In the spring of 1968, under the threat of the draft, Loring M. Bailey Jr. enlisted in the Army with the option for Offi cers Candidate School. From his induction in June 1968 and basic training in Fort Knox Kentucky, he began a series of letters to his family and friends. With an Infantry assignment, he entered nine weeks of Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk Louisiana, followed by nine months of combat infantry in Vietnam. Writing stations were established immediately, and letters flowed out of the jungle. On the fifteenth of March 1970, while on Nui Chap Vung Mountain in the Quang...
In the spring of 1968, under the threat of the draft, Loring M. Bailey Jr. enlisted in the Army with the option for Offi cers Candidate School. Fro...
