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Frank Pomroy

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Frank Pomroy was on a raft with another Marine after their troop transport was consumed by fire. They were fortunately rescued by a US destroyer just in time to witness the Battle of Savo island, a disastrous defeat for the US Navy. Part 2 of 2. (First interview) (10:28)

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Frank Pomroy had been rescued at sea and was at New Caledonia trying to get passage to rejoin his unit on Guadalcanal. He didn't know it yet but they been all but abandoned by the Navy and were fighting the Japanese with very few supplies. (First interview) (6:27)

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He was on the 37mm gun and he only had 55 rounds to last the night. Frank Pomroy chose his targets carefully and the grapeshot he was firing was really an anti-tank weapon mowing down the charging enemy. Finally the Banzai attacks ended. This was the first defeat for the Japanese in the Pacific. (First interview) (7:19)

Jeff Lippka

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It was slow going at college for Jeff Lippka. He was staring at the draft and, since he had an interest in the medical field, he enlisted in the Navy with the idea of becoming a Corpsman. (5:56)

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There was a lot more training after boot camp for Jeff Lippka. First stop was Hospital Corps School and then on to Fleet Marine Force, where he learned the field skills he would need to be a Corpsman in combat. (6:50)

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He was never supplied with the test he was suppose to take for promotion to E-4 so Jeff Lippka was a little steamed as he prepared to depart for his combat tour. He heard about the Tet Offensive on the news and it was still going on when he arrived in the sticky heat of Vietnam. (4:24)

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Newly arrived Corpsman Jeff Lippka had to wait at an outlying camp because the base at Con Thien was being shelled. It continued daily while he was there. He went out on patrols with the Marines and on one of these, a lot of noise in the brush got everyone's attention. Was it the enemy? (4:51)

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Corpsman Jeff Lippka went to firebase C-2 near Con Thien as Operation Pegasus was kicking off. The choppers were late and as soon as they arrived, so did the incoming. As he ran for cover, he stopped at a latrine which was already full of Marines escaping the fire. As he turned to head for a bunker, he heard the screaming of an incoming rocket behind him. (6:30)

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The living conditions were Spartan in Vietnam. Jeff Lippka talks about the lack of clean clothing and the variety of meals in the C-Ration boxes. At least they came with cigarettes. (2:22)

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The chopper was so full that Jeff Lippka was sitting on the laps of two Marines right next to the open door. As it came into the LZ, the pilot hovered just above the ground. He judged it to be six or eight feet and he stepped out. (3:15)