Bio: Kademan, Donald L. – Pvt. (Adv. Infantry Training – 1967)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Kademan

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 27 Jul 1967

Ft. Polk, Louisiana (AHTNC) – Army private Donald L. Kademan, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kademan, route 1, Curtiss (Clark Co., Wis.), completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training July 14 at Ft. Polk, La. His last week of training was spent in guerrilla warfare exercises.

During his guerrilla training, he lived under simulated Vietnam conditions for five days, fighting off night attacks and conducting raids on "enemy" villages. He was taught methods of removing booby traps, setting ambushes and avoiding enemy ambushes.

Other specialized training included small until tactics, map reading, land mine warfare, communications, and firing the M-14 rifle, M-80 machine gun, and 3.5 inch rocket launcher.