Donald Turney:
CLASS OF 1967
Gordon High SchoolClass of 1967
Decatur, GA
Burgess Elementary SchoolClass of 1962
Atlanta, GA
Donald's Story
AFTER H.S. 4 YEARS IN U.S.M.C. ONE 12 MONTH TOUR IN VIET NAM. DOOR GUNNER ON UH1E "HUEYS". CAME CLOSE TO BEING SHOT DOWN. THANK GOD THE VIETNAMESE ENEMY WERE BAD SHOTS. THREE OF MY FRIENDS ARE ON THE "WALL" IN D.C. ONE OF THEM HAS NEVER BEEN RECOVERED TO THIS DAY. I REMEMBER THE DAY EACH ONE WAS KILLED AND WHAT I WAS DOING AT THAT TIME. TWO OF THEM WERE RIDING IN THE SAME CHOPPER WHEN THEY WERE SHOT DOWN NEA...Expand for more
R THE DMZ. I WENT WITH EIGHT OTHER SQUADRON MEMBERS TO CUT THEM OUT OF THE WREAKAGE. WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING A RESCUE CHOPPER TO COME BACK FOR US BECAUSE OF ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE FROM THE NORTH VIETNAMESE. WE WERE SURROUNDED BY N.V.A. BATTALION OPERATING IN THE AREA. AGAIN A CLOSE CALL BUT SOMEONE WAS LOOKING DOWN UPON US. SO FAR THAT IS THE MOST EVENTFUL EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE. SOMETHING I WILL TAKE TO THE GRAVE.
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