By Vietnam Marine Veteran Rich Thurmond We called the United States “The World” in Vietnam. That's how it felt. Vietnam seemed like another planet altogether, and “The World” was the distant place we dreamed of going back to. My return home almost didn’t happen on schedule. Two days before I was supposed to leave,
By Vietnam Army Veteran Jim Janicki After reading the “Coming Home After War” issue of VBC Magazine, I felt compelled to share my own story. I enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 31, 1966, and served until September 17, 1969. I trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then at Fort Eustis, Virginia,
By Bob Smith with Barb Smith In August 1960, The carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA-42), pulled into Livorno (“Leghorn”), Italy, one of the largest and main seaports in the Mediterranean Sea. Three liberty launches left the ship for fleet landing. A storm was approaching. The ship began listing heavily. The winds were ferocious.
From left to right: Michael Archer, Tom Mahoney and their senior drill instructor at Boot Camp Graduation, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, August 1967. (Michael Archer) By Michael Archer Michael Archer is an author, lecturer, and Vietnam Veteran who served as a radio operator during the 1968 siege of the
Jeff at Freedom Bridge, Seoul, South Korea, November 2006. (Jeffrey Rogers) By Jeffrey Rogers, TSgt, USAF (Ret.) Jeff Rogers served with distinction for over 20 years in the United States Air Force, beginning his career as an Electronic Warfare Systems Specialist at Griffiss AFB, NY and Osan AB, Korea. Since retiring from
