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4 Apr 67
Dear Family,
...I got a shrapnel wound in my shoulder and one in my knee. There is some good in this though. Within a few weeks I will probably be back in the States...I'm really getting lazy. All I do all day is lay around and heal. It's hard work...
Love,
Bobby
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PFC Robert A. Ptachik, from Brooklyn, New York, was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He had been in country three months when he was wounded by a booby trap near Cu Chi on 27 March 1967. A member of the executive committee of the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission, he holds a doctorate in public administration and currently works as University Dean for the Executive Office at the City University of New York. He lives in Nassau County, New York, with his wife Abby, daughter Sara, and assorted pets.
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