Vietnam Voices

Pete Wyatt was a sergeant in the Air Force and stationed in Japan. He volunteered for temporary duty in Vietnam several times, once helping with Operation Homecoming, which was the repatriation of American POWs at the end of the war.

Carl Bennett was a U.S. Army infantryman who spent most of his time in Vietnam on patrol in the jungle. He describes what it was like to be taken to a landing area on a Huey helicopter.

Jim Loftis was a lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers and served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970. He tells about some of the projects that his company did to help make life better for the civilians in the Mekong Delta.

Don McPherson served in-country from June 1969 to June 1970 as an administrative specialist in the U.S. Army. In spite of his training in field artillery, he ended up in U.S. Army-Vietnam headquarters as a clerk-typist.

Marine Captain Dennis Curtin recounts part of his role in the action at "Hill 689," a particularly vicious battle with heavy casualties on both sides. It was an important position because of its proximity to Khe Sanh.

Wayne Morris was commissioned a second lieutenant in Army infantry. In this episode, he recalls the firefight in which he suffered hearing loss and in which his platoon was decimated.

Ralph Martin enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served in-country from October 1972 to January 1973, when a ceasefire was enacted. He was a weapons and munitions specialist, stationed in Thailand, about 100 miles from the Laotian border.

Marine platoon commander Ed Shore encounters a squad of North Vietnamese Army regulars in June 1968. The results are devastating for some of the Marines.

Floyd Smith used land survey techniques to help ensure the accuracy of artillery guns in the firebases in Vietnam. He helped generate information for the artillery units to aim their guns correctly.

Airman First Class Dean Moss served in Vietnam from May 1968 to May 1969. He was a munitions handler at the Nha Trang Airbase, which came under frequent attack by Viet Cong.