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Gary Llewellyn

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It was mostly NVA in that area coming off the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Scout pilot Gary Llewellyn flew bomb damage assessments after B-52 strikes, coming in at treetop level. That was fun flying. He also supported extractions and Medevacs. (6:16)

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Gary Llewellyn recalls his check ride and first missions. It took some getting used to. Flying with him was a Ranger who had an itch to fly despite the cold shoulder from the other Rangers. How dare he leave! (5:19)

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During down time helicopter pilot Gary Llewellyn read a lot of Agatha Christie and then, of course, there was the incredibly cheap booze at the club. You needed it for your nerves. it was incredibly dangerous in the sky above Vietnam. (6:12)

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Four months into his tour, Scout pilot Gary Llewellyn went to the aid of another flight that had taken fire. They requested artillery and an air strike to disperse the enemy but the extra firepower had come and gone too soon and the bad guys had reset. As he came in to help, a machine gun round tore through his body. Part 1 of 2. (7:52)

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He was hit. A machine gun bullet had ripped through Loach pilot Gary Llewellyn as he was flying in to help a downed crew. He yelled for the observer pilot to take control but the pedals were not working. Together they tried to get the ship to a safe LZ. Part 2 of 2. (7:37)

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It was a long recovery. Gary Llewellyn nearly lost the use of an arm but after many surgeries, he had recovered pretty well. Then it was on to a lousy homecoming. Anti-war sentiment was everywhere and jobs were scarce. (6:56)

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Watch out for politicians. That's the advice from Gary Llewellyn who was wounded as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He voted for a president whom he thought was a supporter of the military but then he felt like he had been conned. (3:22)

Hank Cramer

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His father was West Point, class of 1946. Wounded twice in Korea and a Silver Star recipient. Then he became a member of a new organization, the Special Forces. Hank Cramer would follow him into Special Forces but first, some history on how that first group of elite soldiers wound up in Southeast Asia in the 1950s. (8:46)

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The first place the newly organized Special Forces made waves was down in Louisiana during Operation Sagebrush in 1955, a giant training exercise involving over 100,000 troops and half the state. Only a child at the time, Hank Cramer wasn't involved, but he tells the story of how their operations completely disrupted the exercise and the price they paid for their effectiveness. Hank would later become part of the 1st Special Forces Group in 1984 during his own Army career. (8:24)

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Hank Cramer fought for years to bring recognition to his father's death in Vietnam in 1957 and to have his name added to The Wall. Harry Cramer was a member of the very first Special Forces unit and he died while training anti-Communist refugees from the North. The DOD had stonewalled him at every turn but he persisted. Part 1 of 2. (7:35)