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Mike Kenney

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Finding a little humor kept you sane. Mike Kenney recalls a joke he played on his grandfather, who sent him grass seed and received pictures of tall elephant grass. When somebody figured out all the helicopter pilots would rotate out at the same time, they were split up and he was sent south to the Mekong Delta, a whole different situation. (6:18)

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You accumulated hours fast in the Mekong Delta. Helicopter pilot Mike Kenney got to take a break after 120 hours in a little cabin the unit had on an island. There was no jungle down there, unlike his first post in country, where the triple canopy forest reached about 200 feet. (7:53)

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Mike Kenney's second tour of Vietnam was very different from his first. He flew for military intelligence in a plane crammed with radios and linguists. Part of the standing orders were to report any mention of captured American pilot John McCain. There were no combat missions but the base was often under mortar attack, like every base in Vietnam. (4:39)

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He totaled up a lot of hours flying in Vietnam, but pilot Mike Kenney wasn't done with the service. After flying for Military Intelligence during his second tour, he made a career out of that field and worked in important posts all over the world. (7:26)

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At the end of a long career that began in Vietnam and drew to a close with General Norman Schwarzkopf, Mike Kenney followed his wife to a teaching job at their alma mater, Western Kentucky University. It wasn't long before he had one of those, too. (7:23)

Mike Law

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Mike Law remembers attending college and joining the ROTC program which prompted his enlistment in the Army. (6:32)

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Mike Law remembers finishing school with plenty of flying time where he felt like he began to get proficient at flying. Operating his aircraft in Vietnam was always difficult with the NVA constantly shifting and having to learn their changing routes. (8:11)

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Staying on the same page as a unit and as a branch was very important for efficiency. Meetings, communication and listening to superiors was essential. (8:12)

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Mike Law remembers the climax of his time in Vietnam, when they were facing a lot of enemy fire and firing a lot on enemies. Loss of life was always a problem during training and combat. (6:16)

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Mike Law remembers one of the encounters he had trying to help a soldier who he had known from earlier in training. Flying in to a hot LZ with protection from a turret kept enemy fire off of them while they airlifted their men out of there. Locating the source of enemy fire, they were able to take care of the objective quickly. (5:50)