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STORIES Kenneth Anderson
| Larry Davenport I was drafted Jan. 2, 1968 and went to Fort. Knox, Ky., for basic training – up agony hill and down misery hill. I stayed there and attended Army Armor School. I thought for sure I’d go to Germany, but Uncle Sam needed me in Vietnam as armor recon assigned to the 3/4 Cavalry of the 25th Infantry Division. The first time I got scared was when I heard a loud crack go by my ear. I asked my buddy what it was and he said, “Get down dummy. That was a bullet from an AK47.” I soon turned from scared boy to scared man after seeing the horror of war and seeing firsthand the cost of freedom. God spared my life, and I came home to a wonderful wife of now 37 years…a still-free country and the best one in the world. God bless our troops and God bless America. |