Receiving my first ARCOM, presented by 459th Signal Bn commander, LTC Arnold E. Sanderlin, June 1971. It would be nearly 20 years before I received a second one.
Burl C. Brown was a buddy in Officer Candidate School, and we "ran into each other" in Vietnam. He had to be transferred to Japan for treatment of Leischmaniasis (a blood parasite).
1LT Tony Bazile and I are "purtying up" for Xmas, 1970.
We liberated these steaks from the Air Force. January 1971
Some kids along the highway....good thing they did not have a grenade!
This award from the Vietnamese Army was presented to me for involvement in training Vietnamese signalmen. It was known in Signal Corps circles as the "Atomic Chicken" award.
Twenty-one and 1/2 years of military experience are summed up in a box of medals which will pass to my grandson.
This is me having a critique with my NCO's when I was commander of Company A, 249th Signal Bn. This photo was taken somewhere in the outback of Fort Hood, Texas, 1984.
