LT Nordin places sandbag while LT Dave Merrell holds up shovel. They are at work building a sleeping bunker at Wunder Beach 25 July 1968. LT Merrell was the original Scout Platoon Leader. He was KIA 25 Oct 1968 while leading his platoon in an attempt to flank a dug-in NVA position during a major battle near Kinh Mon.