Jerome D. Witt, of Roy, Wash. (middle), is awarded a Schwinn 170 upright bicycle at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Exchange after winning third place in the Exchange's My Battle Buddy Essay contest, Dec. 23, 2015. Witt's essay details his time in Vietnam with Ernie Sapp, with whom he lost contact after a year of “living on the edge” together as part of a four-man recon team.

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