On August 13, 1970, during the Viet Nam War, Edward Bugarin, age 20, was drafted into the United States Army. Shortly after his swearing in at Ft. Derussy, Hawaii, he departed for Ft. Ord, California for Basic Training as a two year draftee. Since he did not have a contract with the U.S. Army he was offered the chance to sign up for Special Forces training, which provided him with the excitment that he thought he would enjoy. It also added an additional one year to serve. He accepted the offer to go into Special Forces based on advice from his older brother, who was also drafted and had just returned from Viet Nam. The advice was, “Get all the training you can before they send you off to the war”, so Bugarin took the plunge to “Get the Training”, not knowing what the outcome would be.