JanscruggsVietnamWarstories@buzzsprout.com
Jan Scruggs is founder of the nation's Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. Vietnam War Stories are a way to discuss military service and the Memorial. Hear inspiring stories of overcoming obstacles from veterans. Each did what was asked of them by the nation -risking their lives. The effort for the Memorial had its beginning in his study of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder while getting a Masters Degree from American University. Scruggs continues to monitor the societal, spiritual and other impacts of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. He is Chairman of the Selective Service National Appeals Board and a Member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. Contact at FOUNDEROFTHEWALL@gmail.com
JanscruggsVietnamWarstories@buzzsprout.com
Vietnam Vet in Wheelchair Since Wounded in 1968 Inspires Others!
December 14, 2020
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Dennis Haines was drafted. He was assigned to Infantry training and detailed to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. In 1968 he was a combat trooper -- helicoptered in to fight enemy soldiers were they were discovered. He tells what combat was like and the day when a Viet Cong shot him in the head.
He has been in a wheelchair since 1968 due to bullet wounds from an AK 47 Assault Rifle. Yet, he is not bitter or angry. He proudly did his duty as an American. Dennis stays busy helping at the Veterans Administration hospital assisting other veterans in Pennsylvania.
Freedom Is Not Free
Dennis Haines