In order to preclude our unit from having a large
number of men complete their tour one year after our arrival in Vietnam, an
"INFUSION" program was instituted where groups of personnel would be transferred
out to other units in Vietnam.....and those units would, in turn, "INFUSE"
troops with varying DEROS dates (Return date to the U.S.) to the 1/50th Jim
Sheppard is pictured in the lower center (Front) of this group of men waiting to ship to other
units in the early summer of 1968. Jim transferred to the Mobile Riverine Force, 9th
Infantry Division, where he spent his final months in Vietnam. The man
towards the left with the Sunglasses and shirt off is Jay Finley of
Headquarters Company. |