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Jim Teixeira
Vietnam
| 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Tommy Cincotta didn't fit the profile of your regular Marine. His family was well off and politically connected in Marin County, California. He just wanted to be a Marine and made a real impression on everyone in the platoon. But he was the point man on a fateful day and Jim Teixiera was very upset that it didn't look like they would be able to recover his body. (2:56)
The post-Vietnam period was not a great time to be a Marine. Jim Teixeira remembers how no money was available for training or much of anything. Then he got a chance to go to Ranger School and he jumped at it. It turned out to be the best training he ever received and it led to the regular commission he wanted. (7:45)
We won all the battles. How could we "lose" the war? It was the political evolution in the country, according to Jim Teixeira who was a Marine rifle platoon leader there. He describes the change in leadership in the Marine Corps that seemed to be a change for the worse. (3:11)
Harper Brame
WWII
| USS Besugo (SS-321)
Growing up in rural Virginia, Harper Brame was a member of a hardworking family. He recalls some of the people he grew up with and a doctor who treated his broken femur. (7:33)
Harper Brame had some cousins who served during the second World War, but the rest of his family was involved in the war effort back home. He describes his family’s military history that goes all the way back to the Revolutionary War. (6:47)
Growing up during WWII as a young man, Harper Brame describes what he could do to support himself and his family. Young men all over the country had left home and that meant there was work to be done. As a teen he got involved in making model planes and became and honorary Ensign before even joining the service. (3:06)
Harper Brame moved around a lot during High School, but he was still involved in a multitude of sports. After WWII came to an end, Harper found himself in line to enlist in the Navy. He was slated to be a Navy Corpsman, but wound up getting a duty he never expected. (10:08)
Once aboard the USS Besugo they made their way across the Pacific Ocean to visit many places that were once the fields of battle. For a few months, they performed exercises in China where massive changes were underway on the mainland. Harper Brame describes his time aboard ship, some of the submarine’s history, and some of the duties they had at sea as well as the people he saw on land. (15:01)
Going back to the States, Harper Brame had a few more stops aboard the USS Besugo. By the time he was home, he was offered a position in the Intelligence services, but opted to join the Reserves instead when he met his wife-to-be. (10:02)
Harper Brame recalls a couple other tales from his time at sea, including seeing a blue whale and a potential close call with the on-board torpedo's. (2:43)
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