HOWARDS GROVE, Wis. — Bill Klemme, an Army veteran who fought in Vietnam, flipped through pages and pages of war memories at his alma mater, Howards Grove High School.

He remembers them as if they happened yesterday.

Klemme participated in the school's Veterans Day program on Tuesday.

The students in attendance were not much older than Klemme was when he watched his brothers-in-arms die in combat.

"'Keep your eyes and ears open and your mouths shut,'" Klemme recalled being told when his boots first hit the ground. "'Because if you don't do that, you'll be going home in a body bag.'"

Klemme spent months fighting the enemy, always prepared for an average of three ambushes per day.

He showed students pages of historical documentation and photographs from his service, including images of

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