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“While I served in Korea I was often exposed to the EOD teams that supported our live fire exercises.” A high school tragedy gave Plemmons extra motivation to become a part of the lifesaving ...

From April 1967 through January 1969, Smith trained to become an Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist. After completing Airborne School in February 1970, he arrived in the Republic of Vietnam in ...