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Leonard Lewis recalls his upbringing in Gateway, Colorado. He remembers being drafted into the US Army, being stationed for nearly one and a half years at Fort Carson, and his eventual transfer to Vietnam in 1968 with replacement troops for the 9th Infantry Division in Ben Hoa. He describes patrolling the countryside with his reconnaissance unit and working as the radio operator to the forward observer. He talks about working with a mortar unit and...
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Don Enselek talks about his early life and schooling in Massachusetts, and about receiving his draft notice for the United States Army shortly after his graduation from college in 1967. He speaks about basic training, infantry training, and flight school, where he trained to become a helicopter pilot. He describes his year of service during the Vietnam War, where he flew for B Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Unit as a combat pilot and officer...