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Mike Durant

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Mike Durant recalls a Special Operations mission over Panama in which his squadron was in charge of dealing with a conflict swiftly & effectively. (2:15)

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Mike Durant recounts the circumstances depicted in the book and film "Black Hawk Down" that led to his helicopter going down in Mogadishu, Somalia. Mike was taken as a POW and held in captivity for 11 days. Part 1 of 4 (9:18)

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Mike Durant recalls the strategies that he had to employ to keep his morale up. He had to face a multitude of obstacles to keep his injuries under control while he was moved around various locations in Mogadishu. Part 2 of 4 (7:08)

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Mike Durant recalls the moment during his captivity that things started to look up for his rescue from Mogadishu. His injuries had been bad and he was constantly being moved around the city. Part 3 of 4 (5:10)

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Mike Durant recalls the circumstances that led up to his release as the situation changes in front of his eyes. To his surprise, he is eventually brought to a UN compound and released. Part 4 of 4 (3:50)

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Mike Durant remembers first arriving at the UN compound after he had been released from captivity in Mogadishu. Transitioning back to normal life brought many obstacles but it was a welcomed change. (2:46)

Mike Kenney

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At Western Kentucky University, Mike Kenney was really enjoying ROTC and the Pershing Rifles. He was seriously thinking of a military career but, for some reason, he had not received notice that he was accepted into the advanced ROTC program for his junior year. This led to an odd series of events which had him in the Marine Corps for twenty four hours. (5:35)

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Mike Kenney was an aviator, but he'd not yet had any military pilot training. He started Airborne school after his basic infantry officer course but, a couple of weeks in, the orders came and he was to report to basic helicopter training. He started on smaller aircraft, then moved on to the Huey, the real workhorse of Vietnam. (6:13)

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It was a long trip across the Pacific with typhoons pushing the ship around. Mike Kenney finally arrived in Vietnam and his very first night there, sappers attacked another ship in the harbor. Once ashore, the unit was trucked to Bien Hoa, where a huge base camp had been prepared for the 11th Cavalry. (5:52)

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Mike Kenney recalls talking to his wife through the patchwork MARS ham radio network from Vietnam. Even before he flew a Huey into combat, there were incidents at the base, some of them self-inflicted. On the day he did first see combat from the air, it was memorable. He was ferrying a General when they spotted a convoy under attack. This began a battle which would eventually include blood being hosed out of his aircraft. (7:22)