Donald Behm Explains How Service Followed Him Home

Send us Fan Mail A draft notice, a quick marriage, and a flight to Vietnam with people he’d never met. Donald Behm walks us through what it feels like to land in-country alone, step into combat within days, and learn the unwritten rule that trust is earned under fire. He remembers the terrain and tempo vividly: hill assaults near Huế, patrols that blur together, mortar harassment, and a lightning strike so close it burned his leg and nearly set off the electrical blasting caps he was carrying. We also dig into the mechanics of surv...