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George Bailey

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George Bailey gives an account of his draft into the Army, his experience during basic training and briefly touches on the culture shock of coming from the north to the very segregated south. He also shares the story of the remarkable encounter he had with the 45th Governor of Alabama, George Wallace. Soon after, however, he was immediately sent to Vietnam. (8:32)

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George bailey describes Ash and Trash missions. He describes these missions as beneficial and excellent learning tools that aiding him in learning how to manage the use of an aircraft. He also gives an overall inside look at his experience in Vietnam and the different locations he traveled to. (5:58)

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George bailey Briefly addresses interservice rivalry between the army and the Air force. He also explains what a “slick” pilot is and shares a story in which, while on his first mission, he was shot in the tail boom. (3:34)

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George Bailey recalls the time in which, while on a routine trip to an airfield in a town east of Bien Hoa, his aircraft underwent fire and was hit. (2:25)

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George Bailey shares his thoughts on the aftermath of the Vietnam war and briefly addresses the differences between how returning troops were treated then and now. (2:48)

George Barber

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He chose the Navy because of the bunk and the chow. George Barber was an experienced welder so he was assigned as a metalsmith on a destroyer tender. He left the ship in Sardinia for a time attached to a motor torpedo base, maintaining PT boats. He was touched by the hungry children who would gather at the chow hall and he made friends with sailors from the Italian navy, who were also hungry. (4:42)

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After serving off Italy and southern France. the destroyer tender USS Denebola sailed all the way to Kwajalein in the Pacific. There, metalsmith George Barber worked on repairing destroyers that had been damaged. The Denebola would also take on wounded sailors for transfer to a hospital ship. He remained in the reserves after the war but had more important things to do than go to Korea. (3:13)

George Bruzgis

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New Yorker George Bruzgis opted for the draft instead of enlistment because it required a year less, just in case he didn't like the Army. Trained in armor, he was deployed to Korea where he was unnerved by the destruction he saw on his way to the front. There, the tanks were dug in and essentially acted as artillery pieces. (4:55)

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George Bruzgis received a non-combat injury in Korea when his platoon sergeant, who had a grudge because George was a Yankee from New York City, assigned him to midnight refueling duty. He fell in a slit trench in the dark and couldn't walk for several weeks. That wasn't the end of it. (5:09)

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The Armistice was scheduled to take effect that evening, but George Bruzgis received orders for a fire mission at dawn. The high explosive rounds were fired from the tank and, years later, he found out the significance of those rounds. He was able to revisit Korea twice due to the generosity and gratitude of the Korean people. (3:57)