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Richard Dorsey

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Rich Dorsey hated the stigma that was unfairly attached to all Vietnam veterans. He found a way to help correct that impression (2:54)

Tucker Fuller

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It was supposed to be a bombing run like the others, the target a Japanese convoy on its way to Lae. Their tight formation made it easy for the Japanese to focus their fire, and in the course of the bombing Tucker's plane pulled away only to be tailed by 12 Japanese Zeros. They would go on to earn Distinguished Flying Crosses for this action. (4:13)

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Tucker Fuller was, like many others during this time, a young student when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This would thrust him into the Army Air Corps who had a desperate need for trained crewmen. (4:27)

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Tucker's journey into the Pacific was not quite like the others' as he was given an important task by his Colonel. (4:09)

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After finishing their submarine patrol, Tucker and his crew found themselves in Australia. Sent on a bombing mission to New Britain, he would be one of the lucky crews to make it back. (6:27)

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Tucker had some friends on other crews, Walter Higgins and Bobby Block, and all of these decades later he remembers them and their sacrifices. (1:51)

John Johnson

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His father and two brothers had served, so it made sense to John Johnson that he should, too. He volunteered for the draft, knowing that would mean going to Vietnam. At basic training, he had a drill sergeant that made him laugh, so he did a lot of pushups. (2:46)

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John Johnson had been in Vietnam about thirty minutes when he got mortared for the first time. For the first few days, he had some very unpleasant duty, then it was off to the field with the 1st Air Cavalry. As soon as he was assigned to a machine gun platoon, he was given the nickname "Snag." (4:31)

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When his unit moved further south from the demilitarized zone, John Johnson saw a lot more action. Right away he was involved in an all day firefight which nearly got his platoon wiped out. Poor decision making by his platoon leader led them into it and timely leadership from an unlikely source got them out of it. (5:48)

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Returning to base after a harrowing all day firefight, the man who had gotten the platoon out of it took command of the company. Under the leadership of Captain Barry McCaffrey, it began to function at a high level. The casualties went way down, but not far enough for machine gunner John Johnson. (4:04)