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Hank Cramer

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Hank Cramer had a lot of help on his quest to get his father's name added to The Wall. An investigative reporter, some high ranking staff officers and a Congressman who happened to be the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee all played a part. Part 2 of 2. (6:31)

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Hank Cramer had grown up with only a memory of his father. He wanted to be in Special Forces like him but the Army put him in the Signal Corps. He did manage to get to Airborne School and he kept applying for Special Forces, always hoping. Finally, he got the call. It was the First Special Forces Group, the same unit as his father. (5:57)

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Five years was all the Signal Corps would let Hank Cramer stay in Special Forces and he was in the field nearly the entire time. There was no war, but countries everywhere were asking for help. All over Southeast Asia and then on to Central America where no one got along. (4:35)

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There were two parallel conflicts in Central America while Hank Cramer was serving with Special Forces in the area. The Sandanistas were fighting the Contras in Nicaragua and Manuel Noriega was running Panama like Al Capone. (6:26)

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When 9/11 happened, Hank Cramer was out of the Army because of a Reduction In Force, a RIF. A sergeant on the phone talked him out of immediately heading to Fort Lewis. He was still in the Reserve and wanted to do something. He finally got his chance as a contractor in Afghanistan. (8:38)

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What is one sign of a Special Forces success? The lack of a war. If war does break out, they are likely already there. Hank Cramer's father was a member of the very first Special Forces unit and their motto was Everywhere Yet Nowhere. (5:20)

Larry Barnett

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His home life was troubled and school wasn't going very well, either, so at age seventeen Larry Barnett got his father to sign for him to enter the Marine Corps. He was a Marine as well and a Korean War veteran. (Caution: rough language) (5:00)

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It helped Larry Barnett to get through boot camp when he realized that everything they did had a reason. They were turning him into a Marine. After that came months of infantry training during which he turned eighteen. (5:02)

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It was early in 1975 when Larry Barnett arrived in Okinawa as part of the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. He was in intensive training when he was temporally attached to the 4th Marines who had a difficult assignment, protecting the evacuation from the besieged US embassy in Saigon. It was a chaotic situation. Part 1 of 2. (7:04)

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The NVA were anxious to finish taking Saigon and they were getting impatient with the Americans still in their embassy. By this time it was flooded with Vietnamese civilians as well. Larry Barnett was one of the Marines tasked with protecting the evacuation and he describes the tense situation. Part 2 of 2. (5:57)