Mark M. Muhsam

Mike was one of the three College Hill guys who were together from Kindergarten thru High School. For me,h e was the "middle guy" between Skip and Mac as far as being a close friend. Mike was the kind of guy who seemed to treat everyone as one of his good friends. I was envious because he was a good athlete and I was not, and he was very popular , especially with my old Clifton classmate(Gwyn Fleming). There were quite a few "popular" guys in our class , but I remember Mike as being on of the most genuine of them all.

I have carried a huge sense of guilt in my life because I attended the Naval Academy and was supposed to be the "professional" soldier. People like Mike, Skip and Mac were college guys who signed up and lost their lives. I, on the other had went back and forth to Viet Nam as a navigator in a C130 cargo plane and survived the war. Doesn't seem fair.

Attending our 40th Reunion, working to promote the Memorial as well as getting to know Mrs. Tuttle and working closely with Gwyn on our paint projects at WHHS has given me a real sense of peace about my survival and their losses. Not sure why, but healing takes place in many unforseen ways.

Having Gwyn's Mother and Mike's Brother and Sister at the Memorial Dedication  again makes me give thanks that they could be there for a public acknowledgement of Mike's sacrifice and that his memory will live on.

The way that I now feel that I know Mike is by observing the many ways that Gwyn has honored his memory in the way she has lived her life .

Mark M. Muhsam

♥ Jackie  Taylor With Honor and Respect, Memorial Website http://www.geocities.com/vietnamwa Honoring Your Memory, Today, On Your Birthday. Apr 4, 2009

manny g Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe Union Gap, WA. 98903 “You are Remembered” Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. “He which hath no stomach, to this fight, let him depart. But we in it, shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother.” Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless you, for your Sacrifice!!! Apr 4, 2008

Teddy Manley NuiBaDen@swbell.net Friend 5408, Roberta Dr., Fort Worth, Texas, 76180, USA "GREAT OFFICER, WHAT A LOSS." On Sept., 04, 1967, on the outside of Suoi Dau, at the base of "NuibaDen." ( Black Virgin Mountain) We walked into, a V-Shaped Ambush, NVA. & VC., A, Co., 2/22, Inf., 25th, Inf., Div., was to assault, the Mountain that morning. Lt., Michael De Camp, was a close friend, he was wounded right-off, from the first, shots fired. He tried, to talk on the radio, but was wounded, to bad! The rest of us, that was wounded, or KIA., was pinned down, for (Four and A half Hours) before we, could pull back. Lt., De Camp treated his men, fare and took up for them, what a loss that day, A, Co., had (7) KIA. and around 20, wounded. Teddy Manley Saturday, March 20, 1999

Gwyn Felming De Camp Bush gwynbush@fuse.net wife 3066, Portsmouth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH., 45208, USA 33, years later, Michael is, my lifetime hero. I miss him, as if he left, just yesterday. I thank everyone, who remembers him. Gwyn Monday, September 25, 2000

An admirer comrade One, of America's Best A true loss, to our nation, Lt., Michael De Camp and the men, that served with him. The cream, of American youth. None better, can be found anywhere. What a loss, that can never, be replaced. It still, makes me sad, to this day. God Bless. Monday, January 19, 2004

TEDDY MANLEY NUIBADEN@SBCGLOBAL.NET FRIEND 5408, ROBERTA, DR., NRH, TX., 76180, USA "THERE IS NOT, A DAY GOES BY, THAT I DON'T THINK OF YOU MICHAEL" GWYN, THERE IS NOT, A DAY, THAT GOES BY, THAT I DON'T THINK OF MICHAEL, IT WILL BE 37, YEARS, ON SEPT., 4TH, WE LOST A LOT, OF GOOD MEN THAT DAY. MAYBE SOMEDAY, WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A TALK, BUT THATS UP TO YOU, WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. "GOD BLESS YOU, MICHAEL FOR GIVING YOUR ALL, ON THAT HOT, UNFORGOTTEN DAY, SEPT., 4, 1967." "GOD BLESS YOU, GWYN" AND YOUR FAMILY! TEDDY MANLEY Sunday, May 23, 2004

William I. Baldwin

Hi Mike: I know you're not here, but I know you're up there, somewhere. After all these years please  know, I have remembered you , Mac and Nick every Veteran's Day and Memorial Day since 1969. I can still see your grin when we were 16 together and at reserve football. You went on to college and became a Phi Gam and I did too, at Sewanee. We both did our military service, up front and without hesitation. You will always be greatly respected for that. I didn't know you "bought it" or were even over there while on my first Navy tour in Newfoundland. On my next tour, I requested a Destroyer going to Vietnam to make difference. Hopefully one of our 5" rounds in 1968-69 got the one that got you, earlier. We pumped 6,660 rounds into the VC from the Mekong Delta all the way to Chu Lai in 9 months.  I sincerely thank you for your unselfish service and will never forget. Perge'