It was June 1970, more than a month into the U.S. campaign in Cambodia and the expansion of the war in Vietnam. And sure enough, there they were.
Jim Ketrow
Jim Ketrow was inducted into the Army in March 1969. Following basic training, he was selected for Officer Candidate School but instead chose to attend Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Fort Benning, Georgia. He arrived in Vietnam in January 1970 and served with a long-range reconnaissance patrol group with H Company Rangers of the 1st Cavalry. He was severely injured on June 5, 1970, when his squad came under heavy enemy fire. Ketrow was discharged from the Army in 1971 and went on to operate a diving company in the Cayman Islands for many years. He also served with the special forces in a reserve unit from 1984 to 1990.
