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DAV & Harley-Davidson rally for a disabled veteran.

Publication: DAV Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUL-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: DAV & Harley-Davidson rally for a disabled veteran.(DAV Service)(Disabled American Veterans)

Article Excerpt
Machine gun at the ready, U.S. Army Pfc. David A. Straza moved along the path that snaked through a flooded area known as "pineapple grove." It was late morning on Oct. 30,1968, and quiet, as his squad patrolled alongside a brush line. Suddenly, gunfire erupted. Straza was about to become a casualty of the Vietnam War.

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"The point man went down, and my sergeant got hit and killed in front of me," Straza said. "I started firing and my machine gun jammed. I knelt thinking the M60 may have been hit. When I opened the breach, my leg was knocked from under me, and I went down. I pulled my .45 and fired from the prone position."

According to Straza, the firelight lasted about five minutes. Within a half hour, he was on a helicopter on his way back to a field hospital. He had suffered a gunshot wound through his lower left...

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