COMBAT STORIES FROM AFGHAN./IRAQ/OTHER

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  Patty Justice +4 Total Videos

  7303rd Medical Training Support Battalion, 1st Medical Training Brigade

  Justice details a too-close-for-comfort interaction with a vehicle-borne IED. The IED came as a complete surprise and the entire F.O.B. fell into what Justice could only describe as “chaos” immediately following the explosion. She suffered several injuries and had to work with the nurses back in Bagram and depend on the friendship of comrade Colonel Ellison to come back from the injuries.

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  Mike Schlitz - Army +5 Total Videos

  4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division

  Mike Schlitz tells about the circumstances that led to his injury and all of the life changes that occurred as a result.

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  Chris Pinkerton - Army +16 Total Videos

  25th ID (ABN)

  2LT Pinkerton dramatically recalls what happened after an explosive projectile slammed into an army truck injuring two buddies and killing an officer all the soldiers respected.

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  Peter Sprenger - Army +15 Total Videos

  101st Airborne

  Slammed by powerful explosives, 2LT Sprenger describes the sheer terror of being blinded and badly injured. He relives the heroic efforts of those who helped him scramble to safety.

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  Michael Boyce - Marines +3 Total Videos

  USMC, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expedition Brigade, 1st-4th Air Wings

  Mr. Boyce discusses working with many Kurds and Iraqi civilians for about a year following the end of the first Gulf War.

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  Galen Hoover - Navy +13 Total Videos

  USS Escape (ARS-6)

  Galen Hoover and all but one of his brothers joined the Navy as they came of age in the Sixties. He was assigned to the USS Escape, a rescue and salvage ship. He saw 17 countries, including the entire Mediterranean, where the ship's divers assisted the local sponge divers with safety training.

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  Harold Dudley - Army Air Corps +9 Total Videos

  111th Army Airways Communications Squadron, 86th Army Airfield Unit, 13th Air Force

  After the big war, Army Air Corps veteran Harold Dudley was active in ROTC at college and participated in extensive MP training. His expertise was tested when he was serving at Fort Benning and given orders to clean up the cesspool at nearby Phenix City, Alabama. (This interview made possible with the support of CHESTER RUST.)

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  Bob Newton - Army +4 Total Videos

  82nd Airborne Division

  Here Bob Newton talks about many more experiences he had, including an embarrassing close call from Vietnam where his chopper was shot down, then coming back to the states in 1965 and being assigned as Chief Executive Officer of the 82nd Airborne Division. He also helped test a new kind of quick release parachute, and went to Panama's jungle operations school to teach young Latin American kids how to live in the jungle. Finally, he became the director for the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. (This interview made possible with the support of ALBERT SMALL.)

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  Carter Tucker - Navy +10 Total Videos

  USS Bluegill (SSK-242)

  He had joined because of it, but the Korean War ended while Carter Tucker was in submarine school. Without a shooting war, the vessels were used for intelligence gathering and this nearly led to an icy disaster for him on his first patrol off the coast of Russia.

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  Bob Dole - Army +2 Total Videos

  N/A

  Senator Bob Dole reflects on his admiration of, and relationship with fellow Kansan, President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Having served under him in WWII, he saw the type of leader Ike was and would support his bid for president.

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  Walter Boomer - Marines +3 Total Videos

  I Marine Expeditionary Force

  General Boomer got to work with plenty of hardworking individuals during his time serving with the Marines. General Keys was one of them. To Boomer, he proved not only was he a worthy ally, but quite literally a lifesaver.

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  Carter Tucker - Army +10 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After two tours in Vietnam, Army chaplain Carter Tucker served in Germany and at Fort Benning. In Germany, he was also chaplain to a large civilian population of dependents, who could have it rough in a strange country. Even with all his time as a chaplain, and with his previous service in the Navy, he wonders if he'd done enough.

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  Dan Spahn - Navy +2 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After responding to the Mayaguez Incident, the USS Coral Sea finished its visit to Australia for a commemoration of the Battle of the Coral Sea. Dan Spahn fondly recalls that visit and, when he returned stateside, he managed to secure shore duty for the remainder of his enlistment. His electronics training served him well in his post-military career.

