More than five decades after 1968, an especially violent year of the war, the rain, hunger, and calamity in Vietnam’s Central Highlands remain etched in my mind. Death was the purpose of our ambush, and we found it. I was assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 3rd Battalion’s A Company as a forward observer, tasked […]
Stanley Ross
Stanley Ross was raised by a single mother in public housing before joining the Army in 1967. He spent two years in Vietnam, starting with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, followed by a year with the Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Pleiku. He later earned multiple degrees, owned and operated several small businesses, worked as a financial advisor for a financial services firm, and was a tenured business college professor at Bridgewater State University until his retirement in 2022. He has written published business articles and three business textbooks.
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Vietnam Was Scary Enough. Friday the 13th Added To Our Fear
Superstition blankets a platoon of soldiers as they hunt and fight the Viet Cong on Friday the 13th.
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I Left My Platoon a Day Early. I Listened as the Viet Cong Killed My Replacement
Army soldier listens over the radio as Viet Cong guerrillas shoot his replacement during Vietnam War
