Harry Corduroy

Harry Corduroy was an American military police soldier who fought in the Vietnam war.
== Early life ==
Corduroy was born in Los Angeles in in 1933 as an only child. His father was a veteran of the Great War and worked at the local Republican Party Headquarters. He got himself an education and found a job in the corporate offices of a car manufacturer. He married a childhood sweetheart of his when he was 20, but tragically she would be killed in a car crash caused by a drunken driver in 1962, as well as their only child.
== Military Career ==
Corduroy joined the US Army's Military Police Corps when he was 30 in 1963 as an officer. He would end up in Vietnam in early 1965, and be stationed in Saigon. He would stay here for the next ten years till the War's end, being assigned as an adviser once the US made its withdrawal. Over the years, Corduroy would contribute to the destruction of NLF cells inside the city, as well as other anti-communist activities. He and his comrades would watch the film 'Dirty Harry' once it had released, which would lead to him being jokingly compared to the titular character of the film, played by Clint Eastwood. Because of this, he would be given a S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver as a gift, which he was initially reluctant to use, but would eventually use it as his sidearm. Corduroy had many opportunities to leave Vietnam, and was in fact encouraged to do so by his superiors, but would always insist on staying in the country as he felt it was wrong to abandon the country to communism, and that he had nothing left back home since his wife and child died.
During the battle for Saigon in 1975, Corduroy and a small number of fellow US advisers, and a platoon of ARVN soldiers would volunteer to defend a building (the Embassy?) from NVA forces while some civilians and military personnel were evacuated on the roof via helicopter. They would stay defending despite knowing that it would likely mean their death. Armed with an M79 grenade launcher he had acquired, Corduroy would eliminate a number of advancing soldiers before they could make it to the building. Eventually they would enter the building and Corduroy would resort to the use of his sidearm, but would be killed with the rest of those defending.
Category:Vietnam