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Operation Ivory Coast: MAJ George Petrie

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:146
MAJ Petrie recounts a significant POW rescue operation in Vietnam....
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The Battle of A Shau Part I: Col. Bernard Francis Fisher

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Hear the brutal story of the Battle of A Shau, and learn why two of the camp’s defenders, Col. Bernard Francis Fisher and CSM Bennie G. Adkins, we...
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The Battle of Ia Drang: SP5 Jon Wallenius

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Specialist 5 Jon Wallenius served in Vietnam with the Army, and fought in the famous Battle of Ia Drang....
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1,000 Man Ambush: SP5 Dwight W. Birdwell

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SP5 Birdwell was awarded the Medal of Honor for fending off an ambush of over 1,000 NVA soldiers in Vietnam....
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A Ticking Time Bomb: AC1 John Lee Levitow

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AC1 Levitow was awarded the Medal of Honor for ignoring his wounds in order to toss out an explosive flare that would have exploded, igniting his ...
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The Marine Scout Sniper Program: Maj Edward James Land Jr.

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In this special episode, Maj Land explains how he helped create the first permanent Marine Corps Scout Sniper School in the 1960s....
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A Pilot’s Final Moments: Capt. Steven Logan Bennett

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Capt. Bennett was awarded the Medal of Honor for risking his own life to protect a platoon of South Vietnamese soldiers and his OV-10 backseater....
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Bullet Through the Jaw: COL Walter Joseph Marm Jr.

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COL Marm explains how he was awarded the Medal of Honor for helping save another unit by single-handedly killing multiple entrenched enemies in Vi...
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The Airmobile Concept: LTG Harry Kinnard

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LTG Kinnard explains how he helped develop the Airmobile Concept, and how it played out during Vietnam....
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Tunnel Rat in Vietnam: CAPT John Cotter

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CAPT Cotter explored enemy tunnel networks in Vietnam as a combat engineer in the Australian Army....
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Reflecting on Vietnam Part II: Col. John Anthony Cash

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Col. Cash served in the Army as a Rifle Company Commander in Vietnam....
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Reflecting on Vietnam Part I: Col. John Anthony Cash

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:115
Col. Cash served in the Army as a Rifle Company Commander in Vietnam....
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Infantryman in Vietnam: SGT Jim Purvis

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SGT Purvis talks about serving in the early days of the Vietnam War, and how it vastly differed from previous American military conflicts....
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The Deadly Rice Fields of Vietnam: SP5 Clarence Sasser

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SP5 Sasser served as a Medic in Vietnam. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for continuously administering aid for 20 hours as his company was atta...
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PREVIEW: The Deadly Rice Fields of Vietnam

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Sasser relives the traumatic mission for which he was later awarded the Medal of Honor....
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Minefield in Vietnam: LtCol Jim Riordan

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LtCol Riordan served as a forward observer in the Marine Corps in Vietnam....
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The Importance of Medics: CPT Max Cleland

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CPT Cleland (later Senator Cleland) lost both his legs and an arm from a grenade explosion while serving in Vietnam....
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Col. Robert E. Stoffey: Flying in Darkness

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Colonel Robert E. Stoffey served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and Forward Air Controller in the Marines....
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CW2 Jim White Part II: From Behind Bars

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CW2 explains why he went to prison after coming home from Vietnam, and how he raised thousands of dollars from behind bars....
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CW2 Jim White Part I: Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam

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CW2 White, callsign Sneaky White, served in the Marine Corps before transferring to the Army to become a helicopter pilot...
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