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Greg Lowe

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Mail call was a big deal and Greg Lowe cherished news from home and the occasional box of goodies, as well. He would give the candy to the local Vietnamese kids. (1:41)

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Since his roommate was the personnel officer, Greg Lowe was able to skip the routine of waiting in a replacement detachment when his time was up in Vietnam. His relationship with his father was strengthened when he got home because of the shared experience of combat. (3:04)

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Greg Lowe discusses the awards he received in Vietnam and why one of them made his wife nervous. The hardest thing he had to do in the war was escort his deceased best friend back to the family. (5:56)

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Greg Lowe discusses his visits to the Vietnam War Memorial and the veterans group he is active with, who were partners in the 50th anniversary commemoration activities. He fondly remembers the troops love of a classic Eric Burden tune and he pays tribute to the ROTC supply sergeant who taught him about leadership. (8:59)

Grover McMichael

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Grover McMichael joined the Navy in 1942 just ahead of getting drafted and was assigned to the USS Emmons, a destroyer. After a short time patrolling the North Atlantic, the ship was reassigned to duty in the Mediterranean, where the convoy sunk a submarine. In May 1944, the order came to head for England to take part in an unnamed assault. (3:42)

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H-hour was 6 AM but the small group of destroyers were in place just off the beach by 3 AM and fired the first shots in the Normandy invasion. The gunners on the USS Emmons fired every round of ammunition they had, says Grover McMichael, who manned a 20 mm gun. When the ship was at sea, he manned the sonar station. (5:04)

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Grover McMichael describes the sonar operation aboard the USS Emmons, complete with sound effects. As the European theater was winding down, the ship was sent to the Pacific and he was sent to the sonar school in Key West to train others. While he was there, he got word that the Emmons had been sunk. (6:38)

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It was a brand new ship and on its shakedown cruise when word came that the war was over. Grover McMichael was able to return home and help support his family, even though he wanted to stay in the Navy. (1:54)

Gus Richardson

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Gus Richardson recalls the circumstances around becoming the only Marine from his hometown to survive their tour in the Pacific during World War II. (1:33)

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Gus Richardson describes the fierce fighting his Marine company faced after landing on Japanese-occupied Guam in 1944. (5:08)