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14 days and injured by napalm, earning
a Purple Heart. Spencer was in
Vietnam for 1966, in service 1965-67.
Adiswas in-country during 1966-67.
Dignan served 1967-68, in Vietnam
the last half and first half of those years.
King and Adis were in the U.S. Air
Force, the rest Army. “We flew search
and rescue,” recalled King, showing
photos of himself. “I'm the only officer
in the bunch, the token.”
All five men are current or past VVA
presidents. King recalls of the 1960s
and earlier 1970s, “Every night, there
was Vietnamnews” onTV.
King was career Air Force for 22
years, inVietnam1971-72.
Spencer recalls coming home,
“When I left Vietnam it was 91 degrees.
It was January. It was freaking cold” at
home.
Adis adds he's back in sound shape
after being sprayed with Agent Orange
while in Vietnam “thanks to my wife.
Forty-eight years we've been married.”
Dignan and his wife have beenmarried
45 years, and there's an active Ladies
Auxiliary at the post onMill Street.
“I got drafted while I was in
Vietnam,” said King, who wrote from
Saigon he couldn't report to Detroit's
FortWayne for a physical.
King questioned a recent large mili-
tary budget bill, adding of the post and
others working to inform veterans of
housing, health care and education
benefits.
“It's starting to gain more ground
every day,” King said. A nearby wall
poster lists a Veterans Crisis Line of 1-
800-273-8255 press 1, a cooperative
effort to address veteran suicides.
Veterans
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This wall of photos at the post on Mill Street in Plymouth shows Vietnam War
personnel in uniform when they were young servicemen.
