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George Horvath

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George Horvath was born in Wisconsin, but his father's work took him to Akron, Ohio. When he got the letter, George put in for the Navy which set him on a historic path. (2:03)

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George Horvath's first assignment was aboard the USS Chester (CL-1) where he was working in the boiler room. He was fortunate to survive the Japanese attacks on the ship which led it back to the States for repair. (1:36)

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After being sent back stateside, George Horvath would board the USS Indianapolis which was being loaded with some very critical materials for the war effort. (2:57)

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While underway, George Horvath would be sleeping underneath a gun turret when the USS Indianapolis passed a Japanese submarine. In only a matter of seconds would a massive casualty event occur. (2:38)

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The USS Indianapolis sunk in a matter of minutes, leaving hundreds of men stranded in the water. There was no help nearby. Days would pass as men fell victim to the ocean. (7:06)

Jerry Ellington

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About the time he went to Texas A&M, Jerry Ellington decided to join the Air Force. After a few years as a flight instructor, the Vietnam war was heating up and they took him out of Squadron Officers School and sent him to F-100 training. Then they decided, no, you're going to be a forward air controller. (3:44)

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The first mortar barrage was unsettling. Forward air controller Jerry Ellington had just arrived in Vietnam and was attached to the 101st Airborne. The old timers acted like nothing was happening. He was an Air Force officer but was in a tent in the jungle just like a grunt. (3:18)

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Jarry Ellington was issued an Army tent but it wasn't even waterproof which isn't going to work too well in Vietnam. He was an Air Force forward air controller attached to the 101st Airborne at their base. He found himself a nice Air Force tent which they didn't want him to keep but he did anyway. (3:11)

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Jerry Ellington had a lot of tense moments in Vietnam. On the ground there were rocket attacks and in the air, as a forward air controller, he had to be careful not to target his own side. (6:13)

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Fire some tracers at them. Jerry Ellington was the FAC in a plane overhead and that's what he told the men on the ground who were under attack. But it was daytime and he couldn't see them. The fight went on so long he ran low of fuel and didn't have enough to make it back. (2:39)