We knew that the day would come when we would get our AIT, advanced individual training, orders. This would tell each of us what job we would be performing while in the Army and would also give us a better idea if we would be heading to Vietnam and if so in what role.

This is the orders that I received and it ordered me to Ft. Knox, Kentucky with a PMOS of 11E10. First off PMOS means Primary Military Occupational Specialty. Secondly, 11E10 meant that I was going to be an armor crewman. I was going to Ft. Know to learn about tanks and armored personnel carriers. It was a combat MOS which greatly increased my chances of seeing action in Vietnam. The land of General Patton was the next stop in this adventure.