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Steve Carver

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Steve Carver drew an unusual MOS after Marine boot camp. He was assigned to be an Ontos crewman. This was a weapon that was rejected by the Army but embraced by the Marines. It was a tracked vehicle, like a small tank, that had six mounted recoilless rifles. (6:06)

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Steve Carver had been impatient during training but when he got to Vietnam, he wished he'd had more. He latched on to a sergeant who seemed to be a really good Marine and followed his lead. He was astounded to learn that there was no gear to go around. Where was his rifle? There weren't even enough mess kits. (9:22)

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His MOS was changed to supply but that didn't mean that Steve Carver was out of danger. Yes, he was most often in the rear but they got mortared there, just like everybody else. He operated in the vicinity of Hue a lot and he knew that increasing amounts of enemy movement toward the city had been noticed and passed up the intelligence channels. How could the Tet Offensive have been such a surprise? (3:47)

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Baker was a good card player but so was Sgt. Alo. Steve Carver remembers a marathon all night game between the two which wound up in favor of the sergeant. Sgt. Alo was a native of Samoa who took an improbable path to becoming an American and a Marine. (7:26)

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An officer shouldn't punch an enlisted man but Steve Carver relates the story of a Marine who was on the receiving end of just that. There was a fenced off swimming pool that was for officers only and the man had gone to extreme lengths to get in there. (Caution: strong language) (5:50)

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It was near his time to rotate home but Steve Carver nearly got blown up by a bomb the VC had buried in the road. His jeep had driven right over it but it was the truck behind him that got hit. (Caution: strong language) (8:57)

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It was the best shower of his life. When Steve Carver got to Okinawa after his 13 months in Vietnam, he was able to get a shower with actual hot water that didn't run out and no one telling him his time was up. Then it was really time to go home. (6:23)

Roger McGill

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He grew up the son of Irish immigrants in Chicago. His father was a firefighter and served at the age of 37 during World War II, all of which gave Roger McGill a sense that service was a part of his life as well. When he was called, he responded and became a cavalry scout after his basic training. (8:05)

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Anybody here know how to type? Roger McGill had just arrived as a new cavalry scout at the 25th Infantry Division. He knew how so he raised his hand but it wasn't long before he wanted out of that job. He talked the commander into making him the major's driver, a much better position. Then the unit received orders for Vietnam. (6:07)

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Before Roger McGill even landed in Vietnam, he came under fire. That was on the deck of an LST making it's way upriver to Saigon. There, his cavalry unit unloaded the tanks and APCs and formed into a convoy. He was the major's driver and the two of them missed the departure. Which way did they go? (7:09)