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Tom Seybold

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Seybold talks about Vang Pao, a major general in the Royal Lao Army. There were a few uncommon missions he flew for non-political reasons, such as flying a soccer team over from one place to another. After some time working for Air America, he decided to come back home, and he describes the process he went through to do that. (6:07)

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Tom Seybold talks about how it felt to return to the United States as a civilian pilot. When he got back home to Stony Brook, there was already a local war hero named Chuck Rice that everyone was talking about, so he didn't get much attention. He tried to join the American Legion but at the time they disagreed with the politics in favor of the Vietnam War and so he was denied. He talks disclaimers regarding Air America and gives his final thoughts. (5:57)

Tommy Clack

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Military duty was a family tradition for Tommy Clack. While many of his generation were going to great lengths to stay out of the war, he withdrew from college and volunteered for the Arm, where he went through OCS and became an artillery forward observer. (4:12)

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The first thing that Tommy Clack learned after arriving in Vietnam was that his training was outdated and irrelevant to the conditions on the battlefield. Still, he adapted and overcame as he worked to train others on new munitions. (6:35)

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Tommy Clack was the first officer in eight generations of enlisted men. Advice from his dad to always listen to his NCOs served him well in the chaos of Vietnam, where the book went out the window. (7:34)

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After his first Vietnam tour, artillery officer Tommy Clack tried to modify stateside training to better prepare soldiers for actual conditions. Returning for a second tour, he insisted on forward duty with a combat unit. (8:53)

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Tommy Clack gained a healthy respect for the North Vietnamese Army, who were well armed and used brilliant tactics, including the use of available resources to fashion booby traps. (5:58)

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Tommy Clack was taught by John Racine, one of his NCO's, how to find out who was shooting in a firefight and who was just staying out of it. After the battle, you felt the gun barrels of the soldiers on the line. (6:44)

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In a letter home, Tommy Clack expressed his worry that something bad was going to happen and it did when his unit engaged the NVA near the Cambodian border. He saw the enemy soldier stand and fire the RPG that changed his life forever. (5:59)

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Tommy Clack was out for seven days following his gruesome injury at the Vietnam front. He gradually became aware of missing limbs and a pretty nurse. His memories of an out-of-body experience after he was hit became the subject of a television documentary. (7:34)