Product Description
by G. L. Lewis (Author)
A true personal story of a young Navy corpsman's tour-of-duty with the 1st Marine Division's elite 1st Force Reconnaissance Company in Vietnam during the years of 1967-1968.
Author Biography
Gary 'Doc" Lewis enlisted in the Navy in 1965 and became a corpsman after graduating from Basic Hospital Corps School at San Diego, CA. in 1966 then went on to work at the Naval Hosptial in Jacksonville, FL. until receiving orders to Camp Pendleton for Field Medical Service School to enter the Fleet Marine Force. From there in June 1967 he was shipped to Vietnam where this story begins. In years following his Vietnam experience he served in The US Army Reserve, the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the US Air Force Reserve, where he retired as 1st Sergeant of the 758th Airlift Squadron at Pittsburgh, PA. As a member of the Air Force Reserve he also served in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm as an Aeromedical Evacuation Technician crewmember on board C-130s. Doc retired from federal civilian service in 2007 and is now residing in the small village of Espyville, Pennsylvania.
