Author: Ski Ingram

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...

by Ski Ingram  One thing you do a lot of in the Army is “pull guard duty.”  When I was in Basic Training, we guarded things that no one cared about just for the experience of standing guard.  When I was in AIT (Advanced Infantry...

by Ski Ingram As I walked off of the airplane the first thing, I noticed was the smell. It was like nothing I had ever smelled before.  I have no words in my vocabulary that would adequately describe the stench, except that...