Friday September 4th, 1970
…exactly 50 years ago
Being in good physical shape is important to any solider who is going into combat. One of the Raiders, Sgt 1st Class Jake Jakovenko, went beyond the rest of us. I believe there was a good reason why Jake was selected to carry an M-60 machine gun, our heaviest gun. Jake was what you would think of when you think of a Special Forces soldier. He was over 6 foot, with a big barrel chest and shoulders about two axe handles across with a waist of maybe 30 inches.
After our morning PT and the two- or three-mile run, while the rest of us where resting up from the PT, Jake would add more as his own personal workout. We would watch Jake place his feet on the second or third step and knock out fifty or one hundred push-ups, depending on how he felt. To say Jake was in good shape would be an understatement.
Read Sgt Terry Buckler’s full story in Who Will Go.
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