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Tom Morrissey

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Not to be outdone by their contemporaries back in the States, those serving in Vietnam had their share of sex, drugs and rock and roll while there. Tom Morrissey saw it happening but it was the rock and roll part that was his thing and it would always be playing in his Huey. (4:53)

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Tom Morrissey was flying the light ship, illuminating the area where there was a Medevac in progress. Once the wounded were safely away, he went searching for the VC that might have been in the firefight. There was one guy walking through a rice paddy. (4:18)

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When Tom Morrissey left for Vietnam, a chance meeting with a friend who was also flying that day really lightened the mood as his single mom was seeing him off. That was nice. His return to the States was not nice at all. (6:33)

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Huey pilot Tom Morrissey didn't usually mention that he was a Vietnam veteran in the years following the war. He became a college professor and that was increasingly somewhere you didn't want it known. He believes the entire culture was knocked out of whack by the anti-war movement. (6:21)

Tom Parsons

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Tom Parsons tells the story of how he created his own good luck charm: a bullet with a name on it. (1:49)

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During a harrowing mission to destroy a Messerschmitt assembly plant, Tom Parsons survives the Luftwaffe company front attack. (3:14)

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Tom Parsons becomes a social outcast when he swears he shot at something that moved like a hummingbird. (2:32)

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On July 4, 1944, while stationed in England, Tom Parsons gets a front row seat for an improvised Army Air Corps fireworks display. (3:30)

Tom Pemberton

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His father was career Navy and Tom Pemberton was in the Naval Reserve, planning to follow in his footsteps. But he was derailed due to poor eyesight, so he wound up in the Army, which cost him five bucks every year on the Army-Navy game. (3:48)

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Six weeks after he got married, Tom Pemberton left for Cold War duty in Korea. The transportation officer had the title of Police and Sanitation officer on the troop ship, which was more desirable than it sounds. (6:27)