From 1968-69
only a few names made the journey back with me.
I spent much of my tour avoiding friendships and even casual
acquaintance.
This month
has been unusual. Two names have floated
to the pool’s surface and I’ve been able to make contact with them in one
manner or another. It’s been a very
interesting period of reconnection. One
of the names belongs to a Sgt who worked in the S-3 shop, doing 12 hour
days. The other, to a Lt. holding
multiple responsibilities that kept him sleepless.
Though we
three were all assigned to the same company, our duties kept us largely
separated. The nature of the company was
that it had more officers than most companies in an infantry company. The brigade commander and his staff expected
to be served by the non-staff EM and officers.
The company HQ personnel were responsible for the needs of the entire
company as well carrying out the security, communications, logistics, motor
pool, health care, and other tasks that keep a military unit operational.
The
Sgt. and I got along well. The Lt. and I
got along well. The Sgt. and the Lt. don’t
recall each other. Although we lived
within meters of each other, we were, at any given time to be at three different
parts of our AO, depending upon what the Brigade was doing under direction from
Division. Neither the Sgt or I recall
many names not related to our duties.
The Lt., by nature of his duties, probably had more contact with the EM
and NCO’s than either the Sgt or I.
It
will be interesting to see what these contacts lead to.
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