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- I was part of the INSCOM

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they had to come up with six people.

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And, they looked at my record,

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I had spent time in the infantry division

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and I was an Army Ranger
and a couple other things

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and so they said,

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"Well, this guy can probably survive."

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Cambodia was a mess on
that was right after

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the four different factions
were killing each other

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it was a mess really sort of

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someone can probably
survive there (chuckles)

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and the UN was supplied
by Russian helicopters

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and we flew out one day

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we did a special mission
lucky with POW/MIA team

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looking for a crash site about
eight miles from Vietnam.

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And on the way back, the
hydraulic hose broke a helicopter,

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a great Russian pilot was
able to auto-rotate us

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to the ground, and when
we left we found we landed

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in one little postage stamp plowed field

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instead of getting hung up
in the trees and jungles

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so, that was a rather significant day

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but I started University in 1969,

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middle of Vietnam and everybody's
trying to get out of it.

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I felt obligated to to join the military

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so, I took ROTC and went
that route got my commission,

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but the most I liked was
the people I worked with,

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they were always great people.

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And everybody has somebody you probably

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hope you'd never wanna across again,

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but that was so minor.

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I just think of all the good
people that I worked with.

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And then got to travel but just glad

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to have the opportunity,

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to serve and love it now,

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It's great to be part
of the VFW here serving,

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veterans here in town.