The Christy Collection
Military Stories and Articles
What Was Your Most Proud Moment From Your Military Service? What Made This Especially Memorable For You?:
During the CAMBODIAN INCURSION of 1970, I was assigned to Charlie Company 1/12, 1st Cavalry Division. The second platoon discovered a “motor pool” full of all kinds of equipment and supplies. When I got my draft notice, I was working at a Dodge Dealership and spending 3 nights a week at the local drag strips, so I felt “right at home” at this jungle motor pool/garage.
While the United States military and coalition forces prepared for the imminent battle with Iraq's military forces, Operation Desert Storm, January of 1991, a second international crisis unfolded in the famine-stricken country of Somalia, where a full-scale bloody civil war erupted. Warlord General Mohammad Farah Aideed rebel forces were attempting to overthrow the Somali government. The fighting threatened Americans and Foreign diplomatic missions based in Mogadishu, Somalia, as the Somali...
Twenty-three Montagnard mercenaries led by Special Forces Sergeants Burton Adams and David Freeman moved quietly through the front gate of the Vinh Thanh Special Forces camp on May 15, 1966, and slipped into the early morning darkness and light fog. Like other patrols sent out over the past week, they were hoping to find anything that would confirm a captured Viet Cong's claim that a combined North Vietnamese Army/Viet Cong force would soon attack their camp. The patrol members moved to the...
