Description: An online dedication to my father's service as a 1st Cavalry infantryman in Vietnam. A collection of stories, photos, and scrapbook items.
vietnam veteran (18) purple heart (15) 1st cav (4) army veteran (4) ncoc (2) vietnam conflict (2) 1st cavalry (1) 1st air cavalry division (1) vietnam draft (1) vietnam grunt (1)
SGT Arthur L. Markart 1st Cavalry 2nd BN 5th Cav Division, D Company 6/70-4/71
This website started off as a university assignment back in 1998. I was tasked to write a paper about an American hero. Sure I could have picked a President or even an athlete but I decided to write it about my father, a Vietnam Veteran. Vietnam was not a topic of discussion very often growing up and I wanted to learn more about him.
Not only did I end up getting an 'A' on the paper , I learned a lot about my father in the process. My professor was so impressed that she invited him to be a guest speaker at my university. Surprisingly he agreed and I learned more about my father in that hour or two than I had living with him for the previous 20 years.