[Andy]

1. Did you physically set foot in South Vietnam from 1959- 1975 ? in Laos ? , in Cambodia ?, in North Vietnam ?
South Vietnam and one day in Cambodia (we were lost - really).

2. Did you spend your tour in a ship in the ocean just outside any of these countries ? or in an air force base in a surrounding country ? Which countries ?
No

3. Branch of service.
Army

3A. Division, Battalion. Regiment, Company, etc....or in Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard, the corresponding info.
Co C 4/23rd Mech Inf, 25th Division
187th Assault helicopter Co. 1st Aviation brigade
Co C 52nd Infantry - independent

4. Number of total months spent on the ground. If multiple tours, how many months spent on the ground for each one.
One 12 months - one extension for 6 months - one extension for 9 months.

5. Your primary MOS ( military occupational specialty ) the number and description. If you had multiple MOSs while on the gound, list all of them and months in each one.
11B, light weapons infantry. 26 1/2 months.

6. Your R & R experience. Total numbers received, including in-country ( i.e. Vung Tau ), and where you went.
4 count them 4 R&R's to Bangkok, no in-country.

7. Total number of Purple Hearts received.
Three Purple Hearts.

8. Did you earn a Bronze Star medal ( with or without V device ), Army Commendation medal ( with or without V device), Silver Star, or a higher level medal from 1959 - 1975 ?
Two Bronze Star w/V, one Arcom no V, Air Medal

9. Recipient of a CIB ( Combat Infantry Badge ) ?
Yes

10. Recipient of a CMB ( Combat Medical Badge ) ?
No

11. How many people from the high school you graduated from were killed in Vietnam and are their names on the Wall ?
Five

12. Have you been diagnosed with an Agent Orange related disease as recognized by the VA ?
Yes, yes I have.

13. Receive compensation from the VA for PTSD ?
Yes.

13A. Retired from the military ? Number of toal years served in active duty only.
No.

14. Have a claim pending with the VA for PTSD ?
No.

15. Approximately how many helicopter air assaults did you make during your whole number of months in country.
36.

16. Should Jane Fonda have been tried for treason ?
Not sure. It would take too long to explain.

17. The one duty station or firebase or base camp ( where you were ) on the ground, that you remember the most ? Why ?
Tay Ninh, also known as rocket city. Never knew when you'd wake up dead.

18. How many of what you would consider "close friends" were KIA in Vietnam while you were on the ground there ?
Far too many. Depends on the definition of "close friend". Probably four but to my way of thinking about 18.

19. If you could sum up your experience in Vietnam in one word and one word only ( verb, nouns, proper word, or anything else.. )...what would that be ?
Hot.

20. If you were able to imagine all the "atrocities" committed by Allied forces ( US, ARVN, Australia, ROK, etc. ) from 1959 - 1975 as a percentage of "atrocities" committed by all Communist forces in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia ( not counting the 2,500,000+ murdered by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia from 1975 -78 )....what would that number be ?
What is an atrocity? The tactic in WWII was to bomb cities, was that an atrocity? My only war crime was not killing an NVA.
Anti-war people might argue, with some justification 25%, other, more reasonable people might say 1%. The true is near the lower end of that range.
Stay healthy,
Andy