Category: Army Stories

by Ski Ingram I grew up in Redondo Beach, California in the 50’s and 60’s. It was a great place to grow up. I owned a 1964 Austin Healy Sprite (English sports car) and two surf boards, a 10.2 David Takayama “Noserider” and an...

by Ski Ingram It was in January or early February that our platoon hiked to the top of Hill 542 in order to be resupplied.  I was assigned to 3rd platoon, Charlie Company 1/503rd Airborne Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade....

By Ski Ingram After I was assigned to lead Sergeant Luket’s squad I was a very happy warrior.  I was working hard as a Drill Sergeant teaching infantry tactics to young men who wanted to learn how to be a warrior like all...

by Ski Ingram Me in Viet Nam age 21 Yrs. I came home from Viet Nam in September of 1971 with the 173rd Airborne Brigade (separate).  About six months later the 173rd was disbanded and became the 3rd Brigade of the 101st...

by Ski Ingram After returning from Viet Nam in August 1971, I was assigned to Bravo Company 1/503rd Airborne Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.  On April 1st 1972 the 173rd was disbanded.  We...

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 fire crackers and cherry...

February 1971 to April 1971 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 there we moved to Special Forces Training at...

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 (LZ)...

by Ski Ingram August 2019 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...