Monday, February 27, 2006

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM! Chapter Twenty

Chapter 20: The Smithtown News Article

The is the story the local paper published about my being wounded.


The Smithtown News
November 21, 1968

Our Serviceman

Private Anthony C****k, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C****k of North Ingelore Court, Smithtown, is a patient at the 249th Hospital in Tokyo, recovering from wounds suffered in Vietnam.

The soldier was wounded November 8 on a night patrol in the Vietnam Delta region when the enemy exploded a claymore mine, hitting the Smithtown man in me face, neck, back, left arm and legs. Anthony's brother, Edward, is in the U.S. Navy, undergoing basic training at the Great Lakes, Ill. Another brother, Rod, has been deactivated from the Reserves and is now home.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's so cool that you still have this clipping. I bet people were glad to read that you were still alive & to get an update on your family.

The Guy in the Back said...

Short but captivating. Almost home, my friend .Almost home.

Wenchy said...

... and you still here. How blessed are we.

CozyMama said...

wow.