Robert Smith
It was while I was at the Detachment 5 orderly room, that I had the good fortune to meet this man. His name is Robert Smith. He came from Tennessee, and he was one of the nicest people I ever met in the Air Force. Smith was a career man, and he was on this second or third enlistment. He was married to a Japanese woman, and they had one son. He had arrived on a flight from Japan earlier in the afternoon. He and I became good friends during our tour of duty at Bien Hoa. In fact, I came to rely on him for advice and help several times during my stay in Vietnam. As it turned out, the first time was going to be that same day.
