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1963 at the age of 17 years, three months, Cliff Nehring
enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Cliff did his basic at Ft. Leonard
Wood, MO and his advanced at Ft Sill, OK where he trained on
a 105 howitzers.
While there he also received training on all
types of army vehicles.
He did a tour of duty in Korea and when he returned
in 1964 he was assigned to Ft. Bliss, TX where he was placed
in one of the first heavy artillery units which were soon
Vietnam bound.
Cliff traveled “in style” aboard the USNS Gordon
where his bunk was one of five bunks stacked to the ceiling.
The trip took 30 days and he and his
fellow soldiers were glad to get off the ship and unto land,
even though it was Vietnam.
In his six months in Vietnam, (Yes, they did send
you to Vietnam if you had six months left of your
enlistment), he was able to shoot few voyage over and of the
first staging area on the grounds of Saigon University as
well as Phouc Vinh.
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