Albert Kenney:  

After graduation it was enlist or be drafted. The county was so far behind in its quota that it had been granted an exception to the law and could draft at 18years and three months. My acceptance letter from VPI was meaningless. I enlisted in the army with an enlistment contract specifying the schools and training I received. Then spent 22 months in training, shipped out to Viet- Nam; got another 6weeks of in country training in culture, history, and language. Surprising how quickly I picked up the language then though I don't remember much of it now. Then out into the field with a small 4 man advisory team to work with local military units such as village militias or regional forces. I survived 18 months of that and returned home back to civilian life. It has been 38 years since I returned and I'm still working on putting it behind me. Anyway I resumed my education and ultimately found my way into a 4 year Physician Assistant Program. I graduated with honors and ended up back in the army; they made the best starting offer. Then I began traveling all over the world on various brief assignments. Seems that some of the people I worked with in Asia were still around and remembered me. This continued until my luck ran out and I was seriously injured and needed some surgical reconstruction. That 16 months of recovery was the longest consecutive time at home I had at that time. Folks that knew us asked how my wife and I ma...Expand for more