Lessons from the Jungle
In January of 1969, 22-year-old Dan Houmes was drafted into the U.S. Army, even though he had plans to avoid it. By the summer of that year, Dan was deployed to Vietnam and assigned to the First Cav. He would spend his one year tour of duty riding in helicopters with the men of Company B, nicknamed "Pigiron", to find and fight an enemy hidden in the jungle.
LFTJ is a podcast series about Dan's story, his story of life not going the way he wanted it to go, and the lessons of faith he learned in the jungles of Vietnam. Dan's story is told by him and his son, John Houmes.
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Lessons from the Jungle
Bonus: Vietnam & Culture
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John and Dan talk Vietnam era music, the new book “The Women by Kristin Hannah and Forrest Gump.
- Watch Tour of Duty
- Scene from WE WERE SOLDIERS with Robert MacNamara
- Sopwith Camel
- Viet Minh Who Fought French
- Ken Burn’s Vietnam Documentary
- Vietnam War Timeline
- Củ Chi tunnels
- Tunnel Diagram
- The Women, by Kristin Hannah
- Women in the Vietnam War
- Vietnam Women’s Memorial
Email Dan & John:
lessonfromjunglepod@gmail.com
Episode Video Clips:
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