From the Tobacco Fields to the Killing Fields and Back By Robert Wall

Robert Wall is 18 living on a farm in North Carolina He wants adventure and excitement and joins the Army His first overseas tour takes him to Korea for 16 months then to Fort Polk Louisiana He is discharged in 1957 Restless he joins the Air Force in 1958 and is assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls Texas for Jet Engine Repair School He s shipped to Everux Fauville Air Base in France for 18 months then to Edwards Air Force Base California Discharged in 1962 he decides to re enlist in the Army After basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina he graduated from International Morse Code School and volunteered for Special Forces Green Berets After successfully completing parachute school at Fort Benning Georgia he was shipped to Fort Bragg North Carolina and completed 8 months of Special Forces training After additional Special Forces training for 18 months in Okinawa he volunteered for duty in Vietnam serving 12 months as a communications supervisor In 1968 he volunteered again for Vietnam this time assigned to the top secret outfit MACV SOG Sent to Khe Sanh he and his team ran reconnaissance missions in Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail going from North Vietnam to South Vietnam tolerating heat and jungle After this tour he volunteered for the Canal Zone working as a communication supervisor in Honduras until 1971 He spent the last 3 years of his enlistment as Operations Sergeant and Acting First Sergeant at Fort Devens Massachusetts He retired August 1975 From the Tobacco Fields to the Killing Fields and BackMr Wall gifted this book to my mother himself when they met in 2011 Read this after his passing in 2023 I can t begin to imagine what all he went through but this book gives some insight into his mind during his 20 years spend in the Army Air Force Serving in tours in Korea Japan Vietnam etc Robert Wall was a hero I hope he is at peace Kindle Edition