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John Cahill

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He was wounded at LZ X-Ray so, naturally, John Cahill bought the book, "We Were Soldiers Once...And Young." He relates how he met Hal Moore and how he began to enjoy the reunions of his unit. (3:44)

John Carey

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Mr. Carey explains the importance of collecting enemy intelligence. (4:11)

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Mr. Carey shares the horrors he faced being a POW in Japan. (7:20)

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Mr. Carey discusses landing in Samoa for training and the insects he and his fellow soldiers faced that inflicted disease. (2:20)

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Mr. Carey describes the excitement he and his fellow shipmates experienced when they saw topless Samoan women while harboring at Pago Pago. (1:06)

John Christeson

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John Christeson was born in Okinawa and moved around to various Air Force bases where his father was stationed. He had flying on his mind and made moves to get a West Point slot when the attacks on 9/11 changed everything. He needed to do something now. (5:18)

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He had run track in high school and found the physical training in boot camp to be a little less difficult than he'd imagined. John Christeson was also doing well in the School of Infantry when Recon came calling with a screening for potential trainees. (6:17)

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As he was waiting to board the big C-5 bound for Kuwait, John Christeson saw the space shuttle Columbia burn up on reentry. Not what you want to see before a long flight. The plane got the men of 1st Recon there safely, though, and he began to get used to his duties as an extra body in HQ platoon. Soon, he was staring at a very active night sky at the Iraqi border. (5:34)

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The first mission for John Christeson was scrubbed, a recon of a bridge that might be useful. He'd seen his first Iraqis by then, Bedouins in the desert who were much more peaceful than what he would soon encounter in the cities. First up, Nasiriyah. (5:44)

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In Nasiriyah, John Christeson watched a Huey and a Cobra bait the enemy into revealing themselves. It was that night that Jessica Lynch was rescued from captivity by a special forces task force. As he moved north from Nasiriyah, he began to see the real death and devastation. (6:36)