

I have wonderful memories of working long 12-hour days, six days a week, with one weekend off every 8 to 10 weeks.

For a farm girl with three sisters it was a great way to get a college education. I joined the Army because it would pay for two years of college and then I would serve three years of active duty. There was a time when 24 hours seemed like forever and a week could be eternity. I was living on my parents' farm near the little town of Seneca, South Dakota located in western Faulk County. Shortly after high school graduation, at age 18, I was drafted. Tales of the Vietnam War from the Veterans who lived it.īelow, you will find an illustration of the Vietnam War told by the sons and daughters of South Dakota as they lived it through personal experience, heroic actions and tragic loss. Free Highly Rural Transportation Program.
