(Editor’s Note: This following is the fourth story of the five-part series, “Jennings Heroes,” which honors decorated Vietnam War heroes who graduated from Jennings High School (JHS). The five stories are excerpts from the third book in a series researched by Vietnam veteran John Semmes and written with the help of Dave Precht, both JHS graduates, about former JHS students who were decorated Vietnam heroes. The five-week series will print in each Sunday edition through Sunday, June 11. The stories are all being printed as they were submitted.)
