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Roger Lutz

Vietnam | 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

Something big was coming up. Roger Lutz got what passed for a little break before his unit moved to support Operation Pegasus, the relief of the Marines at Khe Sanh. Part 1 of 3. (4:49)
There was incoming fire all the time, recalls medic Roger Lutz, whose unit was fighting its way toward Khe Sanh where Marines were besieged. He was way too close to a B-52 strike and then he was cut off from all resupply for days during this hard fought battle. Part 2 of 3. (7:07)
Finally, they were in Khe Sanh. As his unit arrived to relieve the besieged Marine base, Roger Lutz remembers getting apples from the ARVN troops after having no resupply for days. After clearing the area of enemy, the next destination for the air mobile was the A Shau Valley. Part 3 of 3. (7:01)
It was at LZ Pepper that a Chinook crashed right on top of medic Roger Lutz. He was fine but there were others who were seriously injured. Shortly after this, he had a hard time dealing with the death of a soldier who fell prey to a Bouncing Betty. (5:43)
Just as his company was getting involved in some heavy action in the Iron Triangle, medic Roger Lutz was transferred to the battalion aid station. He had been in the field for eleven months, the promised six month rotation never happened for him. After he left, his company was nearly wiped out when they inadvertently landed right in the middle of an NVA stronghold. (6:28)
At the end of his Vietnam tour, medic Roger Lutz extended it because he just couldn't leave his guys. When he did get home, he found that no one wanted to talk about the war or recognize and honor those who fought it. It was different when he volunteered for Desert Storm. (5:00)
Roger Sheridan

WWII | U.S. Army, 8th Armored Division, Corp. of Engineers

During a cold January in 1945 while traveling through Luxembourg, Roger encounters a checkpoint with unique passwords. (2:17)
Roger witnesses a large explosion that knocks over a two and a half ton truck full of soldiers. (1:48)
Roger shares a funny story about being a Sgt. for three weeks. (:46)
Roger experiences massive artillery rounds in Holland while at the same time seeing a P-47 pilot parachute down toward him. (2:54)