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Carolyn Pike

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It was a rocket attack. A mad scramble began in the surgical hospital ward where nurse Carolyn Pike was working. The inflatable building began to collapse and shrapnel came flying in. Everyone hurried for the bunkers. (3:06)

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There were protestors waiting when she came home from Vietnam but Army nurse Carolyn Pike just ignored them. What was hard to ignore was the portrayal of nurses in the movie MASH. (3:51)

Carswell Wynne

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Carswell Wynne, a plane captain, recalls two examples of how common and deadly accidents could be on his aircraft carrier, the USS Cowpens, during World War II. (2:25)

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At the end of World War II, Carswell Wynne recalls a conversation with a local Japanese man about how he felt about the atomic bomb. The civilian also suggested one of the main reasons Japan surrendered was because they had run out of much needed scrap metal. (1:05)

Carter Tucker

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The Korean War had started when he graduated high school, and though he had started college, Carter Tucker felt the call to join the Navy. At first he was with the Seabee school but he wanted to go further than California so he volunteered for the unique world of submarine duty. (6:08)

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He had joined because of it, but the Korean War ended while Carter Tucker was in submarine school. Without a shooting war, the vessels were used for intelligence gathering and this nearly led to an icy disaster for him on his first patrol off the coast of Russia. (4:49)

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It was an odd life aboard a submarine. Carter Tucker describes the unique challenges and dangers faced by the crew on an old diesel ship. You could even be done in by your own batteries. (4:49)

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After the first patrol, Carter Tucker's submarine returned to California and to it's home port. While on leave he got married, but he also injured his leg, so his time aboard submarines came to an end. Pursuing his calling as a minister led to a renewed desire to serve, this time as an Army chaplain. (4:38)

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Because of his earlier experience in the Navy, new Army chaplain Carter Tucker was chosen as a leader at the chaplain's basic course. They tried to send him to Europe but he insisted that he joined to go to Vietnam and minister to men in combat. Once there, he passed on the safe assignment and joined an infantry outfit. (4:55)

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He saw plenty of forward base camps in Vietnam when he went into the field with his unit. Chaplain Carter Tucker had to be prepared to go into danger at a moment's notice and then he tried to stay out of the way as much as he could. (3:29)