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Larry Barnett

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Not long after he was part of the chaotic evacuation of the US embassy in Saigon, Larry Barnett had to saddle up again to head to Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge had seized an American merchant vessel, the SS Mayaguez. Despite questionable intelligence, the Marines were directed to land on Koh Tang Island where the crew was believed to be held. Part 1 of 3. (8:50)

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The assault was a disaster. The little used tactic of assaulting a beach with helicopters proved to be nearly the end of Larry Barnett and the other Marines at Koh Tang Island. They were pinned down by the Khmer Rouge and evacuation by helicopter seemed impossible due to the withering fire. Part 2 of 3. (9:03)

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Half the Marines who were pinned down on Koh Tang Island were going to get out on a small boat. Larry Barnett describes the tense moment when it was decided who was leaving and who was staying. But the boat never made it in and now their only chance was a chopper pilot who came in under heavy fire. Part 3 of 3. (6:55)

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Your buddies are what it's all about. Larry Barnett lived through the disastrous Koh Tang Island assault and he gives tribute to the guys who were with him. (6:29)

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Having survived the last battle of the Vietnam War at Koh Tang, Larry Barnett had a year or so left on his enlistment which he finished out at Okinawa and Camp LeJeune. He's had his time with PTSD but being with his brother Marines at reunions gets him through the rough times. (3:47)

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Larry Barnett has been back to Koh Tang Island where he nearly perished in what is considered the last battle of the Vietnam War. He even met with the Khmer Rouge commander who was there that fateful day. It was an odd feeling to sit down with a former enemy. (4:14)

Nam Cao

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China, Japan and France. Nam Cao's father had been fighting for years in these struggles against outsiders in Vietnam. As the young Cao neared adulthood, it was North against South. He was studying at the polytechnic school in Saigon and had an eye on joining the South Vietnamese Navy. (5:37)

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Nam Cao was still a university student when the Tet Offensive upended the entire country. It was scary. You could be caught in a crossfire between two sides that looked exactly the same. The Communists had worked for years to sow their ideology among the poor in the South and they expected to spark a general uprising. (8:05)

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In 1970, university graduate Nam Cao joined the Republic of Vietnam Navy. It was the era of Vietnamization and the US was trying to get South Vietnam to shoulder the entire load. The first post for the new engineer was Ben Luc, where old ships were overhauled and supply operations run. (4:46)

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He was an engineer who rebuilt boats but Nam Cao still had to work supply runs on the river that supplied ARVN troops. He learned to tell the sound of an AK-47 from the sound of an M-16, which was useful. Sometimes the river would be blocked and an air strike would be called in. (8:14)