Shepard Bryan Benedict's interview for the Veterans History Project at Atlanta History Center
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2019
- Catalog Number: VIS 201.0534
In this interview, Shepard Bryan Benedict describes his experiences in the United States Army in Vietnam. He tells of his early education and how he knew at the time that he was likely to be drafted. He recounts his own family’s military background with his father serving in the U.S. Navy on a supply ship in the Mediterranean during World War II as well as an ancestor, Thomas R. Cobb, who was killed during the Civil War in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He tried to go to Officer Candidate School but caught pneumonia. He describes his training and how in San Francisco he could give blood and get a pass to leave base. He relates the heat and conditions on arriving in Vietnam. He outlines his duties and living conditions in country. He narrates his return to Vietnam in 2014 and describes his feelings. He tells of his post-war career and family.
iI was with the 242 ASH at Cu Chi, As CH47 FE The replacement unit was the 90thj Replacement Bat and it was at Long Binh and was a bout 10 miles south of Bien Hoa and about 15 miles north of Cu Chi The attack you were talking about at the 242nd happened at about 0200 hrs, We had 12 total Chinooks 9 were totally destroyed. Two of our chinooks that were not damaged were in Maintainance revetments. Myself and two other men shot one of the sappers that cam through the wire. The report you have was probably written by Capt Gary Rousch.
Thank you Bryan!
U.S. Navy Ret. E-7 Vietnam veteran (3) . Thank you sharing your story.
Smart man. Parlayed education into staying out of the field.
God bless your awareness. And thank you for your dedication to your craft.
You saved some American souls.
DaNang/Hue 1971. A perimeter guard but somebody had to do it.
I also did inner security on those valuable OV-10s and F-4s on alert.
Thank. Y’all. From. Pvt. Tj. 66-69. Peace. 🌿🇺🇸🇺🇦✌🏼🌻🌻
Thank you Sir one of the most entreating stories I've ever heard.
Welcome home Shepard…interesting interview you might have been the one that assigned me to the 2/14th infantry in Aug 1968..bravo company if you were thank you it was a great unit was wounded two times even had my helmet shot off my head by a AK-47…near the Cambodian border was in cu chi recuperating from my second wound when the base camp was hit in February 1969… was a interesting year that’s for sure return home Aug 1969….
Excellent interview...It`s so interesting--my Great(x3)Grandfather,Charles Leroy Babson,lost his leg at the Battle of Fredericksburg,for the beloved Company K of the 16th Maine,and developed gangrene during his trip to hospital in Rhode Island,which became so bad that they thought he had died,when his nurse,whom he had befriended during his stay,noticed one of his fingers moving and they brought him back to life;meanwhile,word(and a message to his family up here in Brooklin,Maine)had gotten out that he had died and for his family to come and claim his body,so his brother was sent down and upon his arrival,was completely astonished when coming to the realization that he was still alive-unfortunately,on his way down,the brother,William,had contracted pneumonia and subsequently died from the illness by the time they arrived home......History`s an exciting and sometimes a wondrous thing..........again,thanx for the interview...
Every time I start to try to want to understand Ho Chi Minh, I remember HUE and what happened to the Teachers,Priests and Government Workers!
Carried his gun with him.
He's a man if his own .
Bless his sole.
Just listen , thAt s all
How did you get a bronze star for being a clerk? 11B40 2/12 25th
How does that Work
Probably for meritorious service - not for valor.
HARMS WAY THE VC WOULD LOVE TO OVER RUN. WHEN THE NEW TROOPS FRESH AND GREEN 100 + ONE 122 ROCKET WOULD BE HAM AND MOTHER ******* 😎
EASY YOU JUST DON'T LEADEM SO MUCH AIN'T WAR HELL?? 😎
REMF
but, the guy you need to know to get where you want to go.