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Glorfindel

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30. US Army, 66-68; Vietnam, Dec. 66 - Dec. 67

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:17 PM

Nov 2012

I worked at Headquarters, I Field Force Vietnam, in the Grand Hotel in Nha Trang. It's a pretty city. Some interesting pictures someone else posted here:

http://www.459thsignal.org/Nha%20Trang%20Photos.htm

Also, my brother served in Korea and four of my uncles served in World War II.

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