I was drafted in April of 1969 along with a lot of other guys, if you were around then, you will understand what I am saying, if you recieved that "notice" from Uncle Sam you either served or you went to Canada...not liking the cold I decided to serve in the "HOT" of Vietnam.  Well! anyway I went, and today I am proud of the fact that when I was called, I went ...and I served "My Country". When I got to training it seems they needed a lot of "grunts",  for you lay people that's infantrymen.

 I spent the first year, here in the States in training After being drafted I was sent to Basic Training at Ft Bliss, TX,  AIT at Fort Ord CA,  NCOC School at Ft Benning GA, graduating as a Buck Sgt E-5, and then I was sent to Ft Polk, LA for OJT where I was promoted to SSG E-6. Then it was on to Nam in April of 1970. When I reached Vietnam I was sent to the 25th Division at CuChi where I was assigned to my unit Delta Co. 2nd  Bn, 27th Infantry Reg  AKA the Wolfhounds a bad ass unit who had seen a lot of action in Vietnam...by the way if the patch (it looks like a strawberry with a bolt of lightening in it) looks familiar too you ...it's because it was in the movie "Platoon" which was based on the 25th Division in Vietnam. I spent 8 months with this kick ass unit as a platoon leader my rank at the time was Staff Sergeant...I made some friends and lost a few too.

Then in November of 1970 the Wolfhounds were sent home and I was sent to MACV {Military Assistance Command Vietnam} MACV Adv Team 50  44th STZ in Cao Lahn in the delta where I served as the Message Center Chief for Col. David Hackworth, a real American hero, whose web page I am supplying a link too on my  Favorite Links Page. Four months later my stint with the US Army was over and I was back home in civies ...well so much for that! ENJOY the pictures and music on my pages.

MACV

Adv Tm 50
44th STZ

Wolfhounds
2nd BN 27th Inf Reg

25 Inf Div

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