Posted on 05/27/2013 9:11:14 AM PDT by EveningStar
Former Marines Jim Volkmar and Arthur Phillips always wondered what had happened to each other. They last saw each other more than four decades ago in as a haze of morphine as doctors worked furiously to patch them up.
Volkmar was a platoon commander, Phillips his radio operator. On that March day in Vietnam in 1969, they had set out to help rescue members of their platoon who were pinned down by the Viet Cong.
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I have three brothers who served in the military in the Viet Nam War: one in the Army, one in the Navy (in the swift boats), one in the Air Force (running a flight line in Thailand).
Since I was a 4-10 years old when they served, I appreciate learning now about what they experienced. At the time, I just prayed for them and had faith they would come home ok, which they did.
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