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Dale Lane

Dale Lane was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1949 and grew up in Collinsville where he graduated high school in 1967. To evade the draft, Lane attended Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, but could not adjust to college life. So, he was drafted in June of 1969 and was sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for eight weeks of Basic Training. For Lane, it was surprisingly easy to adjust to life and work in the military since physical activity came naturally to him even as the mental conditioning provided a challenge to any recruits. After graduating Basic Training, he was transferred to Fort Lewis, Washington, for another eight weeks of Advanced Infantry Training (AIT). AIT taught Lane how to read Army maps, enact ambush techniques, establish Night Defensive Perimeters, and provided more thorough weapons training. He was then assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and was sent as a replacement soldier to Bien Hoa, Vietnam, for additional acclimation training. He was then transferred to Camp Evans where Lane was assigned to A Company, 4th Platoon, operating in the foothills of Vietnam. Fortunately, his sector remained relatively quiet and was remote enough so that he had no interaction with local Vietnamese civilians. While in the foothills, Lane’s platoon was unable to acquire new supplies, so they resorted to eating all the canned food products they could find and drank rainwater when their rations ran low. Most casualties suffered by his platoon were the result of booby traps and sniper fire as opposed to extensive firefights. In March of 1970, Lane’s platoon participated in a Combat Assault on Fire Support Base Ripcord in which he served as the radio operator for the Company Commander. His platoon eventually walked off the hilltop to a lower position not far from Ripcord after returning fire when possible and suffering only a couple casualties. Once it established this new position, Lane’s platoon saw little recurring attacks by the North Vietnamese. After participating in the Ripcord Campaign, Lane was transferred to Firebase O’Reilly in support of an ARVN Artillery Battery before Combat Assaulting Hill 805, relieving C Company. In July of 1970, Lane was stationed at Firebase Ripcord when a helicopter was shot down, crashed, and ignited the base’s ammunition dump. His lodging was located below the helicopter pad, forcing him to evacuate when the wooden walls of the bunker caught fire. He also recalled the rapid evacuation of Firebase Ripcord of both equipment and then the men themselves while under continuous North Vietnamese mortar and rocket fire. During the evacuation, Lane was huddled with several officers and his radio equipment when an artillery shell landed at their feet, killing the officers, and blasting Lane backward. He was eventually evacuated to Camp Evans where the shrapnel in his chest was removed before being transferred to Chu Lai where the shrapnel in his face and eyes were removed. From there, Lane was stationed at Firebase Kathryn and then back at Camp Evans. While stationed in the rear, he noticed how soldiers smoked marijuana more regularly than those he met in the field and that African American servicemen frequently segregated themselves from other white servicemen. Lane then left Vietnam in October of 1970 and served the rest of his enlistment at Fort Hood, Texas, with the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division as an APC Track Commander. Once he officially left the service, Lane went to work for an electric power company, married, and had a difficult time readjusting to civilian life. Reflecting upon his time in the service, Lane believed the war changed him into a different person through his experiences in Vietnam. Pre-Enlistment: (00:00:18:00) Enlistment/Training: (00:01:28:00) Service: (00:08:48:00) Post-Service Life: (01:03:32:00) Reflections: (01:05:10:00)