Happier times -- We were a newly formed public information office for the 9th Infantry Division in South Vietnam. Most of this unit was out “in the field” reporting on the fighting that was left of the Tet Offiensive in early June, 1968. Times-Democrat reporter Mike West is the guy wearing a hat, second from right. The soldier sitting on the ground is John Imbach III. He was the only one killed in combat during this PIO unit’s service in Vietnam. “He was my friend,” West said. 9TH PIO PHOTO
Vietnam: Facing the Enemy To The End
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on the Vietnam War as experienced by Sulphur Times-Democrat reporter Mike West.