Submitted photo Navy Corpsman 3rd Class Gary Graves as he appeared in South Vietnam, where he was stationed from October 1968 to October 1969 during the Vietnam War.
Internet connects Vietnam veteran to fellow serviceman
By: Greg Bischof - Texarkana Gazette - Published: 09/29/2009
The Internet has provided a local Vietnam veteran a chance to find out what happened to a wounded man he met during the war.
Although it happened more than 40 years ago, former Navy Corpsman 3rd Class Gary Graves can still remember an action of then-Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Brian Riley.
“He was gripping my hand and he kept asking me if he was going to lose his leg,” said Graves, a Texarkana, Ark., resident. “I told him he wasn’t going to lose his leg and he told me ‘thank you.’”
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Internet connects Vietnam veteran to fellow serviceman
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