Glen Herman:  

Life 3 days after I graduated high school I joined the US Army because I had a draft lottery number of 41. After I went through Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training I received orders for RVN, Republic of Vietnam. I was the only one out of my graduating class to be so lucky. I was diverted from Cam Rohn Bay Vietnam to the 412th Terminal Service Port Company Naha Okinawa. There they gave me a key to be able to open the Port every morning so that the War Supplies I dispatched on my trucks could be moved around the Island and be put on Military Transports going to the Vietnam War. I lived on Naha Air Base and worked at the Naha Military Port. Our mission was to keep all of South Vietnam well supplied with all of the supplies it took to fight the war and plenty of body bags and coffins. After my 1 year tour of duty there I was assigned to Ft Hood TX. For 18 months. While stationed there I went on red alert for Israel and ended up spending 3 months in Germany in 1973. Along with about 1/2 of Ft. Hood TX. My Ending Term of Service was June 28 1974. I went to work for John Deere Waterloo, Tractor works for 4 ½ years and worked in ...Expand for more