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Robert Gibbs

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Robert Gibbs had chased subs in the Caribbean, then he moved into submarines himself, going to school in New London where he learned submarine warfare and systems. His first assignment was on a school training vessel, which had no enemy to contend with but which was still subject to danger, like the time ice broke off all their communications gear. (4:17)

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He had only been in the Navy for a few years and on submarines even less, so Robert Gibbs was very surprised when he was given command of the S-11. Based in Panama, it was a target ship for training the crews of anti-submarine vessels. (3:50)

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Submarine Commander Robert Gibbs describes a rescue training exercise that involved a watertight tank lowered from the surface vessel. Later, after that training duty, the sub was finally outfitted with radar, it broke down immediately, but a persistent technician saved the boat with his efforts. (3:56)

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He was headed for a combat assignment on a submarine in the Pacific but the war ended as Robert Gibbs waited in Guam. Instead he headed a unit tasked with accounting for and destroying Japanese subs. He remained active in the reserve, even as he went to medical school and he explains the special camaraderie among submariners. (5:01)

Robert Giguere

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Robert Giguere recounts his landing on Omaha Beach aboard US Coast Guard-manned LCI-85. (2:57)

Robert Goddard

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Out of a sense of patriotism and duty, and with a strong desire to learn how to fly, Robert Goddard joined the Navy during the Vietnam War and entered flight school. Taking the helicopter path, he volunteered for the Sea Wolves, a special unit flying Huey gunships. (4:03)

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It was down in the delta where Robert Goddard was based in Vietnam. The Navy Sea Wolves pilot flew a Huey gunship in support of the small Navy boats operating on the rivers and the ground troops in the area. He remembers his first mission well because of something he'd never seen, tracers from an AK-47. (4:23)

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Navy gunship pilot Robert Goddard flew missions in support of ground troops in Vietnam. His Huey gunship had awesome firepower but he had to be careful when the situation called for firing very close to friendly forces. (4:24)

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When the scramble horn went off, the Sea Wolves pilots and crew dropped everything and rushed to get in the air. Robert Goddard flew a Huey gunship, often based on an offshore ship in the Gulf of Thailand. They weren't safe from the Viet Cong even there because of sappers constantly trying to attach explosives to the hull. He was lucky, never getting a scratch despite gunfire from the ground, tricky maintenance and water in the fuel. (7:30)

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The Sea Wolves were a Navy helicopter squadron that flew Huey gunships in support of ground troops in Vietnam. Pilot Robert Goddard frequently could not fire because he didn't know where the enemy was, sometimes just trying to attract fire himself to distract them. One day he let a fellow pilot take his place on one of these missions, a decision he thinks about til this day. (4:03)