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I Only Want One Thing Out of Vietnam

A large company of US soldiers sitting on a hill, posing for a photo.

This video was captured by the Twin Cities PBS Minnesota Remembers Vietnam team in Bloomington, MN at a national 1st Battalion, 1st Marines reunion in August 2017.
To learn more about upcoming 1/1 reunions, visit www.alpha1stbn1stmarines.org.

I only want one thing out of Vietnam: me. Alive, walking, talking, chewing gum.

Before he became a Squad Leader in the 1st Marines, Bob Jackson was a tunnel rat. His main goal was getting out of Vietnam alive. He maintains a webste, www.sgte5j.com, where he updates rosters of 1/1 Marine Corps Vietnam veterans, including those he meets at reunions like this.

Biographical Details

Primary Location During Vietnam: Da Nang, Vietnam Vietnam location marker

Story Subject: Military Service

Military Branch: U.S. Marine Corps

Specialty: Tunnel Rat, Squad Leader

Story Themes: 1965, 1st Marines, 1st Marines Reunion, Bloomington, Bob Jackson, Da Nang, Marines, Reunion, Tunnel Rat, Watch

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