Over the years I wondered how many died from Hampshire county, Mass. ? (my draft board)
And who died from my truncated basic training class for C.O.'s? (6 vs 8 wks. No weapons training)*
and who from my combat medic and advanced med. classes?*
And a general question - of the more than 1,100 medics, (and 680 corpsmen) who died in Vietnam how many of those medics were C.O.'s?
I've learned a few things.
Two C.O. medics were awarded the MOH in Vietnam.
Only one man, an officer not surprisingly, was killed from Amherst, Mass. (my home of record, pop 23,000 in 1968) as Amherst is home to U.Mass. and Amherst college and this was during the era of student deferments.
For a 'fix' every couple of months, I listen to a Huey on youtube. Open two channels and play some CCR** over the sound of a Huey start-up.
Stig
*without access to the rosters I can only recall the names of two classmates.
** yeah, I know Fogerty avoided 'Nam by slipping himself into the Reserves - but he's still a fav of Vets.
