Posted on 11/11/2021 11:09:20 AM PST by NEMDF
Sgt. 1st Class Doug Kirby curled up, broken and burned, on the ground in front of the flaming Army fuel depot. Nothing remained of his left leg but a bloody stump.
Kirby enlisted in the Army in 1961 and was a sergeant first class by the time he arrived at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam, in June 1970.
In the hours just after midnight that morning — June 5, 1970 — Kirby had been guarding the fuel farm at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam.
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
https://omaha.com/news/local/omaha-veteran-reunites-with-long-lost-soldier-who-saved-his-life-in-vietnam/article_058f005c-3e6f-11ec-9e98-8b63f8717f6e.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
Bump!
When the old warriors get mushy, you know what they went through in that war probably cannot be even 10% comprehended by those of us who were not in it. Good story for this important holiday.
I nearly fell off my desk chair....
At first, I thought the headline said “Obama” rather than “Omaha.”
Not unlike the tale of Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler:
https://benlovegrove.com/charlie-brown-b-17-ye-old-pub-german-pilot-franz-steigler/
Sorry for the confusion.
But I always write “0bama” with a leading ZERO....
WOW Thanks for sharing that!
I have seen in the videos that Andy Biggio posts of his trips taking WWII veterans to their European battlefields... when the vets meet their enemy counterparts, they all seem to be glad to have lived and to meet the human beings they were fighting back 75 years ago.
Love it!
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