My Vietnam Story - Paul Gochnour as told to Dennis Betts

Ligonier, PA, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam War, Gettysburg College, ROTC, faith, John Vannorsdall, Fort Benning, classes, drill, Gap Military Reserve, Basic Officers Course, training, Fort Polk, orders, Jungle Training, Bien Hoa, shit burning, officer's club, 101st Airborne Division, I Corps, Screaming Eagle, helicopters, Air Assault, Alpha Avengers Assassins, SERTS, 3/506th Infantry, U.S. Army, Quang Tri, Viet Cong, 2/501 Infantry, Platoon Leader, John Wentworth, Tom Dooley, Jon Zimmerman, Pete Chenette, Robert Joyce, day defensive perimeter, patrol, night defensive perimeter, mechanical ambush, booby traps, unmanned explosives, mail, heat, rain, weather, equipment, Phu Bai, stand down, rest, USO, drinking, Thanksgiving, map, compass, dead reckoning, shower, Christmas, Bob Hope, donut dollies, Red Cross, Jerry Prigmore, dogs, special mission, Shau Vally, NVA, Veghel, awards, decorations, Company Executive Officer, Phu Bai, rear job, Carl Oborski, Da Nang, homecoming , Alpha Avengers of Vietnam Association, reunion, veterans,

Personal narrative

Paul Gochnour, Class of 1969

Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College

1964-1971

Paul Gochnour, Class of 1969
Dennis Betts

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