A memoir of a Vietnam veteran
�We�re scheduled to visit some guys who are coming in for a stand down on Wednesday, you could go with us then.�
In no time we set up a time and place to meet with them and get this information on tape.
We headed toward the office, slapping each other on the back at our coup.
Major Chick had noticed them also and was waiting for us, �Did you get pictures and a story?� he asked.
�Better than that, Sir,� I answered. �We made a date to go back and interview them for Duty First.�
�Sounds good,� he said and disappeared back into his tent.
We were back at their hooch two days later. Talking with the women gave us a chance to get to know them better. The women in this unit were all from the South or the Midwest. Kathy Levis (Pronounced lee vis), a tall, good looking blonde, asked me where I had gone to school.
�Ohio State�
�Oh, I hate them.� she said... The first round-eyed girl I'd seen in months and she had to say she hated my school. I felt my face fall, �Really?� I answered, �Where did you go to school?�
She sensed my disappointment. �I�m sorry,� she said. �I didn�t mean that the way it sounded. I graduated from a little school in Pennsylvania, Mercyhurst, but Jack Mollenkopf (then the Purdue football coach) is my uncle. So I don�t like any of the other Big 10 schools.�
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