Author: Ski Ingram

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...

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 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...