Wounded By Punji Stick In The Vietnam War John Bates enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1966, and served in Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines during a 13 month tour in Vietnam. He was in eight major combat operations and wounded in battle three times: grenade shrapnel to the left knee and leg, a punji stake wound through the left foot, anda machine gun wound through the right chest which necessitated the removal of most of his right lung. After returning to the United States, he was medic

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