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My Time as a Navy Corpsman and the Marine Corps

Jul 13, 2021
By Don Mosbaugh
Jul 13, 2021
This story takes place at Oak Knoll Navy Hospital and NTA Okinawa with the marines. At Oakland Navy Hospital I worked on the Burn Ward and in Orthopedics with wounded veterans from Vietnam. In the jungle of Okinawa I was an in... 
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DateNov 1965
LocationOakland, California, United States
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Before You Go

Jul 8, 2021
By Herman Hughes
Jul 8, 2021
I had been in the military for nine years when I went to Vietnam. I was a Navy Lieutenant stationed in Japan where I served as the officer-in-charge of the Naval Investigative Service Resident Agency, Atsugi. Although I believed t... 
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DateMarch 1968
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
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Standing on the deck of my father's ship

Sep 6, 2021
By Donald Dingman
Sep 6, 2021
A visit to my father's ship from WWII that was still on active duty in 1971.  
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DateAug 1971
LocationSan Diego, California, United States
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The Choices We Make

Jun 21, 2021
By Terry Gould
Jun 21, 2021
My story is not a story about combat in the jungles of Vietnam. It is a story about young Marines who returned from combat as men; men who left the better part of their youth, a bit of their souls and a lot of their flesh in Viet... 
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Date1969
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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My Veterans Day speech

Jul 3, 2021
By Tom Jones
Jul 3, 2021
As a Vietnam combat veteran, I was asked to be the keynote speaker at the Middle School in Hampshire, Illinois, for their Veterans Day Celebration. 
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Date1970
LocationHampshire, Illinois, United States
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R & R

Aug 19, 2021
By Herman Hughes
Aug 19, 2021
Where did you go on R&R? 
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DateDec 1968
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii, United States
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