. . Walter "Larry" Chrzan Larry Chrzan’s mother didn’t want him to join the Navy; she feared that if he were killed in battle at sea his body might never be found. But Larry had a compelling but personally peculiar reason to join the Navy. As a Depression-era teenager, he
. . Bob Christman As a Navy ensign during World War II, Bob Christman served as a navigator aboard the USS Sitka (APA-113), a luxury liner that had been refitted for troop transport. Back and forth from its home base in Manila, the Philippines, the Sitka plied the Pacific Ocean,
. . Edward Chekan Edward Chekan served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946 as a radio operator and gunner aboard a PBY seaplane in the Atlantic. missing video/audio
. . Manuel Carvahlo Manuel Carvahlo joined the Marines out of high school in 1962 when his parents moved back to Portugal. He was eventually assigned to the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, which contained the very first US troops authorized for offensive operations in Vietnam. They landed at Da Nang
. . Roger Carter Roger Carter entered the US Navy in September 1944 and served aboard the amphibious landing craft, LSM 476. He landed on Okinawa on Easter Sunday, 1945 and left the Navy in November 1947. missing video
. . John Carter When John Carter was a youngster he used to jump off of garages onto mattresses for fun, so it seems logical that he would want to be in the airborne division when he volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Of course, training to jump out of airplanes
