Veterans On the Board

I could never live up to what that man did, or, what those other guys did that may have saved his life. He only shared little pieces randomly on what he went through. He'd be 100 if he were alive, cancer took him away. I'm sure if he were alive he'd know every Man's name in that Platoon and could tell me a story. Note that he used some kind of gum to silence his tags...
Retired Army Signal Intel/Russian Linguist, SFC/E7. Time in Germany, Japan, Fort Hood, Detroit (my only "combat" tour).
Berlin Field Station?