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Vietnam Powwow: The Vietnam War as Remembered by Native American Veterans Edited & Compiled by James Parins Professor, English Department & Sequoyah Research Center University of Arkansas at Little Rock Hosted & Maintained by the Electronic Text Center University of Virginia Library

How is everybody doing? I am just fine. Grannie, I won't be home for thanksgiving, but I might be for Xmas. I sure am going to miss that big dinner, but you can save me some chicken and dumplings for Xmas? How is Grandpa doing? Tell him I'm still hanging on. Well, I've been in the army six months now, and I still hate it. If you see Carlos, tell him to write me. It sure gets lonesome here. I don't do anything but sleep. Like right now it's 2:00; I just got up. It sure would be nice if I had some chocolate chip cookies, but that's life.
Well Grannie not much else to say. Tell Grandpa I love him.

A member of the Apache/Mestizo tribe, Ernie Dogwolf was born August 30, 1947, in Lingo, Wyoming. His parents were migrant workers. He served in the military from 1966 to 1971 (in the U.S. Marine Corps in '68 and '69) in Vietnam, where he worked as a 21/31 artillery mechanic; he also served as Sergeant of the Guard. He remembers being frequently used in small arms repair, field repair, and mortar repairs in the field. Ernie worked with the railroads for twenty years before he began his work with the Vietnam Veterans of America. He has nine grandchildren, and devotes some of his time to visiting schools and educating students about issues connected with Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War.