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Due to having nearly two years of college under his belt, John Christianson was eventually reassigned from his initial post operating heavy machinery at Whiskey Mountain to the rear. He wasn't in the middle of combat, but he did feel like he provided a service.
My time in the service fortunately wasn't one like a lot of people have out there... but I was doing good.
John's story was captured with the help of TPT's Minnesota Remembers Vietnam team at the 2017 Minnesota State Fair.
Story Themes: 1971, 1972, 1973, 299th Combat Engineer Battalion, Army, Army Commendation, Bronze Star, Cam Ranh Bay, Fort Leonard Wood, John Christianson, Long Binh, Phan Rang, State Fair Interview, VFW, Watch, Whiskey Mountain