Submitted by: Daniel Anders

Category: Stories

This is a paper I wrote for a part of the Sergeants Major course I was doing through correspondence. Two years were allowed to finish the course through correspondence, I finished it in one year. (1990-1991)

I followed a chronological event concept from 1945 through 1973, then identified concepts and strategies used by the US and North Vietnam.

About the author:

I entered the Kansas National Guard (69th Inf Bde) in July 1966. The Brigade was activated in May 1968 because of the USS Pueblo incident. That settled down and I was one of the first in the Brigade to go to Vietnam. I was assigned to B/3/60/9th Inf Div, Mobile Riverine Force, then 9th Inf Div Band as Div Bugler. Deactivated in Dec 1969. Entered active Reserves in Feb 1971 to 89 Tng Div, Wichita, Kansas. Duties were: 89th Tng Div Commanding General's driver, enlisted aide; Fire Chief, Firefighting Instructor, Individual Ready Reserve (1986-1990). Assigned to The Army Corps of Engineers (Individual Mobilization Augmentee) as NCOIC during training in the Emergency Operations Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Volunteered for activation on 9-11-2001. Activated to Far East District, Seoul, S. Korea in January 2002 as NCOIC of Emergency Operations Center, then to the Pacific Ocean Division in January 2003 as NCOIC Emergency Operations Center. Deactivated January 2004, assigned to Retired Reserves and Retired in March 2006 when I celebrated my 60th birthday. Total time; 39 years, 8 months; of which four were on active duty. Retired as Sergeant Major.