Posted by 2 days ago. Roger Cox | Vietnam | 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) Division | 5:23 . Interested in some cool stories. One tour in Vietnam was more than enough for Janis Nark, who served as a nurse during the Vietnam War from 1970 to 1971. 20.
“Bill” Ehrhart joined the U.S. Marines when he was 17. Regardless of what you thought about the Vietnam war, the fact is 2,709,918 Americans served in Vietnam, representing almost 10% of their (very large) generation.
Growing up as a Mormon in Utah, Roger Cox had a conservative outlook during the turbulent politics of the Sixties. I don't think he saw the s -- in Vietnam that he … What was the most bad ass story you have heard of from the Vietnam War? The author flew helicopters in Vietnam, mostly transport and medevac, had many scary experiences, but survived. Vietnam: One Soldier's Story From the Collection: Vietnam War.
Three-part documentary film. Ehrhart, left, in October 1967 near Quang Tri, Vietnam, and today. The story of Hayslip, who grew up in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, is intense, intimate, and ultimately human. He had some problems after he came home from the war as well. save hide report. Three Vietnam War Veterans Share Their Stories W.D.
Did the Green Berrets use captured weapons like the AK47. Regardless of what you thought about the Vietnam war, the fact is 2,709,918 Americans served in Vietnam, representing almost 10% of their (very large) generation.
The Vietnam War is as remote to them as the War of 1812 or the War of Jenkins’ Ear. That’s a true war story. 40% to 60% of those were either in combat, provided close support or were regularly exposed to enemy attack. Chickenhawk by Robert Mason. And that’s a Vietnam War story that’s absent from our histories of the conflict — all 30,000 of them. share. MWD: Stories, Photos, Memorial; US Flags: Revolutionary War-Current * Vietnam War Resources * * War Posters and Leaflets * Allied Leaflets; Posters: All USA Wars; Posters: Communists; Viet Cong Leaflets * Vietnam War Timeline * * WW II Timeline * The Green Beret Affair, 1969 Vietnam. In 1956, the first female service members arrived in Vietnam. 18. Hal Kushner joined the Army and served as a … Maryland Public Television Salutes Vietnam Veterans Traveling Exhibit. Vietnam War stories: Telling stories long buried Infantry medic came home, tried to forget things he had seen. Vietnam War Stories being a Narrative of the War Experiences of the First Platoon, A Co., 1/8 Cav., First Air Cavalry Division, 1967-1968 ... “A” Company Rosters, Vietnam War: 31 July 1965, Ft. Benning: 31 August 1965, Enroute: 31 January 1966: 28 July 1966: 31 October 1966: 31 December 1966: 30 April 1969: 31 October 1969: MWD: Stories, Photos, Memorial; US Flags: Revolutionary War-Current * Vietnam War Resources * * War Posters and Leaflets * Allied Leaflets; Posters: All USA Wars; Posters: Communists; Viet Cong Leaflets * Vietnam War Timeline * * WW II Timeline * The Green Beret Affair, 1969 1 / 9.
40% to 60% of those were either in combat, provided close support or were regularly exposed to enemy attack. Inspired to serve others after she lost her Drama scholarship from Eastern Michigan University, Janis found herself shipping off to boot camp in the spring of 1970.