Returning from Germany after a three-year tour, I was assigned to the 199th Separate Light Infantry Brigade, a new type of organization being activated for the Vietnam War at Fort Benning in Georgia.
Jan. 8—Junior Edward Lott was born May 14, 1943, in Athens to parents Daniel Mason Lott and Ruth Kyle Lott. He enlisted in the United States Army and served in Vietnam with E Company, 12th Infantry ...
On May 28, 1969, Jimmy Mosconis and Jan Scruggs were deep inside a jungle in Vietnam with the rest of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade of the United States Army. Up to then, the two men had only ...
Jan C. Scruggs volunteered to go to Vietnam just after graduating high school. As a young 19-year old infantryman, he served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade of the U.S. Army. He was wounded and ...