I served two tours of duty in Vietnam. I won the Bronze Star. I won the Purple Heart.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For the record, I'm a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
I served my country in uniform for 26 years.
I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.
I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war.
Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training.
I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.
I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.
I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in the Second Infantry Division.
I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.