Veteran Day 2024

 I was the Executive officer of a company of Marines near the DMZ when we came under a mortar attack in Vietnam.  We suffered about a dozen casualties including myself.  I called for a medivac flight and was the last one on the chopper as we were taken to the medical facility in Dong Ha.  

A few days later I was taken to Da Nang where I spent about a week in the hospital before being put on a flight to a hospital in Guam.  After a couple of weeks there I was eventually put on a flight to the Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland where I spent a few months before being put on an inpatient subsisting out status as they worked on a medical discharge.

From there I went to law school at the University of Texas finishing the three-year course in two years.  I have no regrets about my time in the Marine Corps and still have a high regard for the Troops I served with.  I eventually became the general counsel to the oldest investment banking company in Texas.  When I left there I was general counsel to a specialty retailer with a thousand stores most of which were in the US.  

I have been retired now for nearly 20 years.  I built a home in rural Texas where I still reside.  I still have fond memories of the Marines I served with in Vietnam.