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Several weeks ago, I was honored when Dan Cada asked me to put together a slide show about his experience as a modern day prospector. During my time of putting the photos together I learn a great deal about what it takes to find a little gold. Instead of leaving a generic slide show I …
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The nurse put an ace bandage on Capt. Phillips’ wrist. Otherwise, he only had a few minor cuts and bruises. He was given a driver to take him back to Central Command North. Another nurse put five stitches in the new Sgt. Collins shoulder and bandaged it. She then made the comment, “You’re lucky. Since …
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A warm feeling of satisfaction filled Carl’s insides. He had achieved the first real ambitious dream he ever had. He stood in a remote village of Vietnam as a member of a military squad doing good. His squad just delivered needed supplies to a forward base. They were waiting for the arrival of two children …
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After lunch on the next day, Sgt. Jake Collins assembled the fourth squad behind the hooch. The area doubled as a meeting place and a hangout during downtime. It consisted of makeshift chairs in a circle and what resembled a picnic table. Sgt. Collins asked Mike for a report on how the newest member fared …
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The rows of huts called hooches lined the western border of the base. Those assigned to the hooches were squads that had dual responsibilities. When those units were not doing search and destroy missions, they provided security for the western border of the military complex at Da Nang. Two squads provided support for other missions. …
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Private Carl Daniels flinched every time his wounds from the MP’s nightstick encountered any part of his holding cell. Carl pushed the pain out of his mind by critiquing his accommodations at the Da Nang stockade with the holding cells back in the States. He concluded neither one was designed for comfort. Since he neared …
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Private Carl Daniels walked down the steps from the Pan Am Boeing Jumbo 747. Regardless of the horrible smell and humidity, he felt at home. A lot of the smells he had never encountered before. The thunder of jets and helicopter’s blades cutting through the air only added to the distraction. Seeing a line of …
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After gaining the trust from the staff at the mental hospital and then escaping, Curtis finds someone to help him in getting not into the Marine Corps, but the Army. Curtis arrived back at the bar just before the end of Crystal’s shift. Thanks to the phone call to her brother, Curtis was able to …
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After working several months part-time with the groundskeeper, Curtis made an escape to join to Marine Corps. But now experiences what others have told him, he could not do. In this chapter, Curtis, with help, finds a way. It only took Curtis asking a couple of people for directions to the Marine Corps recruiting office. …
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Curtis has been such a model patient at the mental hospital; he gained privileges to work with the grounds keeper. Regardless of what he has been told, he still wants to join the Marine Corps. Born in Central California from immigrant parents, Pedro Gutierrez inherited their love for plants. Being the first in his family …
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