Eric Shelly was drafted into the Army and completed a combat tour with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division from 1968-69.
Eric Shelly’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Eric-L-Shelly-ebook/dp/B0B98V2WTT
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Chapters:
0:00 - First Combat Assault
1:50 - “Is This the Enemy?”
3:28 - A Long Night in the Jungle
4:44 - Hill 990
8:50 - NVA Tactics
9:45 - A Screwed Up Mission
15:40 - LZ Swinger
22:08 - Humanizing the Enemy
23:18 - Memories That Don’t Go Away
26:44 - Surreal Homecoming
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