Posted on May 27, 2023
Meet the Vietnam War veteran whose job it was to notify loved ones about casualties - NewsBreak
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Meet the Vietnam War veteran whose job it was to notify loved ones about casualties - NewsBreak
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Maj Kim Patterson
"Time now for StoryCorps's Military Voices Initiative, recording and sharing the stories of service members and their families. Of course, it's Memorial Day weekend, and today we're going to hear from a Vietnam veteran whose job it was to identify casualties of war. Army Lieutenant Colonel Larry Candelaria was deployed to Vietnam in 1970. He was chief of the casualty branch for the 23rd Infantry Combat Division. His team notified families when their loved ones were injured or killed."...
I had to pack the belongings for shipment home...
"Time now for StoryCorps's Military Voices Initiative, recording and sharing the stories of service members and their families. Of course, it's Memorial Day weekend, and today we're going to hear from a Vietnam veteran whose job it was to identify casualties of war. Army Lieutenant Colonel Larry Candelaria was deployed to Vietnam in 1970. He was chief of the casualty branch for the 23rd Infantry Combat Division. His team notified families when their loved ones were injured or killed."...
I had to pack the belongings for shipment home...
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I had training to accomplish this when I first became a squadron commander. Fortunately I never had do it!
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