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- [Dan Voiceover] My name is Dan Smith.

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I was in the US Army from 1969 to 1971 give or take a couple

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^of months, and served in Vietnam from 70 to 71.

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^Yeah, a year, July to July.

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Well I wanted to fly and the Airforce wouldn't take me, the

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Navy wouldn't take me unless I had a college degree.

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The Army took me, and let me fly helicopters.

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I flew both a cargo aircraft and then gunships.

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I got shot down six times.

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I held the record for our company.

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But you're trained, you react and you land.

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You know, you have the guys come down,

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pick you up real quick.

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Unless you're unlucky and then you're on the ground for a

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couple of days.

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Flying was great I wanted to fly when

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I got back from Vietnam, but that didn't happen.

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Married probably over 40 years, got four kids, seven

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grandkids, I work for CE.

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Anything that gets built on base recently, I probably

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have had my hand in it.