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Henry Newinn

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A typical mission for Newinn consisted of him accompanied by eight or nine other men and being dropped into enemy territory, tasked with going in stealth mode to gain any information about the North Vietnamese Army. It wasn't long until the Tet Offensive broke out and things really started to heat up between the north and south. He remembers an ambush from the Viet Cong just when they had gotten all their equipment set up after landing. (6:04)

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Even after all that happened at the ambush site with the Viet Cong, Newinn and his special forces were instructed to return there once again to finish what they started. Upon arriving in the area once again, he came across a dead VC man, and it was his job to search the body for any kind of identification and clues. (6:30)

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After his time in the special services for Vietnam, Henry Newinn joined the Phoenix Program. As soon as the CIA looked at his records and saw what he had done previously, they thought he would be a good fit for the program. However, it wasn't long until the Americans decided to pull out of the war, leaving the south to fend for themselves. (6:31)

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After the cease fire ended, the North Vietnamese took over the south which prompted Newinn to flee with his family. His objective was to go to America with his wife and his one year old son. Eventually he was able to acquire a sponsorship with a US veteran he knew and got transport to the United States. It was difficult to find his way in the states initially, working jobs as a bus boy. After some time his daughter was born, and now he couldn't be more grateful for the American life he leads today. (5:19)

Bob Havens

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His father didn't talk about it much, but Bob Havens knew his Navy experience in the South Pacific was a big part of his life. Perhaps as a tribute to his father, who had passed away by then, Bob impulsively enlisted in the Navy on a lunch break. (4:41)

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After a freezing boot camp at Great Lakes and photo intelligence school in Denver, Bob Havens was assigned to a patrol squadron in Maryland. The unit shadowed and tracked Russian trawlers and submarines off the East coast. (6:45)

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There was no information for Bob Havens regarding his new assignment to a unit in San Diego. He didn't know what he was being groomed for but he was undergoing intense training, including the SERE course - survival, evasion, resistance, escape. (8:08)

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After a lengthy background check, Bob Havens was cleared for top secret work in Thailand with a Navy unit that was placing listening devices along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It was a dangerous job for the air crews, who had to fly low and slow. (8:25)

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His brief stop in Saigon was eye-opening, to say the least, but Bob Havens was going on to a secret air base in Thailand. No one knew what the Navy unit was doing in the middle of the jungle, but it was disrupting enemy movements on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. (8:07)

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Bob Havens salutes the memory of Dennis Anderson, a Navy pilot who was among Observations Squadron 67's first casualties. There are two stories, one funny and one poignant. (3:02)