Hi Mom and Dad This letter is going to be dirty because it’s been over a week since I’ve washed. We get three canteens of water each night and that has to last us until the next day unless we run into a creek but they’re few and far between. Over here you could use … More Coffee, Cold Water and Air Assaults
Feeling in Vietnam is that most back home, including lawmakers, do not understand or accept the truth that the conflict in Vietnam is war. That the bulk of America considers Southeast Asia with confusion and mild contempt. A soldier returning home from Vietnam will find that people can’t yet point the country out on a … More The GI in Vietnam
He received his Statement of Acceptability from Selective Service and he was found “fully acceptable for induction into the Armed Forces.” It was dated 20 April 1966, he was 19. My dad was inducted into the Army on 5 January 1967 for training at Fort Bliss, Texas. I have his ‘yearbook’ from his time at … More Vietnam Soldier: Average age was 19
How Goes the Battle? 