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I got my draft notice in 1971. I felt that I did not want to go to war, so I enlisted in the air national guard and did nine years enlisted. I give a great credo to others who served in Nam as I had a close friend who did not survive his deployment during his time in that war. Much care to Robert Squires for his heroic service for helping to his care to the injured of the so many service comrades.

God bless this man

Robert , thank you for your service & sacrifice. Be proud for all the lives you saved . Rule NO. 1 young man die in war & Rule NO. 2 Doctor's , nurse's & medic's can't change Rule NO. 1 . ❤❤❤❤😢

Please accept my thanks for all your heart-warming comments. Wasn’t sure I could do this after so many years of silence, but was inspired by Larry’s remarkable interview with Lou Eisenbrandt, a courageous nurse who served at the 91st Evac before me.

Hey Robert , hope you are still kicking . I did Sam in 69 , and was chosen to do Bullis first . You would have thought all those films at Sam would have prepared us more . I worked for a few months at a Evac Hospital in Tay Ninh and some Dust Off . Left there and ended up doing recon for 5 weeks , then as leg and Blue with the 25th . We did the same yrs , but I did a few months in the FRG first . I flew out of Lewis to CRB , left there for the 90th RS . I came back through Oakland in 71 , was there at Oakland for just a few hrs and got home that same day . I hated nape and Willie P . also . STAY Strong brother ! There are less of us by the day .. doc 68-71

Larry. You're a good and decent man. Much respect goes to you. I was in vietnam two tours 69 70 71 with the air force. First tour north of Hue at a small outpost second tour at danang. We got hit a lot with rockets. Came close to dying many tines. A lot of the army guys say the air force had it made. We did compared to the grunts so a lot of air force especially down around Saigon did have it made but at danang it was a different story. Thanks much for your dedication to our troops. GOD bless you.

I went to that hospital 4 times . I went there to get some arch support for my jungle boots, once to visit a guy from my unit that had malaria, once to visit one of my guys that had bitten by a bamboo viper on his thigh and once to have my hearing checked. In the malaria ward the guy I was visiting was watching the nurse make her rounds very closely. When he thought the time was right he took the thermometer out of his mouth and put it in a glass of ice water. After a few minutes he moved it from the water back to his mouth and a few minutes later the nurse checked his temp and moved on. If your temp was too high they put you in an ice shower till it came down. The guy that had the snake bite looked awful. They had frozen the bite site and a large part of his thigh had turned black. It was quite ugly. While I was in country the Viet Cong were shooting 122mm rockets out of Antennae Valley towards the hospital. A nurse in the hospital was killed by one of them.

I was an Air Force medic in the late '70's and early 80's so I have a special place in my heart for medics and veterans alike. I was fortunate to have served during peacetime and did not experience the harsh realities of war that Specialist Squires did. Men like him are the real veterans in my book and deserve the highest honor. God bless you Specialist Squires and all the men and women that currently serve or have served out great nation. We owe a debt to you all that can never be repaid!

Thanks for your service please remember the ones that didn’t make it back home! 67 was my year.

Thank you Robert for sharing your experience welcome home soldier! My uncle was a medic ( Navy Corpsman) KIA February 15-1968 in Hue during Tet ! Thank you again Larry for another amazing story I am always looking forward to hearing about medics experiencing Vietnam 🇻🇳 MAY GODS RICHEST BLESSING BE YOURS ❤️🕊❤️⛪️❤️🐑❤️🙏❤️🇺🇸❤️🇮🇱🎯. P.s. great photo Happy Anniversary

God bless you both

There are a lot of angels watching over you, bless you, and thank you.

A true American and patriot. Thank God we have medics like him.

Thank you, Medical Specialist, Robert Squires! Thank you , Mr Larry Cappetto!!

MS5 Squires does a great job of sharing his experience in Vietnam, and the people he served with. The medical corps is filled with truly great heroes no matter the branch of service.

Thank you Robert for your service and sacrifice,you are a hero !

Welcome home sir, you served with honor, I salute you...72 yo Navy Veteran

I wes a patient at 91st in 1970

Hi, thank you SP5 Robert Squire for your story, experiences, and time serving our country in a place where you were needed. A place im sure you didnt want to go but a place you were needed. We all have stories and thnk you for yours. Its incredible how you&the staff cared for all the injured no matter the cost unlike now..