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Brent Gulick

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First lesson of Vietnam, don't blame the warriors. Like so many others, Brent Gulick was humiliated by people he didn't know when he returned from the war. Second lesson, don't ever do the job halfway. Do what it takes to prevail over the enemy. What happens when you don't? Boat people and reeducation camps. (8:04)

Bob White

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He knew the draft would get him so Bob White volunteered and right away found himself at Ft. Leonard Wood for basic training. Then it was supply school and while he was there, he had a chance meeting that got him the assignment he wanted. (4:33)

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After his first Army hitch working in supply, Bob White decided he would learn to fly and he did through private lessons. When LBJ announced the escalation of the war in Vietnam, he went to a recruiter and signed up for helicopter training. There was one rotten detail, He would have to go through basic training again. (5:20)

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Bob White was a pilot but his first tour in Vietnam was spent maintaining Hueys. When he returned stateside he decide on two things he must do, apply for a commission and transition to fixed wing. (7:28)

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It was a funny way to fight a war. When pilot Bob White got to Vung Tau, there were no tents for quarters. It was an apartment building. He met some characters, including his father-in-law for the first time and another pilot who kept volunteering for more tours. (3:24)

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It was only one month into his second tour of Vietnam that surveillance pilot Bob White was shot down over the Mekong Delta. Along with a Navy observer who was with him on the mission, he was kept in small camps right in the same area. The rations were meager, there was hardly any contact with anyone and he had injured his back when he ejected. This wasn't going to be easy. Part 1 of 2. (9:51)

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POW Bob White and his Vietnamese guards had a chopstick business going. He made them and they sold them. After three and a half years he was finally released, the last American prisoner to be freed. He was on no list and had been forgotten even by the enemy headquarters. Part 2 of 2. (9:27)

Bill Bates

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Bill Bates wanted to be a metallurgist but his grades slipped and he was disinvited from college. When he went to enlist, knowing the draft would get him, anyway, he tested well enough for the warrant officer program. They would make a helicopter pilot out of him. (4:54)

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At first, Bill Bates was flying Huey gunships but they really needed scout pilots so he switched over to the smaller Loach helicopter. He wasn't unarmed, though, the little birds had a mini gun. The main job was finding the enemy for the friendlies on the ground. (3:52)

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It was tough. The first time helicopter pilot Bill Bates killed an NVA soldier on the ground, it gave him pause. Better him than me, I guess. He was a scout pilot, a job that came with good odds on being a casualty. He loved flying the sporty little Loach helicopter, though. Much more fun than the boxy old Hueys. (4:38)