I LEFT MY RIG IN DAK TO. IT HAPPENED WHEN I STARTED DRIVING FOR THE  359th. IT WAS MY FIRST TRIP TO DAK TO AND I MISSED A TURN. I DROVE OUT OF THE COMPOUND AND TRIED TO TURN AROUND IN A FIELD, AND I GOT STUCK. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE GUY’S WITH THE WRECKER WERE NOT HAPPY. THE TRAILER WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN AND AFTER DRAGGING THE WHOLE RIG ALMOST BACK TO THE COMPOUND IT SLIPPED OFF A SMALL BRIDGE AND WENT OVER ON IT’S SIDE. I REMEMBER STAYING THERE FOR FIVE OR SIX DAY’S BEFORE I COULD GET BACK TO AN KHE. THEN SOME TIME LATTER I REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT A STATEMENT OF CHARGES. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE IN THE ARMY A LITTLE LONGER THAN I WANTED TO BE!

Posted in 1967-8