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Schoville was medically retired from the Army, went on to earn a law degree and pursued a successful legal career. He kept the helmet with the holes, but for a long time it languished in a closet, he said.
Brown said he didn’t stay in Vietnam much longer. In December 1969, he too was shot, and his helicopter shot down. He left the Army soon after.
It wasn’t until 2018, when Schoville told his story to the Union- Tribune at a Veterans Day ceremony at Miramar National Cemetery, that other pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
Brown read Schoville’s story and recognized his name from that Veterans Day 49 years before. “After that (incident), we landed at a
different base to refuel and Denny was gone,” Brown said. “And that was the last I knew of him, until I read the article last year.”
Brown and Schoville reunited last year following that event and,
on Monday, the 50th anniversary of the incident, both men attended the same Miramar Veterans Day ceremony — this time Brown was Schoville’s guest.
Schoville told their story to the crowd and asked Brown to stand and be recognized. Brown received sustained applause, as did Schoville when he wrapped up his speech.
Steven Brown, left, and Dennis Schoville were both shot in their helmets while serving in Vietnam on Nov. 11, 1969. The two reunited 50 years later at the 4th Annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Miramar National Cemetery on Nov. 11, 2019. (Photo; K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Dennis Schoville, left, told a story about being shot down in Vietnam at the 4th Annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Miramar National Cemetery on Nov. 11, 2019. Schoville acknowledged Steven Brown, right, during the ceremony because they were both shot in their helmets while serving on the same mission in Vietnam on Nov. 11, 1969 (Photo; K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune)
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