Craig VanHout

Craig Van Hout was born in 1949 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. After graduating from high school, he went to college for three semesters before dropping out, and received his draft notice soon afterward in January 1969. After finishing his basic training at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Van Hout went through advanced training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Once he finished at Fort Polk, Van Hout deployed to Vietnam and joined B Company, 2nd of the 506th, 101st Airborne Division in January, 1970. While serving with the 101st Airborne, His unit took part in the campaign around Firebase Ripcord from April through July, 1970, and was wounded during the evacuation of the base. He eventually returned to his company, which saw relatively little combat during his final months in the field. He spent the last few months of his enlistment at Fort Hood, Texas, where he served as a clerk.

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Thank you sir for your service 💪 Great story very interesting. Thank you for sharing it 👍👍👍👍👍

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Thank you for capturing these stories! Its so important to document.

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Outstanding job!
Thank you for your service and GOD BLESS
AMERICAN HERO

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Brilliant interview. I am forming a picture now , 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 - same war but different society stateside and different experiences and expectations in the field .a different war culture it seems.

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