Joseph De Frank:  

Military Reception Center at Ft Dix, NJ (Oct 66); Basic Training at Ft Hood, TX (Nov-Dec 66); Advanced Training (MOS 91B20 - Combat Medical Specialist at Ft Sam Houston, TX (Jan-Mar 67); Assigned to the 1/6 Infantry - unit trained at Ft Hood during the summer of 67 for deployment to Vietnam. In Sept 67, the 1/6 Inf, was assigned to the new 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. I was in Co B, 1st Platoon and I was a Medical Specialist. We were the first element of the 198th to arrive in Nam Oct 67, after a 23 day trip across the Pacific aboard the USNS Upsur. Our assignment was in the area of the Batangan Peninsula, guarding the 17,000 strong installation at Chu Lai, which housed the Americal Div HQ. Most of our missions were in and around Chu Lai, Duc Pho, Tam Ky, Quang Ngai, Bihn Son, LZ's Gator & Baldy, Highway 1. Just after the Tet Offensive, our unit won a Valorous Unit Citation for its victory at the battle of Lo Giang, (2/8/68), near Danang, ag...Expand for more