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Roger Glenn

Operation Iraqi Freedom | Multiple Units

Roger Glenn was in Iraq a full year. He had to return home for a bit when his mother-in-law died in an accident and help his wife get through it. That's when the guilt feelings started. Deployment is so rough on the family. (4:05)
The Iraqi transportation unit he was advising was in good shape so Roger Glenn had a couple of follow-on assignments. The first was working with the Marines up near the Syrian border. A lot of sand and IED's. Then he was in Baghdad where the dense urban environment presented different problems. (9:26)
After his tour in Iraq, Roger Glenn headed up the MP battalion stationed at Guantanamo Bay. Guarding the detainees there was a tricky business. They were incredibly hostile and politics could not be kept out of the situation. (6:10)
Roger Glenn pays tribute to the leaders and peers he encountered in his Army career that had a profound impact on him. (3:29)
In both Iraq and Afghanistan, rapid success was not followed by sustained success. Roger Glenn laments the lack of foresight and vision that caused this. You don't go into a country without understanding the people and the dynamics of the place. (6:52)
Roger Hamann

Vietnam | 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron

When Roger Hamann volunteers for special assignment in the US Air Force, he is sent to train in jungle survival and POW interrogation. (6:10)
Upon his arrival in Vietnam, Roger Hamann is assigned to serve as a "Rustic", communicating with French-speaking Cambodian troops from the back seat of an OV-10. Though he flies dozens of combat missions out of his Thailand air base, one in particular still haunts him. (7:23)
Hamann admires a Cambodian colonel and his soldiers, whose sacrifice was felt throughout the war. The Rustics feel guilt and dismay following orders to vacate the region, leaving their Cambodian allies to face communist aggression without US air support. (5:43)
Hamann returns to the US to serve the remainder of his military time close to his home in Maine. Just days into a new job, Hamann - who was never wounded in combat - loses an eye in a carpentry accident. (5:29)
Roger Jones

WWII | 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group

As an eager young pilot during World War II, Roger Jones describes his first mission escorting bombers on their bombing runs out of Italy. (2:10)