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Some of you by now know that I am a Vietnam Vet. Ever since I have had a computer and been on line I have tried in vain to locate a few fellows that I had served with and last night my searching finally paid off. I just happen to use the right words and click on the right link and located my best friend I had while I was over there. One thing that was real common was most the fellows just went by a nicknames over there. Most the guys that knew me knew me as Frog. C-rations gave me gas and I flat out spent a lot of time burping and farting, thus the name. 
Fortunately my best friend over there just went by his real name and I actually remembered it. I really am feeling good about this find. After we had returned from a trip to Cambodia in May of 1970 we got to spend a few days resting at one of the main base camps, I think it was called Camp Ratclift or something like that. While I was there I started to get pretty sick but not sick enough to go to one of the army hospitals there cause my temp hadn't reached 105 degrees. Less than that you weren't considered sick. After a couple days of simmering at 102 to 103 degrees while in the rear my unit got sent back out in the field and I was asked to join them. I believe it was the very first day back out in the field I managed to steal a thermometer from one of the medics and started to check my temp every time I started to feel hot. Finally on the second day of being back out in the field it hit 105 degrees and I sent one of the fellows to get our medic and he called for a med evac chopped and was finally taken to a hospital over there. I never got to say good by to any of the fellows I was with over there not to mention very few knew what had happened to me. After around a month in the hospital what ever was causing the problem had finally gone. Here I am with less than 3 weeks to go with my tour of duty not to mention 3 weeks left till I get out of the army and I'm being sent back out to the field for another week before I can come back to the rear to process out of the whole mess. Here's the link that my friend Gil had on the internet: http://1-22infantry.org/pics3/brown.htm After doing some more searching I was able to locate his phone number and got hold of him this morning. What a thrill! Best Christmas present I have ever had.......
Fortunately my best friend over there just went by his real name and I actually remembered it. I really am feeling good about this find. After we had returned from a trip to Cambodia in May of 1970 we got to spend a few days resting at one of the main base camps, I think it was called Camp Ratclift or something like that. While I was there I started to get pretty sick but not sick enough to go to one of the army hospitals there cause my temp hadn't reached 105 degrees. Less than that you weren't considered sick. After a couple days of simmering at 102 to 103 degrees while in the rear my unit got sent back out in the field and I was asked to join them. I believe it was the very first day back out in the field I managed to steal a thermometer from one of the medics and started to check my temp every time I started to feel hot. Finally on the second day of being back out in the field it hit 105 degrees and I sent one of the fellows to get our medic and he called for a med evac chopped and was finally taken to a hospital over there. I never got to say good by to any of the fellows I was with over there not to mention very few knew what had happened to me. After around a month in the hospital what ever was causing the problem had finally gone. Here I am with less than 3 weeks to go with my tour of duty not to mention 3 weeks left till I get out of the army and I'm being sent back out to the field for another week before I can come back to the rear to process out of the whole mess. Here's the link that my friend Gil had on the internet: http://1-22infantry.org/pics3/brown.htm After doing some more searching I was able to locate his phone number and got hold of him this morning. What a thrill! Best Christmas present I have ever had.......
