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My Vietnam experience wasn't all bad. We had rare pleasant interchanges with locals. When I could, I traded C rations for rice with them. Rice took some time to cook but it was a great change of pace from those C-rations. I don't remember, but if this Montagnard villager spoke any English, I likely bought or traded rice from him. Not all bad, but it was plenty... My friend Wayne was killed in action shortly after this picture was taken.
Christmas 1968. John Markman [center] and Wayne Shadel [left] both made it home. John died a few years ago but Wayne and I still email once in a while. I'm always thrilled to hear from him. Those men and I shared something no one else can know! Something no one should ever have to know it...
Mike Lomar, standing left, was wounded in action. He was hit in the back and leg and I can vividly remember seeing a big V cut out of his thigh about 2 or 3 inches long and probably nearly to the bone. I went to visit him in Atlanta after I got home. He said he wouldn't be playing any football but was pretty good to go. He looked good and it was nice to see him but I haven't heard a word since. I wanted to see how he was doing as he was the only man in my squad seriously hurt while I was in country. Even so, remembering Vietnam was near the bottom of my interests at that time. I guess that's why I didn't stay in touch. Him too probably! Looking back at it through the lens of my whole live makes it better.
If we served together, I'd love to hear from you. (support@justbibletruth.com)
Joe Cummings left and Max Worthington. Max was wounded in a firefight but recovered to serve out his tour in base camp as mail clerk. Still email with him once in a while.
My friend: Sgt Jean D. Martin
Jean was killed in action on March 11, 1969.
Sgt. Joe M. Cummings in a field forward firebase bunker with always loaded weapon and field gear close at hand. These bunkers were just holes we dug in the ground with a pick and a shovel, and then covered with layers of sandbags and plastic sheeting.
The chart below is mostly for my personal use, to keep this information together in one spot. While it doesn't amount to too much to most people, I am sure, because I have limited access to information to put on it and limited organizational skills to match, it does help me remember a little about who was where and when. To see who among those I knew would have known each other and...
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