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- Text: ...d sit on- on chairs and watch the mo- the movie where when we, at our base we sat on logs, we didn't have for our movie theaters. (32:25) Interviewer: Alright so when do you actually go overseas? When I went overseas? Interviewer: When did you go, yeah? We left Alamogordo in April an...
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- Text: ...Tennessee. (27:45) Interviewer: Right. So we'd go around the capitol building, and- and you couldn't get into this theater if you was lucky you- you might get in and we’d go to the show or something but it was buy an ice-cream cone or something you know and it was mostly that ki...
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- Text: ...o, most of us volunteered to go to airborne training. There was a recruiter up there; came in and we were all sitting in the theater listening to his spiel and watching some films. And by the time he finished the film session and talking, half of the class signed up to go to airborne traini...
Lee Widjeskog was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey and grew up in that area, finishing high school in 1964. He attended Colorado State University and took ROTC training, and received his commission in the Army in 1969. He took infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia and jungle training in Panama, and went to Vietnam in April, 1970. He became a platoon leader in A Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. His unit patrolled the area near Firebase Ripcord, and was involved in heavy fighting on July 22, when Widjeskog's platoon was separated from the rest of the company for several hours, and the company then had to spend the night in the field behind before being evacuated. For the rest of the summer he operated in the field around Firebase Katherine and Firebase Rakkasan until he was reassigned to the rear in mid-September 1970. He served as the supply officer for Headquarters Company of the 3rd Brigade until he left Vietnam on March 15, 1971. He has been an active member of the Ripcord Association for over twenty years, and he and his wife currently organize the annual reunions.
