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Richard Jackson

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When he was company commander at Cua Viet, Richard Jackson had great success in keeping the area clear of enemy. After his combat commands were finished and he was a staff officer, he was asked to visit the replacement unit and advise them. His journey there and back was worthy of a Hollywood movie. (6:12)

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Richard Jackson describes two very close calls he had in Vietnam, both involving Viet Cong guerrillas who emerged from holes in the ground. (4:25)

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It was his last combat operation. Richard Jackson's company of Marines was to be the lead attack company on an assault against the NVA near the DMZ. During the battle, he called in every kind of supporting fire available to penetrate a fortified village. (7:00)

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Richard Jackson recalls the time when he was stuck in a helicopter with a general observing the battle field while his company of Marines were getting battered down below. When he finally got down to the ground, he repositioned the unit with a mad dash downhill from their exposed position. (6:51)

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He'd considered having a longer career in the Marines, but when Richard Jackson returned from Vietnam, he decided to move on. The lessons he learned there would animate and inspire his business career. (6:14)

Richard Lewis

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He was already married with a child, but Richard Lewis enlisted because America was having a tough time of it in the early war. He passed the tests to go to flight school and progressed through them until he was a B-24 pilot heading to England. He flew both B-24's and B-17's for a total of 35 missions. (5:16)

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Flying was always a thrill for Richard Lewis. He picked it up quickly and was the first of his group to solo. The trainer was very primitive, with no electronics and a hollow tube for communication. He became a heavy bomber pilot and was en route to England when D-Day happened. (5:00)

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Richard Lewis was flying the B-24 when he got to England, but after ten missions the squadron was moved into B-17's. That was fine with him, because he disliked the B-24 from the beginning and he tells you exactly why. (3:56)

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It was his tenth mission. As the bomb run began, B-24 pilot Richard Lewis lost an engine. It just quit, seemingly starved of fuel. As he tried to solve the problem, another engine went quiet. Now they were in trouble. (5:39)

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There was no evasive action on a bomb run. You had to come in straight and level and stay in formation for the sake of the targeting. At least you didn't usually have to worry about the flak in transit because it was concentrated around the target. Richard Lewis remembers once, though, when the they heard the boom, boom over a forest. (6:38)