On my life this is a true story....
A man I worked with from around 1984 - 1997, his name was Phil K. Kern
He was a newspaper pressman from 1974 - 1997.
He served 13 months in Vietnam. He was a helicopter gunner.
His service generally was delivering soldiers to a location, and picking up any wounded.
One day, they were sent to retrieve wounded. Upon landing, there was not enough room for all of the wounded. Despite being ordered not to, Phil took one of the soldiers weapons some ammunition and ran into the bush. He gave up his spot so a wounded soldier he had never met, and never knew who he was after either.
Phil spent the next 36 hours hiding in a small crevice in a wooded area with enemy soldiers within ear shot. No food, and no water. To his relief the enemy soldiers left the area. His fellow crew members were anxiously waiting for the area to cool off so they could go back and get him.
This is Phil, what a real hero looks like. Just a simple man who risked his own life, sacrificed his safe spot, so another soldier could get the help he needed.
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