Sam Schipman:
CLASS OF 1979
Garinger High SchoolClass of 1979
Charlotte, NC
Sam's Story
24 years in both the NC Army National Guard and Active duty Army..Deployed to Saudi Arabia for Desert Storm..Deployed to Bosnia in 1997-98 as a Peace Keeper..Retired Nov 98..Reenlisted Jan 2003 and deployed to Kuwait for Operation Iraqi Freedom..MOS was 64 Charlie,88 Mike..Heavy wheel truck driver..Followed 24th Inf Div into Iraq during Desert Storm..Ran several missions up and down the 2 lane road ways in Saudi Arabia for the build up going into Iraq..We logged over a million and a ...Expand for more
half miles in 5 months..After 31 years later,I can still see the 55 dead Iraqi bodies..
As a Peace Keeper in Bosnia,that Country was nearly completely destroyed after the Bosnian War..There was an estimated 5 to 7 million landmines laid through out that country..Then back in Kuwait running missions into Iraq,dealing with IED's and 3 firefights..First fire fight I was in after about 5 or 6 weeks In country lasted 20 minutes..Any questions,I'll answer,but only tell you certain things..
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