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14 May 67

Hi,

We got hit by VC. Bullets were flying everywhere, and you could hear them zip zip by. They were hitting next to me and you could see the dirt jump in the air…I’ll never get used to getting shot at….

Richard
Sp/4 Richard R. Tierno served with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, based at Tuy Hoa, in 1967. When he returned home, he married his “Brooklyn neighborhood sweetheart,” and has remained married for 33 years. The father of two daughters, he has spent 18 years with the New York City Department of Sanitation.

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