it was what we call a shrapnel from the bomb. And it hit me right here. It burned me. It cut me right here, but at the time I didn’t pay attention. I just took it off, you know, but it was — it was strange because it was coming in real — you could hear woo woo woo and coming real fast. And then I didn’t think too much about it until afterwards, but the strange thing about it, it didn’t penetrate it. Julia M. Hernandez: So it just hit you in your neck area?

you know, the most horrible day of my life. I was — (spoke Spanish) — I was either turning just 19 there or I had just turned 19. I don’t recall because it’s — that happened in 1969 in February. And it was horrible. I mean, I remember — I mean, all the dust flying. It was — there was sand in that area and you could see all the sand flying all over the place. And you could hear the screaming and the yelling. And — (spoke Spanish) — our first platoon got wiped out. Julia M. Hernandez: How big — how many men?

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