Letters
May 28, 1968 - Jones describes Basic Training at Ft. Bragg at “pure hell”
Oct. 8, 1968 - telegram denying Jones’ reassignment request
Oct. 15, 1968 - Jones first letter from Vietnam
Oct. 21, 1968 - Jones notes preparations for the “Teck Offensive”
Nov. 6, 1968 - Jones has his first combat experience
Nov. 17, 1968 - A friend is injured by a TNT explosion
Nov. 1968 - Jones provides more details of the explosion and his take death and injury in Vietnam
Nov. 28, 1968 - program from the Army’s Thanksgiving Day dinner in Vietnam
Dec. 20, 1968 - Jones is “playing real army now”
Dec. 23, 1968 - Christmas parties in Vietnam
Jan. 27, 1969 - Jones asks about the “shooting & cutting” in Winston-Salem
Feb. 4, 1969 - Jones writes from Saigon
Feb. 23, 1969 - Jones provides examples of racial discrimination in assignments
Mar. 10, 1969 - Jones’ misunderstanding of Army savings account policy leads to financial trouble
Apr. 16, 1969 - Jones tells about his R&R and a monkey that pulled a grenade pin
April 28, 1969 - Jones describes his tour as “a year of heartaches and worries”
April 1969 - Jones has a rabies scare and worries about being sent to the field again
May 1969 - “Winston Salem N.C. is all you can hear over here on the news”
Aug. 1969 - Jones is no longer in the field and looking forward to R&R
Aug./Sept. 1969 - Jones describes a run-in with a “white nigger”
1968/1969 - Jones describes his recent operations
1968/1969 - Jones gets a new profile and new job as an ammunition bearer
1968/1969 - Jones is made point man for a night operation because of comments to a “white boy”
1968/1969 - A friend is injured by a booby trap and Jones recovers from jungle rot
