Allen Clark:  

Life Well, I was born in a small town north of Salt Lake City, (Ogden) more years ago then I like to remember. Never graduated from high school, left home when I was 16, took my high school sweetheart on my 1958 Harley and headed for California. Needless to say I had her parents and the law after me for awhile, but both gave up after a few months. I worked a ROAR Aircraft painting airplane parts, lied about my age to get the job. Had some wild times, rode with the Hells Angles, Riverside Chapter for awhile, called the Roman Coasters. Every Friday night, (payday) we would head for Las Vegas, by Sunday night we were all broke, had to pool money to get gas for the ride home. This lasted for about three (3) years, I had two children. Then out of the blue on day, my wife up and left, did not even leave a note. Did not know why until much later in my life. About two month after that my Dad called me saying that I had gotten my draft notice, and I had better come home. I found out that my wife had filed for divorce and had turned my name into the draft, I was now 1A. Went into the Army in January 1966, took basic at Ft. Lost in the Woods, because there was a Hepatitis outbreak at Ft Ord. It was just great going from sunny\ California to little Korea as they called it. Made it through basic and was sent to Ft Benning for AIT, then to Ft, Polk for jungle training. Then to Vietnam,Republic Of, in August of that year. I had an MOS as CID. Military Police 65B, but when I reported to the CO of HHC 199th, he stated "Don't need any criminal investigators here, have the 152...Expand for more