Four years of Active Duty, United States Navy. One overseas tour in Vietnam, June 1970 to June 1971. Most of my profile and shadow box represent the year I spent in Vietnam. It was, after all, the most dramatic of the four years I spent on active duty. Not that I didn't have other accomplishments like 'A' school, commissioning the LST-1196 and becoming a Plank Owner and then Shellback. But, the year in Saigon will always be unique. The pin at the bottom represents the Vietnam Wall in Washington DC. -- In my lifetime it has come down to this: "Vietnam, you were either there or you were not".
