When I was 18 years old, one Sunday morning, just after Tet, 1968, while serving in a light weapons infantry line unit, as my Company Commander's RTO, I was required to enter a mine field to render aid to the wounded, comfort the dying, and retrieve the dead. Incoming fire was reported. I was severely wounded after the 4th explosion. This began my 40+ year odyssey with the V.A.
Bob