365 Miracles

<p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This is the story of my time in the US Army.  My plan when I finished school was to become an architect. Steel structures were not what I had in mind but the only path open.  While I was trying to come up with Plan B the US Army decided for me.  In more recent years many of my friends recommended that I write a book about my time in the service before I forget my experiences in Vietnam.  I procrastinated on it for two years and was finally convinced that there was a group of veterans who would like to read my story.  If you like reading stories about miracles then you might enjoy this one also.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>My time of service during the Vietnam War left lifelong impressions on me.  I was stationed in Vietnam from July 1968 to July 1969.  There were countless days of extreme devastation loss of life and massive destruction.  During that deployment I was awarded two purple hearts.  The first one was September 20 1968 with the 5</span><sup style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>th</sup><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Mechanized Infantry Division in Con Thien.  The second was March 23 1969 with the 184</span><sup style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>th</sup><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Ordnance Battalion in Qui Nhon.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I was honored to serve my country.  I humbly dedicate this to the many brave men who were not able to return home. There are 58220 names on the Vietnam Wall (8 of them are women).</span></p><p></p>