Author: Ski Ingram

by Ski Ingram It was June 1970 at Camp MacKall, (Fort Bragg North Carolina), I was in Special Forces Training with only four days until graduation, The day we would all get our Green Berets.  The last four days of training...

by Ski Ingram I was drafted into the US Army on September 9, 1969, during the height of the Viet Nam war.  Every day the nightly news reported the number of KIA’s (killed in action) and WIA’s (wounded in action).  I had no...

September 1970 to February 1971 After I had been in country for about two weeks our platoon’s medic went home, as it was the end of his tour.  Since I had been trained as a special Forces Medic before being sent to Viet Nam, I...

September 1970 to February 1971 A few weeks after arriving in Viet Nam the monsoon season began. It started to rain. It rained every day for weeks. I hated the rain.  We were always wet.  The only place you could go to get dry...

September 1970 to February 1971 My first assignment after arriving in Viet Nam was with Charlie Company 1/503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (separate).  The 173rd’s mission was called pacification, which meant we were...