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A third-grader from Mrs. Meyer s Harrison Elementary class.
A little over 50 years ago, I was medivaced to a MASH Field hospital in Phu Bia, South Vietnam. My platoon was ambushed by the enemy in an action on top of a mountain near the A Shau valley.
I was serving in an Army infantry unit with the 101st AirBorne Division at the time. Half of my platoon was taken out that day. I was triaged for my injuries and flown from Phu Bia to a military hospital in Long Binh just east of Saigon. It was late December close to Christmas. When in combat, you don’t think of dates, only the number of days you have left before you get to fly home, if you survived.