Dean served with H&S Company, Force Logistics Command at Red Beach near Da Nang. A friend told him those were good orders as it was quiet and a great assignment, they never took fire. As soon as Dean arrived that changed, they were hit by rockets and mortars with the mess hall, storage areas, hooches and bunkers all taking getting hit. During the Tet Offensive, he was a gunner on a convoy taking supplies up to Hue and Phu Bai.  He had just purchased a new 35mm camera and shot many rolls of film during that trip.  When he returned he discovered that his new camera was broken and all the film was blank.  Over the course of his tour he went on R&Rs to Sidney, Australia and Penang, Malaya. He was offered a third R&R to Singapore and his First Sergeant went ballistic, but the Colonel sent him anyway. Upon return he found out he had been offered an early out and missed his flight home by two days (a policy about not having to spend two Christmases in country).   When Dean finally saw his First Sergeant the three R&Rs and going home two weeks early still did not sit well with him, but he had orders in hand and got a priority seat on a plane to Travis AFB.  He was separated at the Naval Base on Treasure Island and eventually became a land surveyor and artist.  You can see some of his sculpture on display at the museum.