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Les Carter

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Although Les Carter’s Airborne soldiers were paratroopers, they never used parachutes in Vietnam, relying on helicopters to deploy and fight. As in modern conflicts, booby traps were the main source of casualties. (7:01)

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Working closely with local forces was the key to Les Carter’s success in stabilizing his District in Vietnam. He received a Silver Star for one action, but he wonders why that particular one. (6:31)

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Les Carter knew his district was secure when he recovered a letter from a North Vietnamese commander lamenting defeat. He also knew it came at a cost to civilians, such as the group of young nurses who walked into an ambush. (6:17)

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When Les Carter traveled by helicopter to the action in Vietnam, he often had the local Vietnamese District Chief along. A doctor or a chaplain also might be on board, along with the crew of four. (3:20)

Lester Brown

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Lester Brown, part of a Service Battalion, describes digging foxholes while under enemy artillery fire at Anzio. (3:30)

Lester Erving

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Mr. Erving describes what the purposes and duties were for Team 51 during his second tour of Vietnam. (1:40)

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Mr. Erving describes what it was like to be a part of "Operation Junction City" in Vietnam. (2:51)

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Mr. Erving describes how he was mysteriously wounded while at base camp and sent to recover in the hospital for eighteen months. (1:13)

Lew Jenkins

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Lew Jenkins recalls an artillery barrage that he launched from an infantry call for support, and how close the barrage came to killing Allied troops. (2:39)

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Lew Jenkins remembers a series of little events over the course of a night spent hunkering down in a WWI redoubt near the French/German border. (3:22)