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You learned to sleep through noise. Sims remembers when his unit killed six infiltrators who gained access to the base, and three of those infiltrators were Vietnamese civilians who had worked at the base. Sims got emotional when he talked about a reconnaissance plane that was shot down. He later received a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for valor for his actions.

After spending 15 months in South Vietnam, Sims was assigned temporary security duty at the U. After the Tet offensive in , Sims had a decision to make about continuing his military career.

At that time, he was an airman first class. His commanders had promised Sims if he re-enlisted, Sims would be promoted to the rank of staff sergeant and he would get to choose his assignment, he said. When the re-enlistment papers were ready for his signature, a colleague urged him not to re-enlist because his friend knew that Sims would be sent back to South Vietnam, Sims said. Sims took that advice, and told his first sergeant that he would not be re-enlisting, he said.

Sims then faced a backlash from the officers in his unit. They threatened to take away his Purple Heart and extend his tour of duty. The Air Force was experiencing a shortage of people in certain career fields at the time, Sims said. Race relations in the U. Martin Luther King Jr. Sims was jailed briefly and questioned by the U. At that time, opposition to the Vietnam War was volatile in many U. The federal government was lowering the criteria for young men to be drafted, a measure that further divided people about the war.

During his time Randolph Air Force Base, Sims and black airmen faced racism from officers and some enlisted men, he said. A group of white airmen forcefully cut the afro of a black airman who refused to cut his hair, Sims said. After Sims helped a drunken Air Force general avoid charges for having a prostitute in his car, that general got the racist captain assigned to duty in South Vietnam during the war, Sims said.

He eventually enrolled at Wake Forest University and became, he believes, the first Black Vietnam veteran to attend that school, Sims said. However, Black and brown people who publicly express themselves get pushback from some prejudiced white residents, Sims said. Mike McDonald, like a lot of cops, added the Officer Down Memorial Page database app to his cellphone as soon as he learned about it. Schools in Clemmons had some of the highest infection rates among students and staff, according to the school district's weekly case count.

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He is now charged with her murder. Ike Sims is humble about his time in Vietnam, but he was honored for his rescue efforts under enemy fire. Share this. Walt Unks, Journal. John Hinton. Sims, who is 75, said he was 18 when he volunteered to join the Air Force in July As a high-school graduate, Sims had four career paths that he could follow, he said.

Reynolds or Hanes Hosiery. Sims had played football at Paisley High as a center and a linebacker. He graduated in as he majored in sociology and communications at Wake Forest, Sims said. For 30 years, he helped veterans get their benefits until he retired in Tags Isaac H. Watch Now: Related Video. Could this Martian meteor harbor alien life from 4 billion years ago? Strangers unite to help Kentucky tornado survivors.

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