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PHILLIP SMITH
from
Lake City
wrote on March 24, 2021
at
10:01 pm
I ENLISTED IN THE US.ARMY JAN.'67. BASIC AT FORT BENNING,GA.; AIT AT FORT SILL,OK. TRAINING AT FORT IRWIN,CAL. WENT TO VIETNAM IN DEC.'67 ACROSS THE PACIFIC ON THE USS UPSHUR, IN COUNTRY AT CHRISTMAS OF '67. I TRAINED WITH THE 5th/22nd battion,B-Battery. I WAS ON A GUN-CREW FOR A FEW MONTHS, WE MOVED FROM ANH KHE TO BEN KHE AT THE FOOT OF DIAMOND HEAD MT. THEN TO PHU CAT, FROM THERE TO BAM ME THOUT. I DID SOME TIME AS RTO. LOOKING FOR VC. ACTIVE, FROM THERE I WAS INFUSED INTO THE 3/336TH ARTILLERY 155 SELF-PROPELLED SERVICE WHERE I MADE AMMO RUNS TO C-BATTERY OUT AT THE OASIS NEAR PLEIKUI, I SPENT THE REMAINDER OF MY TOUR AT ARTILLERY HILL. I CAME OUT IN DEC.'68. I SEEN ENOUGH, THAT I CAN SAY I APPRECIATE ALL WHO SERVED, I HAVE SOME ROUGH TIMES STILL, BUT, WITH GOD'S HELP WE ALL CAN STAY STRONG. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME PLEASE DO SO.
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