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Brent Gulick
Vietnam
| 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division
Brent Gulick got the word while he was eating lunch. One of his teams was in contact. He rounded up seven guys and took off in a chopper to go back them up. When his buddy was injured in an exchange of hand grenades, he called for a Dustoff and got him out of there. Then he realized that he, too, was injured. I don't have time for this. (7:19)
Late in the war, entire units were disbanded and sent home. Brent Gulick still had time on his tour so he went to the Ranger company at the 25th Infantry Division up at Cu Chi. It was triple canopy jungle, completely different from what he was used to down in the Delta. (5:16)
Brent Gulick had only been at the 25th Infantry Division for two months when it was disbanded. He wasn't leaving Vietnam yet, he was sent to the Americal Division where he was made the S2 officer at LZ Stinson, near Laos. He was a stickler for thorough debriefings, something that was a mystery to many of his fellow officers. (6:23)
Why am I here? Brent Gulick was in Laos searching for possible American POWs when that thought occurred to him. He only had a couple of weeks left in-country. When he did make it back to the States, he was waiting for his father at the airport when a little old lady did the unthinkable. (4:09)
He made a mistake getting out. When Brent Gulick got back from Vietnam he was so tense and angry that he left the service. Within a couple of months he joined a reserve Special Forces unit at Fort Bragg and began their specialized training. This led him to Europe and the Reforger exercises. He studied the movements of Soviet tanks at the Fulda Gap and met a charming lady at a little cottage in the mountains. (5:43)
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
Vietnam
| Multiple Units
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)
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)
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)
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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