David Bulldog Smith’s Nguyen Dan manufactured fighting knife.
David Smith served two tours in Vietnam. His first tour was in 1962 with 5th Special Forces Group (ABN) as the Executive Officer at Dak Pek. He returned in 1967 with Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MAC V SOG) where he served as the Executive Officer of Forward Operational Base #2 (FOB#2, Kontum) and Forward Operational Base #1 (FOB#1, Phu Bia). He later was the Commanding Officer of Forward Operational Base #3 (FOB#3, Khe Sanh).