Joh Huizinga (Army, 4th Infantry Division, Vietnam)
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- čas přidán 23. 01. 2020
- Joh Huizinga immigrated to the United States after he graduated high school in the Netherlands. Becoming a citizen of the United States required him to sign up for the draft. Come to the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum to hear his story of his time in Vietnam while serving in the Army.
Need More people like this man to legally immigrate to America
What a genuine rock..hero...and the swamp call s cowards like Ali a hero...God Bless you...you're a real man...
Funny to hear his story. He returned from his honeymoon to find a Draft Notice waiting for him. Same thing happened to me . In February 1966 I returned home from the honeymoon to find my notice to report March 8th. And went there and was drafted into the Marine's.
Joh, I served with 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1969. Your comment, "I should have saved that letter."is the same lament I have 52 years later.
What a well told story from a wonderful individual. Thank you.
Thanks Doc!
3/4 Cav 1970 we closed out Dau Tieng in Nov 70.. Spent the night on the perimeter of the chopper tarmac.
Beautiful area, Razor Back Mtns.,view of Nui Ba Dien, rubber plantations and the river.
Great story. Thanks for serving and we're glad you made it to America.
Beautiful story of love and war. Great man too.
My Dad was part of the guys from Germany who went to Ft.Lewis,Wash. to be part of IVth Infantry. There were concientous objectors at Ft. Lewis. The Drill Instructor for them became my Dad a mechanic with Maintenance. His friends suggested giving them beatings. My Dad said "no". "Think about this. If I scream for a medic, maybe this kid thinks God put me here to save this man.Wife, two kids. You beat these kids, when you scream medic, maybe he stops and thinks God put me here to watch this sinner die". My father was Sgt. Robert Francis Levine. He was on the Mountain in Pleiku from September 1966-67. Respect for your service.
Such a gentleman 🙏
Thanks for your Service
Mooi verhaal!Groeten vanuit Nederland!
4th inf. div. 10th armored cav .1st plt was my unit in vietnam, patroled dak tko. to ankhe. al the Fire suport bases. lz. Oasis, Lz blackhawk. LZ Mederith, m-60 tank 52 tons 90mm gun. 1969
Respect and greetings to mr Huizinga ( dutch ) regards from the Netherlands
you may have known my dad Donald Androsky, thank you for your service.
I missed going to the 4th in 69 because I was on a detail when they came to get us. All my friends from AIT except the 5 of us went to the fourth. We went north the next morning to the Americal. Strange, you spend 6 months plus with these guys every day and then you never see any of them again. Of course, some of them did not make it. I think about them often and wonder what would have happened if I was not on that detail that night. And, his comment about a drill instructor who didn't understand. Why that was impossible.
Thank You Joh.....
Anyone happen to serve in the Army with the 4th IND (Ivory Men) anywhere from oct.1969-oct.1970? I'm curious because my dad, PFC. Tom Croud (AKA Gator) was in the 4th infantry division during that time span. Hes still alive and I think it'd be cool to find one of his buddies. I think it would help him alot being able to talk about things with the guys he was there with. The things he can't talk about with anyone else
What unit within the 4th ID did your dad serve? There are a couple of really good 4th ID Facebook groups that may help you locate men he served with.
Just my opinion, this is an honest, honorable person and American
I was with the 704th maintenance battalion camp Enari pleiku company A ..my name was Elwood Stone
My Dad was Sgt. Robert Francis Levine. We left a little town north of Ludwigsburg, Germany for Ft. Lewis. My Dad was a mechanic. At Ft. Lewis they assigned him to be the D.I. for the concientous objectors. They gave him the manuals and he went to the barracks. The C.O.'s were mostly religious kids from Appalachia. They nicknamed my Dad "Uncle Bob". Dad thought they really messed up. He wasn't a "scream and stomp" guy. My Mom,me and my brother continued living in new base housing on Garcia Blvd. I remember we lived near a big playground. We had a white 1300 cc Bug with a tuck and roll interior that Dad and Mom did at the Auto Hobby shop in Germany. Thank you for your service.
In one picture he is wearing a 25th Infantry Division Patch. The battle with human wave attacks I think is the same one described in the movie "Platoon". The 4th and the 25th swapped Brigades so he could have started with the 4th and wound up in the 25th Division .
Yes sir, I started out with the 25th at cu chi. August 1st 1967 we were switched to the 4th inf. Every shit job those bastards could think to use us for, they did. I even got an article 15 for wearing a 25th inf patch on my fatigues. Got sent out to duc pho to lz bronco, and things got better after that. I was wounded at lz hardcore feb 68 with 14 days to go to d e r o s. Tough place, we had 40 killed and 150 wounded there.
Stone was with Bravo company 3 22/ 25th Div. I was in the same unit later on, he is remembered by members of that companies Organization , so I doubt he was ever in the 4th Division unless he transferred from the 4th to the 25th, If you read the script and see the movie it is the 25th Division that is involved we have a lot of Members who remember him.
@@Pointman-yf6or Yes a lot of the guys from the 4th were not happy about it either It was a dumb move by the Brass which pleased no one.
The 25th Infantry (my godfather's unit) swapped people with the 4th. Crazy!
@@Pointman-yf6or My godfather was with the 25th when it got there. Did you know a Smith DeVoe from Rhode Island?.Respect for the storm you went through.
I also served with the 4th infantry in vietnam 4th s&t
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