GOZ originated in Atlanta Georgia in the early 1980s the street phrase GOZ was use by myself and associate. The phrase inspired my imagination as well as myselfdetermination to create the company GOZ Inc. As a disabled Vietnam veteran, That received the Purple Heart as a result of injuries in South Vietnam April of 1969 the phrase has been a motivating force in my life over the years. While on patrol in April of 1969 in the jungle of South Vietnam we came upon a Viet cong base camp. The Viet cong typically booby trapped these camps before they abandoned them, nevertheless our job was to search the camp and destroy any Viet cong ammo dumps we found. I was carrying the m-60 machine gun which kept me in the middle of the formation as we patrolled the area. We moved into the camp and I was behind three or more troops in the formation, which I had hoped would minimized any risk of injury in this particular situation. The trail was hard to follow as we investigated the camp. As we were leaving, trying as best we could to back track on the same trail we entered, their was a loud deafening shatter of and explosion and after a couple of seconds I realized I was hit. It was a landmine. After immediately falling to the ground unaware of what exactly had happened, I could feel an unexplainable and painful burning sensation coming from my left ankle. I needed to see what was causing me so much pain. I looked and the front half of my left foot was gone. I was bleeding profusely from the dismembered main artery that lead down my left leg. Fortunately the medic was able to get to me and apply a tourniquet above my knee to stop the heavy bleeding. Doc, the medic, gave me a shot of morphine to reduce the pain. Two of my buddies carried me out of the bush and put me on the chopper that had come to take me to the rear where the main field hospital was located. While on the chopper