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Frank Francois III

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Frank Francois found a place in the Support Command for Andy Chambers, a young officer who was given a break from combat. With Andy in Saigon, the two began trading strange cargo such as walk in refrigerators and sedans. He also recalls the time he became a home base hero with a shipment of cement. (5:17)

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In the wake of Martin Luther King's assassination, the Army began bringing more black officers into the Pentagon. Frank Francois III was one of those officers. He was selected to command the 57th Transportation Battalion for his second tour of Vietnam, and this time, it was long haul trucking he had to administer. He tells how he solved one problem, not all the cargo was reaching the front. (6:59)

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There was a clique in the Transportation Corps, says Frank Francois III. The old boy network determined which officers would be on the track for promotions, and they had decreed that there would only be one black general at a time in the Corps. However, his boss, Hank Del Mar, was having none of it. (2:52)

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Returning Vietnam veterans never got the recognition they deserved, says Frank Francois III, who served two tours. He is glad that the military is embracing women into the ranks and reveals how he prepared his son for success at the Air Force Academy. (4:19)

Frank Gleason

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Frank Gleason talks at length about how Japan began pushing their way into China in early 1945, and the last ditch efforts by his crew to destroy bridges and other vital structures along the way while U.S. troops pulled out of the area. (11:49)

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Frank Gleason repeats a warning his uncle gave him at the beginning of World War II, and how it proved true in North Africa. (1:04)

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Frank Gleason describes the poor conditions of the people and the heavy corruption in the Chinese government that ultimately led to their weakness against the Japanese during World War II. (1:34)

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Upon first entering the Army in 1942 as a second lieutenant, Frank Gleason remembers being tasked with training a negro troop. (1:07)

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At the age of 22, Frank Gleason recalls being given the responsibility of transporting 87 civilians and service members to Bombay, India, for covert operations in 1943. (4:57)

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While on bridge-destroying missions in China, Frank Gleason recalls confronting one general about friendly fire from aircraft in the area. (:52)