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Nat Robb

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On a sweep through a rubber plantation, the South Vietnamese unit made contact with the enemy and the fighting became fierce. American Advisor Nat Robb fell behind with one of his men and he had one thought. This was it. It was be killed or be captured and he knew which it would be. (8:43)

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Once the Tet Offensive was beaten back, Nat Robb was on a Saigon highway with the South Vietnamese unit he was advising when he saw a funny sight. The first supply trucks that were allowed to move after the massive attack had an interesting cargo. (1:39)

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American Advisor Nat Robb did not run the South Vietnamese unit, but he controlled the fire support that sustained it. He spent his entire tour in the field with them except for a couple of leaves. He wonders if the way the Army rotated troops in and out of the war was the best way to fight it. (5:10)

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Nat Robb carried a can of his favorite food for six months in Vietnam until the anticipation was just too much and he ate it. He should have just kept looking at it. (2:05)

Nate Winkler

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His grades were good enough for college, but Nate Winkler was tired of school, so he and a friend enlisted in the Marines the summer before his senior year. Boot camp was right after graduation, then it was off to electronics school for air traffic control and radar tech. (4:21)

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Nate Winkler's first duty was at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point with a small air traffic control unit. He was there when the 9/11 attacks riveted the entire nation. That night, as he patrolled his base in the dark, he remembered something his drill instructor had said about why they had all joined the Marine Corps. (6:30)

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Morale was high on the ship to Kuwait, but Nate Winkler remembers how some were questioning the reasons they were going. Regardless of politics, everyone was anxious to do their jobs in a real world situation. Once there, his job was to set up and operate small air support bases. (6:28)

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Air traffic control technician Nate Winkler got stuck driving the Humvee carrying the Lieutenant in charge of the huge supply convoy traveling north into Iraq. His six man crew was attached to a larger aviation support unit tasked with setting up small forward air support bases. In a twist of fate, he wound up at the point when the enemy appeared. Part 1 of 3. (7:55)

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The convoy had come under Iraqi fire, so the Marines were scrambling to set up a defensive position. Nate Winkler had a technical job, but he was still a Marine in a battle. When his buddy appeared from further back in the column, he had a wound on his face. "I'll tell you later," was all he could get out of him. Later, with the convoy back on the move, there was a grim realization that made everyone feel guilty. Part 2 of 3. (7:58)

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After being thrown into combat right away, Marine air traffic control technician Nate Winkler's time in Iraq got a little more settled down. He was in country for eight weeks doing his part to set up and operate forward air fields. Then, relief was sent and he came home, which was fine. He'd got his taste of the war. Part 3 of 3. (4:19)