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Ed Barbour

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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)

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The Battle of Phuoc Yen unfolded over several days as elements of the 101st Airborne closed a cordon around a battalion of the NVA. Medic Ed Barbour was busy, even performing a tracheotomy during the fight. Near the end, the commanding general brought his chopper in to see the situation. PFC Barbour barked a command to the general who complied because it was the right thing to do. (Caution: strong language) (12:37)

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They were running ambushes every night, hard rain and all. There was a guy they called Country who told medic Ed Barbour about the giant snake he found in an old hooch where he sought shelter from the downpour. (4:55)

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Medic Ed Barbour describes some of the outrageous things he saw in Vietnam including the shoot down of a jet fighter, dozens of damaged Hueys and the explosion of a giant fuel bladder. He also reveals why he can't stand Hallmark cards. (3:07)

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Ed Barbour turned down his R&R while in Vietnam. Why leave only to return? He finally went when he had just a couple of weeks to go. On his return to the States, he entered graduate school to study counseling psychology. (4:51)

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Ed Barbour wasn't interested in any veterans organizations when he returned from Vietnam but, eventually, he got involved, first through PTSD counseling. Then, he discovered reunions. Then, he returned to visit Vietnam which was a healing experience for him. (6:42)

Ed Bean

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Ed Bean recalls his 200,000 mile journey into the Pacific on the USS New Jersey during World War II, and describes the impressive artillery the battleship used to bombard countless Japanese-controlled islands. Bean himself manned one of the ship's five inch guns. (5:48)

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While anchored in Ulithi Atoll, Ed Bean remembers his ship being hit by an unexploded shell. The shell penetrated the main deck and went several decks down, narrowly missing one Sailor and striking one of Bean's friends, Robert Clowers, who survived the encounter. Bean recalls catching up with Clowers later in life. (5:37)

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While sailing in formation between ports in the Pacific, Ed Bean recalls a destroyer running off path and cutting in front of the USS New Jersey, a much larger battleship. The anchor alone of the USS New Jersey inflicted heavy damage to the other ship, enough to kill the captain of the destroyer and injure another crew member. (2:13)

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Ed Bean describes what it was like aboard his ship, the USS New Jersey, during "Halsey's Typhoon," also known as "Typhoon Cobra," the 1944 typhoon which damaged nine warships, destroyed over 100 aircraft and killed 790 Sailors. (4:26)