Author: Ski Ingram

by Ski Ingram Like every young boy, I was fascinated with blowing things up and pretended to do so whenever I could.  I had gone to Tiajuana, Mexico a few times with my parents and bought a lot of firecrackers and cherry bombs. ...

by Ski Ingram Date: September 1969 Place: Fort Ord, California Unit: Basic Training It was soon after being drafted that I saw my first one. I remember being quite surprised that it didn’t look like a pineapple. After all, in...

by Ski Ingram February 1971 to April 1971 173rd Airborne Patch I first met Randy Jones in Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Gordon, Georgia.  We then went on to Basic Airborne Training at Fort Benning, Georgia.  From...

by Ski Ingram I arrived in Viet Nam in September 1970.  I was assigned to Charlie Company 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, (Separate). My platoon was assigned to a small hilltop overlooking the...

by Ski Ingram Date:   April 1971 Place: RVN (Republic of Viet Nam) Unit:    N Company 75th Rangers, 173rd Airborne Brigade (separate) I had just been assigned to “N” Company, 75th Rangers, 173rd Airborne Brigade at Landing Zone...