From Boys to Warriors

The title From Boys to Warriors pretty much explains itself most of us went over to Vietnam between the ages of eighteen and twenty. We came back with a whole new outlook on life.

The Special Forces Patch is in the shape of an arrowhead to commemorate the Native Americans. From them, we learned tactical skills, the three lightning bolts represent Special Forces means of travel—the land, air, and sea. The sword represents the basic weapons we learned to use. The Airborne Tab showed that you were jump qualified, "a must to be Special Forces qualified." If you were Ranger Qualified, you wore the Ranger Tab above the Airborne Tab.

-- Ronnie Nash