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The Meanest MO FO in the Valley

The Meanest MO FO in the Valley John Cleveland, Lieutenant, US Army, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam, July 1970 There was a saying in Vietnam, a GI’s version of Psalm 23, The Lord is My Shepherd. It went like this, “Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death I
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The Dumbest Thing I Ever Did

The Dumbest Thing I Ever Did John Cleveland, Lieutenant, US Army, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam, July 1970 Many years after the Vietnam War I was working in a hospital. I had a close group of friends, and we would sit at a table and have lunch together every day, tell stories, laugh
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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
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All gave some, some gave All

All gave some, some gave all Wayne Lau, Specialist 4, US Army, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Central Highlands, Vietnam, April 1971 This is Wayne’s story as retold by his widow Carol. To him, the morning of April 9, 1971 seemed like just another day in Nam, but this day would change his life forever. He had
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The Fate of Otter Five One Deuce

The Fate of Otter Five One Deuce Tom Forbes, Corporal, US Army Pathfinder, 1st Cavalry Division, Kontum Province, May 1970 When people ask me what I did in Vietnam, I tell them I was a Pathfinder. This usually results in a look of puzzlement, what is a Pathfinder? A Pathfinder is an elite paratrooper who
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Just another day in the Nam

Just Another Day in the Nam John Cleveland, Lieutenant, US Army, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam, May 1970 We had just completed a mission in the highlands surrounding our Company area of operations. The mission targeted a Viet Cong base camp. The enemy scattered before we could do any significant damage to them
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