1st Lt. Peter Wyeth Johnson, U. S. Army Special Forces, was killed instantly by rifle fire, leading an assault on enemy positions near Qui Nhon, a coastal city in the Vietnam central highlands.
His military training, following-two years at Harvard, began with enlistment in the Army in February, 1965, and was marked by high achievement in Officer Candidate School and in the Special Forces schools for which he later volunteered. In March, 1967, he completed the officers' course at the School of Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, N. C, twelfth in a class of 169 and, after further specialized training, left for Vietnam, September 9, 1967.
His military training, following-two years at Harvard, began with enlistment in the Army in February, 1965, and was marked by high achievement in Officer Candidate School and in the Special Forces schools for which he later volunteered. In March, 1967, he completed the officers' course at the School of Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, N. C, twelfth in a class of 169 and, after further specialized training, left for Vietnam, September 9, 1967.
1st Lt. Peter Wyeth Johnson, U. S. Army Special Forces, was killed instantly by rifle fire, leading an assault on enemy positions near Qui Nhon, a coastal city in the Vietnam central highlands.
His military training, following-two years at Harvard, began with enlistment in the Army in February, 1965, and was marked by high achievement in Officer Candidate School and in the Special Forces schools for which he later volunteered. In March, 1967, he completed the officers' course at the School of Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, N. C, twelfth in a class of 169 and, after further specialized training, left for Vietnam, September 9, 1967.
His military training, following-two years at Harvard, began with enlistment in the Army in February, 1965, and was marked by high achievement in Officer Candidate School and in the Special Forces schools for which he later volunteered. In March, 1967, he completed the officers' course at the School of Special Warfare at Fort Bragg, N. C, twelfth in a class of 169 and, after further specialized training, left for Vietnam, September 9, 1967.
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