Veterans

Richard, like so many of our veterans, went to war and came back to raise his family. Richard did this well.

On the night of October 9, 1967, a 20-year-old machine gunner and demolition expert – Richard S. Dixon – was traveling with ten members of his squad in a two-vehicle convoy returning to their 35th Combat Engineer Base Camp. They were ambushed by Viet Cong soldiers. One RPG round struck the dump truck in which Dixon was riding with seven of his friends. The truck was knocked off the road.

Dixon himself was riddled with shrapnel in both legs and feet. He jumped out of the bed of the burning dump truck and was hit in his right forearm by rifle fire. Although he had a compound fracture of his right forearm, Dixon returned fire with his sidearm until the pistol jammed. A grenade exploded three feet in front of him. This blast shredded his liver, stomach, and intestines which protruded from his open belly.

Dixon lay in the mud and rain alone for 15 minutes until a relief force arrived from his base camp. He was flown by medevac helicopter to the 311th Field Hospital at Qui Nhon Bay on the South China Sea. Over the next seven months Dixon underwent many surgeries and at one point his weight dropped to 115 pounds.

While he was in the hospital at Qui Nhon Bay, General William Westmoreland – the Commander of Armed Forces Vietnam – personally presented Dixon with a Purple Heart for the wounds he sustained during the ambush.

Richard came home to Utah and raised his children as a faith filled man at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah. He loved his wife and children. He became an entrepreneur and enjoyed being in business.

Like Richard, his daughter Sara and her partner Clint both have a profound love for this country and the opportunity it affords us all to take care of our families.

We are grateful to be in business and hope that we continue to experience the chance we have to give back to Veterans in any way we can. This means more than giving $75 off to any veteran or moving their delivery to the front of the line. It means that we are grateful to support various causes that we see can be fruitful in helping our Veterans to heal and feel the powerful love and gratitude that we all should have for them.

Richard Dixon is a hero. Many of you are heroes.

Thanks.

Strong Containers.

Shipping Container Supplier, LLC

If you are a veteran who has served our country we want to say thanks as best we can. We are merely a company that sells and delivers containers, but we believe that every one of us can reach out and thank you for your sacrifice to give us freedom.

Freedom is precious. One of our owners has a father named Richard Dixon.

Richard, like so many of our veterans, went to war and came back to raise his family. Richard did this well.

Please feel free to check out some of the organizations that we believe in donating to. If you’d like to suggest one in your area, please send us an email at [email protected]

We will do what we can and hope you will too.

Wolfhoundslegacy.org is the first opportunity that came our way. Check it out – we jumped at the chance to give them a container for their Muskego, Wisconsin facility. They believe puppies can help heal our wounds.