A Baptism by Fire
A Baptism by Fire Thomas Steckman, Sergeant, US Army, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam, February 1970 I arrived at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam on 2 February, 1970. After a week of orientation and acclimatization I was assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade. I was airborne qualified, so I was proud to be