Veteran recalls Vietnam for National Geographic
BY R. NORMAN MOODY
INDIALANTIC - As an adviser to a regiment of the South Vietnamese Army, then-U.S. Army Major Wade Lovings found himself completely surrounded by the enemy.
It was May 1972 and the North Vietnamese had the South Vietnamese Army penned in, pounding the town of Kontum with artillery and rocket fire before the South Vietnamese began to regain some of the lost ground.
"It was a frontal assault right up into your face," said Lovings, a retired lieutenant colonel who lives in Indialantic. "You can't get more intense than fighting with bayonets."
Lovings, 70, is one of dozens of Vietnam veterans who will be featured tonight on National Geographic channel's "Inside the Vietnam War," a three-hour program that takes a close-up look at the war from testimonials and eyewitness accounts.
Lovings was interviewed by the National Geographic crew for about three hours but said he didn't know how much of his interview would be aired.
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I want all the US Veterans to know their service is much appreciated no matter what war or era. I hope I will never experience the feelings these guys must have dealt with during those days of terror. Thank you to all our armed forces yesterday, today & forever!!!!!!
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