Since it was a draft army it was made up of everyone from every walk of life. Everyone worked together, the chief nurse would come and help pass out meal trays. I have wonderful memories of working long 12-hour days, six days a week, with one weekend off every 8 to 10 weeks. For a farm girl with three sisters it was a great way to get a college education. I joined the Army because it would pay for two years of college and then I would serve three years of active duty.

There was a time when 24 hours seemed like forever and a week could be eternity.

I was living on my parents' farm near the little town of Seneca, South Dakota located in western Faulk County. Shortly after high school graduation, at age 18, I was drafted. Tales of the Vietnam War from the Veterans who lived it.īelow, you will find an illustration of the Vietnam War told by the sons and daughters of South Dakota as they lived it through personal experience, heroic actions and tragic loss.

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He was subsequently acquitted of these charges by the Senate on February 12th. In 1998, at the age of 44 years old, Donald was alive when on December 19th, the House of Representatives initiated impeachment charges against U.S. A popular talk show, it was number 1 in the ratings since its debut. In 1986, when he was 32 years old, on September 8th, the Oprah Winfrey Show went into national syndication. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time. In 1978, at the age of 24 years old, Donald was alive when on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first 'test-tube baby', was born at Oldham Hospital in London.

Senator and a Congressman, both from the state of Massachusetts, as well as a Naval lieutenant in World War II. Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States. In 1961, Donald was only 7 years old when on January 20th, John F. The Army allegations were found to be true. Army accused Roy Cohn (chief counsel to Senator McCarthy and later trusted mentor of Donald Trump) of blackmail. Gorman was born, from April 22 through June 17th, the Army v.

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