Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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,ff ,Q it - '53 5'f 'Z ' m 4 si ' .55 Af'EliH..f5 The war in Southeast Asia has two sides - the pleasant and the grue- some. The side you see depends mostly on your MOS flylilitary Occu- pation Statusj. My MOS is YIF-1013. fEleven, Foxtrot, four-zero, Bravo.j The Eleven stands for Infantry, the F CFoxtrotD is for Combat Intelli- gence, the four zero is my rank fser- geantj and Bravo means I am air- borne qualified. I also wear a Ran- ger tab. I am senior man of a five man Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol nick- named LRRP fI..urpl. Our hattalion sends a five-man team into an Area of Operations CAOD be- fore they send in a platoon or com- pany, to see what the terrain is like, find the enemy, count them, what weapons they have and how they are deployed, find out where they camp and plant mines andlfor booby traps. My squad, in particular, is the killer squad. Our joh is to find the high ranking enemy and assassinate them. I . . i ,,T,x, ,.-. J , P.,,Ug: -if ' .,,1f. M -,:. X' '..qe,fsg+., 1. '2Z,.'1.. . JU'-' f ' Y f -t ., ...Q f - '1 '3 ' ii:fg,1'f X ' f-.'-517' f ,' '3- e V i H fy ,gl gg - -- A .V . .-,-W'-' A s ,-2 -1-:V - + .M 'f'.7ep.3.f- .P M '-:-.-- l - -'Wf' . 4 .3-' -K ,' ' ' v ,. .V+ Ig' I ,V gvw- - . 3 ,Q:...s il. .21 - LA s . . ,wg iM.g.-,Kwan It .TH . .ffftf f . :1'tF1'1'1 f ,, - A .. Y . , T 4 ..... in Q' ' ,. in -2- s ,f fr A.. Q t , U, . n . I ' s . saw-at Q - 1' ,.. a ' i... T... . - M- H Al 3 K -,, , ..- ., . f ., , -, , , - Q- . .., . , - J. . , ,l-ff h - Vina . f ,w t, 5 5, r H V 1- 1 . :,.. .5 Q-.11 -.1:.':- j' - ' ' jr- .--5 , ' -- :'- 'I - - i .f - ' ,ii ,, v . pn . 1 M. X K , i . QM t ' New ' ' . ,D Y ' I '- u ' , -QA. .v 'Au ' Y'9'v-' I 1 V , ,. - .. ,nn --, - A Hs . ' I X- fl. wg -1. ,, , , , ., aa -5 g4,,,f,--., a . 5: ii- 1 'A , -U9 . ,. rwfszui . -, ,tgfggxm , ,ii ..,.- 4 surf X. 1.3, . - , f , 1 1 ew- My ,,., I 4 1 , g,, ,, N - S 4 gg EE?p .. , ..,.,...3u....-. -- .Qi .fp ,ma-V - .-- - 1 ,v , A , A ' J i ' lla , ..d.'?q3 .1291 T.- .N z.f',iL3:.:.1-sL.:a4 :Alw +i-1.1 ' - 1 7

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The only reason I came in today was to go to the hospital. My squad is still out, with another man in command. Today was the first time I had a shower in forty days. The last shower I had was when I was in the hospital before on April 15, 1968. I cannot tell you how many times I have been shot at or how many I have killed because I don't know. Those are things you try to forget Cthough you can'tQ. You also try to forget the people you see that have nothing but scar tissue for a faceg no nose, ears or eye lids. You also make an attempt to forget that in doing your job, you have had to shoot or knife women, and teenage children, as well as men. At night, you sit in a five-man ambush, afraid to sleep because you're in enemy territory, or afraid that you may run into a force too large to handle - which we have. During the day, you worry about snipers, or mines. That is the gruesome side. Sure, it sounds like a bad, melo- dramatic movie, but it's true - un- fortunately. Some jobs in this war aren't half- bad. Such as MP duty in Chu Lai base camp. They have beautiful quar- ters. Running water for daily show- ers, three hot meals a day - with cold milk, electricity for the ice boxes in their rooms. TV. movies and weekly USO shows. Or Y l duty with finance or lagistics in base camps where your only fears are running out of ice for your soft drinks or beer, or the movie projector blowing a tube. Those jobs are hard to come by. The morale over here is high. but hurt by the protestings of our peers in the States. Hell, we don't want to be here any more than the protestors want us here. But as was once said, My country, may it always be rightg but my coun- try, right or wrong. gl 11 df' 'Wbr Ltlifs- .'h.tSI' v ' - . . , IL.. , Q: .I 5 . v I U z Z - 'A 40.1. ' . N 4 'H' Nl ' 554. 1 I' E Y -' - I v 'it -. - 5 if Lf? ' N XILQI' ' y. :x ff,,4 'T 'f, 2. ' nr'-,IWUPQ -4' Q5 ' 4 it ' T :mmm ..,:t:lw'. i qfisal,-41 55. if fig' n f-.55-., 4 ' K qlkihr 5- gxr .ag A 8, ai:-A Q ' '- 'Ss - 'H .' 'N-' ,. rn s I I V .ua 'l4 'x , I. 'Lg ,iff 3 -+: 111. .. -f I 5 ' ' 1' Yu. '-1, ,f .' -.. axe. S, -, 4 .4 13 X I-f-In ' - N W ' - 'X -. ' Q ' - is' 1. 1 r.: x, 'A 'rye , . , ,, N -ki i Fggjj - ww.- - ,- va 'ks TCW fr n. ' ' - ' v' -'sf gxx sfiskz N is ' , jf,- I '15 My Stitucsz . ' , Q7 HV . 1 'VH 1 if ' , ' l '-g'.a..:'- C- 0 rd: J' ggaphl' ' f ' 3' 7 A f ' .Y I '9 W . E.. Y-is 1 -1 f1.. 'f--' me .. is ifrirg, -'Ts-' fr- ' ,. G ', :se .1 il. - - -',M?,,. - ,ax fp. .rs 'ha ft xx. . 'gp f ' , , f' ' - ., - ' 5 F fit - .4 gg, vi ff-P-Jn lg.. - 4 8 - A- ' t 1 -'Zf 'L Jai. M1411 .lf 1 .. 4f'.ofc:L 1- 'X 55144 . I Trl :- Q ., , V A ' .... -. x L, -f - . .- 1. . - ' . - V ' ' 5' f ' ' ' 1 , r' . k .7 5' IX ' - ' X. 9