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Jim Ellis

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For his third tour in Vietnam, American Advisor Jim Ellis joined his unit near Qui Nhon and, three days later, they were surrounded by the NVA. There was hand to hand fighting on the perimeter but it eventually calmed down. On a morning that was quiet and seemingly peaceful, he decided to let the men sleep an extra half hour. That saved some lives. (5:27)

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The Vietnamese unit got to LZ English, the old 1st Cavalry stomping grounds. On their way there, there were refugees streaming southward, which their American advisor Jim Ellis, took as a sure sign the NVA were strong there. The war was winding down but then they were sent to Pleiku to clean out a nest of VC. (6:46)

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For his final duty in Vietnam, Jim Ellis was part of the Four Party Joint Military Commission in II Corps. They were working on protocols for ending the war and they had an international contingent of military officers. His favorites were the Hungarians, who partied every night and were led by a charismatic and mysterious figure. (6:40)

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We let them down. There is no other way to look at it. Jim Ellis had three tours in Vietnam and knows what went on there and it boiled down to abandoning our allies whom we had promised to support. First we took our troops home and then we ended the vital support we had promised. (4:13)

Ed Barbour

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In his youth, Ed Barbour lived around a lot of World War II vets who influenced his thinking. He got a private pilot's license while at college and he started the process of becoming a Naval Aviator but his girlfriend had something to say about that. (4:53)

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Ed Barbour was a student of history so, when Vietnam began to loom large on the world stage, he studied the situation. Why were the Buddhist monks immolating themselves? Why did a religious minority control the country? Regardless of those things, he was now a part of the 101st Airborne who made him a medic. (4:19)

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Every drill sergeant does it. Early in the training, he asked anybody who thought he could whip him to step forward. Ed Barbour did just that and identified himself as a leader. Once, when a teacher was not available for a class, he took the rostrum and began instruction but it was not on the M-14. (4:02)

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Ed Barbour's first patrol in Vietnam was memorable. Its purpose was to secure the outlying area where the Bob Hope Christmas show was going to take place. It turned into a real battle instead of a training exercise, complete with the RPG shoot down of a chopper. Welcome to Vietnam! (4:26)

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It was the worst combat experience of them all for Army medic Ed Barbour. Sappers had broken through the night defensive position and were running amok. And it was raining hard, of course. They lost a third of the company, killed or wounded and had to stand down for a while to get replacements. (6:03)

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After being in Vietnam for a while, Ed Barbour was convinced our brass was fighting the wrong war. They were clueless when it came to the tactics of the enemy. Down at his level in the field, he was getting a new company commander who told him to shut up when he asked, what about that flank? The captain should have listened. (2:37)