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Larry Jennings

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Larry Jennings was in transit to a new outfit when the Viet Cong launched a furious attack on the holding company's base. Once that was over and he got to Pleiku, he was struck by the different environment that resembled his home. He was supply sergeant for an engineer company with a lot of heavy equipment, a tempting target for Charlie. (5:50)

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Daily life included a shower from a hanging 55 gallon drum and maybe some C-rations. Larry Jennings was stationed at Pleiku where he engaged in search and destroy missions in addition to his job as supply sergeant. He reveals why the enemy had a better rifle and which was more dangerous, the line or the rear. (3:37)

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Larry Jennings' engineer unit was ordered out of Pleiku and back to the Saigon area. After a long trip that included passage on LST's, they settled in and waited. He had a short time left and he was trying to keep his head down when his buddy organized a trip to Saigon. (2:37)

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Vietnam veteran Larry Jennings describes the use of Agent Orange to deprive the enemy of its hiding places. It really worked well, but in 2001, he joined the long list of personnel who had lingering effects. He also had a small shrapnel wound, for which he received no Purple Heart. (2:06)

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Larry Jennings was a little older than most of the guys he served with in Vietnam and he tried to steer them away from the bad choices that they could easily make. Many of them looked up to him and took his advice, including one who didn't make it. (1:31)

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Larry Jennings returned from Vietnam knowing full well what the reputation of returning veterans was. He points out that women and children die in every war and in this particular war, many of them were in the ranks of the enemy. He does have fond memories of one child, a little girl at an orphanage near his base in Pleiku. (2:17)

Larry Taylor

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College wasn't in the picture, so Larry Taylor entered the draft in 1967. He only had one bit of trouble in training, but a DI's boot set him straight. (3:26)

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The first thing that he noticed was the heat. Larry Taylor was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry, and while he was getting used to the steamy climate, he made his way to Camp Evans in northern South Vietnam. There wasn't a lot of contact, but there were a lot of booby traps. (5:48)

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The 1st Air Cavalry was moved to Khe San to help the Marines under siege. Larry Taylor saw two things there that he had never seen before, body bags and Marines cheering the Army. (6:50)

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When Larry Taylor arrived at a mountaintop overlooking the A Shau Valley, the choppers were shaking violently because they were at the upper limit of their maximum altitude. Larry Taylor recalls that flight and the action on the ground that claimed the life of a leader he respected. (5:43)