On July 23, 1968, Robert L. Cooper flew from Saigon to the 1st Infantry Division Headquarters at Lai Khe, Republic of South Vietnam. A helicopter then took him to a fire support base being....