According to an official account, Bondsteel was a platoon sergeant fighting in Vietnam on May 24, 1969, when his company was directed to assist another unit under fire from a heavily fortified for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Staff Sergeant James L. Bondsteel, United States Army, distinguished himself on 24 May 1969 while serving as a platoon sergeant with Company A, 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, near the village of Lang Sau, An Loc CAMP BONDSTELL, Kosovo - A soldier's life at Camp Bondsteel isn't easy, but it could be worse. The base, which serves as headquarters for U.S. military operations in Kosovo, is really a tiny city, providing housing, food, medical and just about every other service for more than 2,500 soldiers and 2,000 civilian contract workers, many of them