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Jim McCurry

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Mr. McCurry describes witnessing a few OCS students break the honor code during their final test and explains how the code has personally impacted him as an individual. (3:10)

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Mr. McCurry discusses the stresses that come along with being aboard ship and describes a tragedy that resulted in the death of over twenty men. (2:56)

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Mr. McCurry shares the details of his first bombing mission in Vietnam and describes the devastating damage inflicted by an eight inch shell. (5:43)

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Mr. McCurry shares a tragic casualty he witnessed on the Fourth of July during his time in Vietnam. (2:09)

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Mr. McCurry discusses coming into contact with three torpedo boats in Haiphong Harbor and describes the tactics his ship used to destroy them. (2:31)

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Mr. McCurry describes what it was like to be a part of the intensity of "Operation Linebacker." (2:39)

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Mr. McCurry discusses how he was drafted into the Navy and describes the popular drafting system that was utilized in 1970. (2:05)

Jim Murphy

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Jim Murphy was lucky to grow up at the Masonic Home of Georgia, an orphanage near Macon. He was not one of the orphans, rather his father worked there as a printer, running the print shop and teaching the trade. There was a farm for food, a nice thing to have during the Great Depression. (6:13)

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Jim Murphy was seventeen years old when the radio brought the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Since he enjoyed ROTC in high school, he was an enthusiastic member when he went off to Georgia Tech, where recruits were promised they would graduate and receive a commission. Of course, it didn't work out that way and he was off to active duty, where he managed to conceal something that would have ended his enlistment. (6:52)

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Conditions were miserable when Jim Murphy was in basic training at Camp Wallace in Texas. He did well, though, so well that he received a rare three day pass to visit home. There was just one problem. Home was in Georgia. (3:26)