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Ray Porter

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Combat is always chaotic but the recovery of the SS Mayaguez was particularly disjointed. The joint operation suffered from too many parties at the top trying to exert influence, recalls Ray Porter, who led the assault on the ship itself. Part 3 of 3. (4:00)

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Ray Porter is proud of the Marines who served in his unit in Vietnam. They never hesitated and would give anything for their brothers. He tried to give back to them as their commander, like the time he got the Seabees to bring them a refrigeration unit. (4:00)

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Ray Porter tried to pass on the values he learned as a Marine to his children and grandchildren and it must have worked. They went into the military as well, including a granddaughter who flies F-18's. Looking back on a time when he was in charge of training Marines, he had someone on his staff who was quite a character, Oliver North. (6:32)

Ray Remerowski

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Ray Remerowski remembers growing up during the 1930s and deciding to enlist when the war started. He managed to use the GI Bill to his advantage and got an education from it. (This interview made possible with the support of COL ROBERT W. RUST, USMCR (ret.) in honor of LtGen Lawrence Snowden & LtGen George Christmas.) (2:51)

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While stationed in Europe, Ray Remerowski learned how to interact with German civilians and had to deal with German soldiers. Working as a radio operator, he fortunately didn't get a lot of time in combat. (This interview made possible with the support of COL ROBERT W. RUST, USMCR (ret.) in honor of LtGen Lawrence Snowden & LtGen George Christmas.) (3:15)

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Ray Remerowski wonders if there is an alternate solution to war, having lived through the atrocities of it. Being able to treat the German citizens in a civil manner sticks out to him as a special moment from the war. As time goes on, there are less and less WWII veterans to recount the war and he is proud to still be one of them. (This interview made possible with the support of COL ROBERT W. RUST, USMCR (ret.) in honor of LtGen Lawrence Snowden & LtGen George Christmas.) (2:18)

Ray Rogers

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Ray Rogers recalls the Germans' unfortunate choice of escape vehicles during an artillery attack in France (:52)

Ray Stein

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Ray Stein reveals the machinations that led to the Manhattan Project and his undercover assignment for the Army at the Oak Ridge facility. (LONG CLIP) (19:02)

Ray Swaim

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Ray shares his experience of losing several fellow soldiers in combat while pinned down by artillery fire. (5:37)

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Ray discusses the end of his combat career after being wounded in battle. (7:29)