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  Gilbert Howland - Army +16 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After the Japanese surrendered, Gilbert Howland was transferred to an MP unit for a while, then discharged. He reenlisted after a year and left for a tour in Italy, guarding Trieste against Yugoslav incursion. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)

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  Carter Tucker - Navy +10 Total Videos

  USS Bluegill (SSK-242)

  The Korean War had started when he graduated high school, and though he had started college, Carter Tucker felt the call to join the Navy. At first he was with the Seabee school but he wanted to go further than California so he volunteered for the unique world of submarine duty.

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  Gilbert Howland - Army +16 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  He had served in the mountains of Burma and the mountains of Italy. Now, Gilbert Howland was serving at Fort Dix and trying to find enough whitewash for his part of the base. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)

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  Carter Tucker - Navy +10 Total Videos

  USS Bluegill (SSK-242)

  It was an odd life aboard a submarine. Carter Tucker describes the unique challenges and dangers faced by the crew on an old diesel ship. You could even be done in by your own batteries.

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  Walter Boomer - Marines +3 Total Videos

  I Marine Expeditionary Force

  Walter Boomer talks about his promotions up the ranks of the Marines and what it was like to be a leading General. As he's driving to California, the news breaks out about Iraq invading Kuwait, and this completely changes the course for him and his family.

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  Gilbert Howland - Army +16 Total Videos

  351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division

  While on Cold War duty in Italy, Gilbert Howland found the time for golf, a little cognac and entertainment in a Trieste nightclub. One of the entertainers became very special to him. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)

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  Walter Boomer - Marines +3 Total Videos

  I Marine Expeditionary Force

  General Boomer led plenty of Marine divisions into the action to liberate Kuwait. What followed was an intense portrayal of strength, precision, and strategy.

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  William Kernan - Army +4 Total Videos

  75th Ranger Regiment

  General Buck Kernan's biggest heroes are the troops and NCO's that helped develop him into an effective leader. He feels privileged to have served with the Rangers. They are still the role models for the rest of the Army and that is why they lead the way.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  General Stanley McChrystal felt no need to make a drastic change in his lifestyle and habits when he left the military. He just took his Ranger sensibilities into the marketplace where those values lead to success.

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  Walter Boomer - Marines +3 Total Videos

  I Marine Expeditionary Force

  Tricky situations are nothing new to Walter Boomer. In this clip, he talks about one time in particular that he was caught in the middle of Iraqi territory, with only his other men to count on. To follow up, he also discusses which position he prefers to hold and the debate between soldiers "then and now."

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  In a time when only thirty percent of young people qualify to enlist in the armed forces, General Stanley McChrystal has become part of the Service Year Alliance, a group which promotes a paid year of national service.

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  William Kernan - Army +4 Total Videos

  75th Ranger Regiment

  When he was serving outside the Ranger Regiment, General Buck Kernan thought mostly about getting back. When he did return, he began planning the operation in Panama that became known as Just Cause. After an unusual jump with the softest landing he ever experienced, he witnessed the courage and good judgment of two young Rangers.

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  Ken Keen - Army +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  LTG Ken Keen reflects on the importance of mentors in his career, beginning with the ROTC instructor who talked him into going to Ranger school while still in college. When he retired from the Army, he found a way to carry this forward at Emory University.

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  Jon Keen - Army +9 Total Videos

  2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade

  Jon Keen was back in Italy training with his Airborne unit when he got two pieces of news. One was that deployments would be extended to fifteen months and the other was that they would be returning to Afghanistan instead of going to Iraq. This time it would be the Korangal Valley which challenged the men and the action began the very first day.

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  Gilbert Howland - Army +16 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  When peace came to Korea, Gilbert Howland's first job was to disburse a giant supply of lumber for the construction of new fortifications. Then it was back to Fort Dix and the training regiment, but it was his next post that he describes as a Christmas present; Hawaii. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)

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  Ken Keen - Army +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  There was a concern that Saddam Hussein's Scud missiles could be fired against Israel, so a Ranger detachment was one of the units inserted into Iraq to make sure that did not happen. As part of this operation, LTG Ken Keen was helped by the close camaraderie among Rangers, men that he already knew and men that he just met and could trust.

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  Jon Keen - Army +9 Total Videos

  2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade

  There was one last big action just before his tour was over and then Jon Keen could look forward to returning home. The replacement unit that moved into his position in Afghanistan began taking casualties right away, so nothing had changed. He reflects on the challenges he faced there and how the attack on September 11, 2001 shaped his life.