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Murray Leff

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The locals in France were friendly and engaging. Murray Leff had taken French in school, enough to communicate, and this sparked a lifelong interest. When he got to the front, it was a mere sixty miles from Germany itself. (3:47)

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It was against the rules but he did it anyway. Murray Leff had traded some cigarettes for a camera and he began to document his unit's action as they pushed into Germany. (2:25)

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Murray Leff well remembers his first day inside Germany itself. He was on his face in the dirt and stuff was falling on him. Then, one of his own sentries nearly killed him. He looked at Stars and Stripes one day and found out about this thing called the Bulge. That's where he was headed next. (3:56)

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In Metz, Murray Leff was fed an extra special meal before he was thrown into the Battle of the Bulge. He had close calls with a machine gun and an artillery shell, better luck than one of the new guys who had just arrived. (4:50)

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While he was fighting in Europe, Murray Leff marveled at the high turnover rate in his unit. So many casualties. He is baffled how anything as destructive and awful as a World War could ever happen. (4:29)

Myron Harrington

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Myron Harrington grew up with a very loving family, including a father who was a World War I veteran, and knew from a very early age that he wanted to go into the military. Before he did so however, he took a number of classes at a few different schools for training. (6:35)

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Upon graduating from The Citadel, Lt. Harrington was placed into Officer Candidate School. It was from here that he would join the Marine Corps and be shipped off to Vietnam for combat. (5:48)

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Due to his network of friends and colleagues, Lt. Harrington was able to find himself taking over the Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. This unit was heavily trained and ready for combat, which really helped in the long run. (7:11)

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In 1968, Captain Myron Harrington led the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines in a challenging attack on the citadel in Hue City, Vietnam. The urban battlefield was heavily fortified with enemy machine guns and mortars, but the Marines had to move forward. This is the story of how he and his men meticulously planned and executed the prolonged charge on the tower; actions that earned Harrington the Silver Star and Navy Cross. (15:34)

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Here Myron Harrington talks about what happened after the intense battle of Hue City in Vietnam. They had a brief rehab period to compensate for all the lost men and heavy casualties. Harrington was thankful that he was still alive after all of that. (5:26)