Well here it is--We have been told that our whole company will be shipping out to Vietnam after AIT (Advanced Infantry Training). Our company commander and our battalion and brigade commanders told us that there is no sense trying to fool ourselves, we are going for sure. The only thing that makes me mad is how do they expect you to tell your parents. I dont mind going, but there are some guys here who just won't make it, and I don't think they will make it out alive.
Your son,
Bob
P.S. Tell mom not to worry. It's nothing I can't handle.
Sp/4 Robert Devlin served with the 71st Infantry Detachment (Long Ranger Reconnaissance Patrol), attached to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, based at Long Binh, from July 1967 to July 1968. He is now associated director of Open Arms, Inc., an outpatient program for alcholics. He lives in Haverstraw, New York.
