187: Leigh Freeman—Infantry point man with the 101st Airborne Division during Vietnam (1970)

Today Sayre and Preston are joined by Leigh Freeman.  Leigh served with C/2-506th IN, part of the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War. Leigh talks about his experience as a nineteen-year-old infantry rifleman in the jungles of Vietnam. As the platoon’s point man, Leigh was the man at the very front of the formation cutting brush with a machete, in search of the North Vietnamese Army.  We also discussed with Leigh what his experience was like coming home, and how it felt to be a veteran of that era.  We really enjoyed this conversation and discussed many aspects that come with a combat deployment.