#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Joseph G. LaPointe Jr. - VAntage Point

..."Joseph G. LaPointe Jr. was born in Dayton, Ohio, in July 1948. He graduated from Northbridge High School in 1966 and then moved to Clayton, Ohio, where he took a job as a mail carrier. According to the Dayton Peace Museum, he loved nature and planned to attend college as a biology major.

However, the Army drafted LaPointe in 1968 to serve in the Vietnam War. He finished his advanced training at Fort Sam in Houston, Texas, a couple of months later and became a combat medic. In November of that year, he deployed to Vietnam.

In Vietnam, LaPointe treated wounded soldiers while in the field. However, he not only helped American soldiers, but also Vietnamese children."...