James Filgo:  

College Great sport parachute club in Lincoln, Nebraska. Horrible time to be living in flat lands with big freeways but newly enacted 55 mph speed limit while driving Corvette Stingray... Military Volunteered for US Army during Vietnam War when military was still viewed as patriotic service in the US South. I started with jump school and then was assigned to the 82d Airborne Division as an FDC in 4.2 inch mortar platoon of Hqs Company in 1/508th Infantry Battalion as a private. Assignment included period when fellow members had just returned from service in Dominican Republic and ended as they prepared for riot duty in Washington, D.C. I applied for Warrant Office Rotary Wing Flight School, which I attended and was subsequently assigned to the 1/9th Cav Sqdn, 1st Cav Div in Vietnam for a year as a Warrant Officer. That assignment included time in Khe Son relief of Marines, assist of 101st Abn Div in Ashau Valley, assist of Marines near Danang and duty in the Angel's Wing near Tay Ninh prior to invasion of Cambodia. Was reassigned to my R&R heaven of Thailand to the 70th Avn Detachment in Korat. Provided airmobile training to Thais in Kanchanaburi and flew generals and admira...Expand for more