Vietnam War veteran honored at Texoma Heroes ceremony – KTEN [Video]

SHERMAN, Texas (KTEN) – Sergeant Paul Bailey’s time in service took him overseas to Vietnam but his dedication to the country eventually brought him right back home to Sherman.

“I’m honored and blessed to have this bestowed on me that’s for sure,” Bailey said. 

He was drafted to the United States Army in 1965 and soon after he was deployed to fight in Vietnam where he patrolled the Cambodian border. The number three and twenty-one are special to Bailey’s time in service. 

“21 days to get there, 21 months in the military and then 21 hours to get home,” Bailey said. 

Some felt at the time nobody wanted to fight in Vietnam but for Bailey’s unit that was far from the case. 

“Unless you’ve seen communism close up, you don’t understand what war is. I’ve seen communism and evil up close and we don’t want that on our land.”

His …