Vietnam to Iraq: Soldier With Long History Signs Up Again.

The article reports on the decision of Sergeant 1st Class Hershel L. Mayfield, 37-year-old war veteran of the Alabama National Guard's 158th Maintenance Company. to extend for two years in the military service in the U.S. Mayfield says that his decision aims to inspire the next generation and influence them to do the same for the country. He started his career as an infantryman in the active-component Army and has been deployed in Vietnam in 1969, Kosovo in 1996 and in Mosul, Iraq.