D. E. Larsen, DVM Lt. Bernard came into the maintenance shop with a piece of paper in his hands. Glancing up from the work we were doing, we could see that something was official in that letter. For the last ten months, I had been the NCOIC (non-commissioned officer in charge) of maintenance at Wobeck,Continue reading “A Change of Pace”
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South Korea, Winter 1966 – 1967
D. E. Larsen, DVM The Korean winter was brutal to this farm boy from the Pacific Northwest. I was used to a little wet snow that would last a day or two. And freezing temperatures slipped below the twenty-degree mark on the thermometer only on rare occasions. Actually, my time in Korea was a pieceContinue reading “South Korea, Winter 1966 – 1967 “
My Christmases in the Army
D. E. Larsen, DVM “Company D, Private Drake speaking, can I help you,” Bill answered the phone on a snowy Christmas Eve in 1965. Bill and I were pulling CQ (charge of quarters) duty for Company D, a duty company for troops waiting for school at Fort Devens. We were a couple of lucky ones;Continue reading “My Christmases in the Army “
Memoirs of a Country Vet 