Josselyn Vietnam War veteran Natick Veterans Oral History Project
Channel: natvets1
Date: 2011-05-27

David L. Josselyn grew up in Natick, Mass., and graduated from high school in 1963. After a few years of college and work, he decided to enlist into the Army, as he was about to be drafted, and was sent to Ft. Dix, New Jersey, for basic training. Choosing communications, where there was a need for specialists, he was then sent to Ft. Gordon, Ga., with a number of his friends from basic. With only two days' notice, Josselyn was informed that he was going to Vietnam, where he was stationed in Pleiku with the 43rd Signal Battalion. Although not in combat, Dave talks about the constant rocket barrage. After his Vietnam tour, he was stationed in Ft. Lewis, Washington, where his duties included communications, riot control training and burial duty.