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During the action in Khe Sanh, “I finally came home after being
shrapnel hit our tents. I received discharged from active duty on
lacerations to my left foot and leg October 2, 1968. I attended Missouri
while evading mortars and rocket Southern State College, Amarillo
fire. College, and finally, the School of
Law Enforcement in Missouri in
“My tour ended on August 7, 1967. 1983. I worked in Little Rock for
Several of us were medevacked out Borden Dairy and Missouri Pacific
of Khe Sanh. After convalescent Railroad (later, Union Pacific) before
leave, when I finally got to meet my moving my family to Arco, ID to
baby daughter, Ann, I was sent to work for Idaho Atomic Energy as
Quantico to help train OCS (Officer a maintenance technician. I felt
Candidate School). I was sent to Ft. called to be a minister, so I went
Sill, OK to train on new artillery and to Sunset School of Preaching in
back to Quantico to train recruits Lubbock and graduated in January
on the new artillery. When Martin
and Crockett. Mike recalled, “I 1973. I preached in Seneca, MO for
lost two radio operators within Luther King was killed (April 4, six years before being called back to
20 minutes of each other during 1968), I was part of a unit that Idaho Atomic Energy Commission
the battle of Khe Sanh. My job as went to Anacostia Naval Base in where I also preached until 1990.
a forward observer was to call in Washington, D.C., where we were
medevac to pick up the wounded. standing by during the Washington, “My son told me that a church in
D.C. riots. Matador, TX needed a preacher,
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