Human Interest

The Other Side of War

1:07pm May 27, 2013

In the 1970's, Army Sergeant First Class Robert Reister escorted Ana Tampanna (above). She performed for American troops in the United States. During this picture, she was featured on a parade float. Ana Tampanna

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Retired Army Sergeant First Class Robert Reister says there is no military training that prepares a person for war's emotional battlefield. In 1968, Retired Army Sergeant First Class Reister went to Vietnam. He served for a year in the First Signal Corps with the 97th Signal Battalion in Da Nang. He was stationed about 25 miles south of the demilitarized zone. He also was a courier to other sites and traveled with armed escorts. After 20 years of service, he retired from active duty in 1988. Now he and his wife, Ana, live in Winston-Salem.

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