Steve Funk was drafted into the Army on July 2, 1969 and served a tour as a sergeant and a squad leader with C/2/506th of the 101st Airborne Division.

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Chapters:
0:00 Arriving in Vietnam
0:35 Firebase Ripcord
1:36 Going Infantry
3:07 Meeting the Men
4:54 Squad Full of Cherries
6:36 Chuck Norris’s Brother
7:22 Booby Traps
8:04 Walking Point & Casualties
10:25 My Worst Fear
10:52 Losing Friends
12:22 Search & Destroy
14:04 Body Count Warfare
15:07 “That Should Have Been Me”
17:17 Hitchhiking to Saigon
19:16 Protesters at the Airport
21:32 40 Years of Silence
23:02 No Longer Ashamed
24:00 Reflections

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