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LAURENCE (LARRY) STIMELING

WAS IN VIETNAM FROM MARCH 1970 THRU FEB 1971
ONE FULL YEAR
WITH
595TH SIGNAL CO., 36TH SIG.BN. ,1ST SIG. BRIGADE
UNITED STATES ARMY,

BASED AT DI AN NEAR SAIGON SOUTH VIETNAM.

MY JOB WAS 36C40 LINEMAN/WIRETEAM LEADER.

BEFORE I WENT TO NAM I WAS SCARED. I KNEW I WAS GOING CAUSE MY FOLKS WERE POOR AND COLLEGE WAS NOT AN OPTION. AS A FRIEND OF MINE SAYS, " WE HAD THREE OPTIONS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL BECOME A COP, GO TO JAIL OR GO TO NAM." I CHOSE NAM.

WHEN I LEFT NAM I STILL HAD 15 MONTHS LEFT IN THE ARMY. I SPENT THAT TIME IN GERMANY TRYING TO ADJUST TO LIFE OUTSIDE A WAR ZONE (TIME WELL SPENT).

NOW, LOOKING BACK, I FEEL A GREAT SENSE OF LOSS. NO ONE WINS A WAR! THE WORLD LOOSES! HOW MANY DOCTORS, TEACHERS, AND LEADERS WERE LOST ON BOTH SIDES????

THE WORST PART OF NAM WAS LOSING FRIENDS.

THE BEST WAS THE THE BEAUTIFUL SUN RISES AND SUN SETS ALONG WITH THE BEAUTY OF VIETNAM IN GENERAL.

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