Vietnam Veteran Bill Waters talks about the attack on Chu Lai on the second day the 126th Supply and Services Co. was in Vietnam.
240518-A-OH563-2434.JPG Photo By: Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Vietnam Veteran Bill Waters talks about the attack on Chu Lai on the second day the 126th Supply and Services Co. was in Vietnam. The Illinois State Military Museum's Armed Forces Day Military Vehicle Show on May 18 included a special presentation by veteran of the Quincy, Illinois-based 126th Supply and Services Co. The unit was the only Illinois Army National Guard unit to deploy to Vietnam. The unit deployed in September 1968 and returned to a parade and celebration in Quincy in August 1969. On May 18, Veterans of the unit presented the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield with a plaque containing the names of the 183 Soldiers who were activated in 1968 from "The Hallmark Company." The unit was dubbed "The Hallmark Company" because "they cared enough to send the very best," Waters said. The currently serving 126th Quartermaster Co., still based in Quincy, holds the lineage and honors of the 126th Supply and Services Co. The veterans from the unit remain close and meet at least once a month at a Quincy restaurant.


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