[Andy]

Why exactly did I join the service? First semester in college wasn?t looking good. Broke up with my girlfriend, or maybe the other way around. Like you I have a family heritage of military service. Vietnam seemed like the most interesting place to be (it was the only war we had). Dad didn?t want me to go and I was in my rebellion stage. I?d never been to bed with an Asian. I enjoy shooting firearms but don?t like paying for the bullets. Just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. It was legal for 18 year olds to drink. And 182 other reasons.

Mech28 got my attention. There are at least five of us who, back in the day, where Mech, as in Mechanized Infantry. There?s no problem at all with your call sign but as you might imagine, you got my attention. Have a cousin who spent a summer at Luckland, good luck, take some deodorant.

Stay healthy,
Andy