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Larry Washington

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The dangers were many. Sappers could sneak in and blow up your helicopters. Your own illumination rounds could kill you. The most dangerous missions for the Huey pilots were the LRRP missions, inserting and extracting long range reconnaissance patrols. Pilot Larry Washington remembers them well. (4:26)

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His last day in combat was memorable. On his first flight of the day, Huey pilot Larry Washington snagged a tree on a gun mount. On the second, he struggled to control the aircraft when several issues arose at the landing zone. He performed a beautiful maneuver to recover but the rest of the day did not improve. All he could do was keep in mind that it was his last day. (9:22)

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Larry Washington was only 19 years old but he flew into combat in Vietnam. He had a good rapport with his crew chief, who was older. They were convinced they had a lucky aircraft and took loving care of it. (4:51)

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He had read about the Kent State protests but the news from back home didn't distract Huey pilot Larry Washington from the job at hand. It wasn't about politics, you fought for the others on the crew. He reflects on the fate of a friend on a different crew, whose passing had an effect on him years later. (5:16)

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"We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" was something of an anthem to those veterans who were in Vietnam. Huey pilot Larry Washington remember that tune and a few others. (2:24)

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He had a decent experience returning from Vietnam. First, Huey pilot Larry Washington managed to meet a fellow pilot he wanted to see before he left, then he had an uneventful journey without protestors. He stayed on as an Army pilot for a while, which helped him decompress from his combat experience. (7:24)

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For Larry Washington, Vietnam is very hard to sort out in his mind. He knows we did not "lose" the war, like so many in the media try to tell you, but he also knows that the stated reasons for a war may not be the true ones. For him, it was the price he paid to succeed in life. (7:13)

Larry Westbrook

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Larry Westbrook describes the grueling journey across the North Atlantic in which the waters were infested with German U-Boats. Westbrook’s ship managed to nearly avoid the U-Boats, but when they reached the Strait of Gibraltar, his ship came face-to-face with an imminent German U-Boat attack. (1:38)

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Westbrook recalls his landing on the beaches at Salerno, Italy. On the fourth day of travel, a woman known as Berlin Sally came on the intercom on his ship and prepared the men for what lie ahead. Upon landing on the beaches, Westbrook details several encounters including 6 German Panzer Divisions, the attack of 10 German tanks, digging foxholes, and maneuvering his jeep amongst all the chaos. (6:11)

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While hiding in their ditches, two men in Westbrook’s outfit were chased by a bull with no way to get rid of it. (0:35)