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Then Arrived in unit: June 1967 – WO1 Departed unit: June 1968 - WO2 Duties in unit: Instructor Pilot Other Assignments:
Fort Polk, Fort Wolters, Fort Rucker, Bien Hoa, Fort Rucker SIP/HHQ XO,
Fort Knox Armor Basic, Vung Tau, Marble Mountain, Fort Benning. Training: Fort Polk, Fort Wolters, Fort Rucker - Flight Training - Armor DOS Army: May 1972 - CPT
Now Current Residence: El Cajon, CA Occupation:
Computer programmer since 1976. Remarks: First roommate 1LT Tony Boyle was a great influence on giving me the straight skinny as well as giving me hell. Dave Holloway was my mentor, and I thought he was the best I ever flew with. Took a direct commission in Armor and spent time at Rucker as a SIP, then Armor Basic, and back to RVN. Did 4 months in Vung Tau with the OH6 NETT Team, then 8 months at Marble Mountain outside of Da Nang trying to straighten out bad practices and poor skill in I Corp. Came back to Fort Benning to wait out my last year and separated in 1972. Went back to finish college and an advanced degree and joined the workforce in 1976. Spent 8 years in a National Guard tank battalion in San Diego, completed Armor Advanced and C&GS, and then just drifted out of the military. Still working until my college freshman daughter finishes college. Email: dennishijk@cox.net last update Nov 2007
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