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A true story of what a typical support soldier endured in Vietnam. Most military personnel in Vietnam were not in direct combat but served as support troops. This is what I did, but it wasn't boring, far from it. You will find that out.

I served on an LCM, which is a Landing Craft Marine boat, similar to those who landed at Normandy in WWII. Although I was in the Army, the Army operated medium boat companies in Vietnam. Although our main job was to keep the military supplied with ammunition, C-rations, weapons, etc, we also went on missions up the coast to deliver tanks and ammunition. These missions were scary to say the least.

You will find humorous, strange, and uncommon occurrences that happened during the year I served. Some are combat related.

David Schimpf currently lives in Saginaw, Michigan, and is married to Linda Schimpf for 55 years. We have two wonderful children, Joseph, living in Saginaw, and Angela Matthis, married living in Washington, Connecticut. We also have 3 grandchildren, Joe Schimpf, Freddie Matthis, and Eva Matthis.David was born on May 26, 1946, to Fred and Eva Schimpf, German/Russian immigrants from Oberdorf, Russia. He graduated from Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw and also attended Kettering University. He began to umpire softball in 1984 and is still involved by serving on the USA Softball of Michigan state umpire staff at the current time. He retired from GM/Delphi steering systems as a prototype coordinator in 1999.