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 196869.

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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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