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Roger Jones

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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)

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Roger Jones remembers both his excitement and his concern over bombing a farm complex in Italy during World War II. (4:13)

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After a bombing mission over Italy, Roger Jones recalls escorting a damaged B-24 bomber that was losing altitude over the Alps. (3:39)

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While escorting bombers on a mission over Italy, Roger Jones recalls his fighter being hit by enemy fire and slowly losing engine coolant. (5:36)

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Roger Jones remembers responding to shots fired during his first stressful night on duty in the canal zone in Panama in 1943. (3:01)

Roger Lutz

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Roger Lutz was having a good life in northern California when he was drafted. Cars and girls gave way to training, which turned out to be OK, thanks to lasting friendships he made there. The young medic then shipped out from San Francisco, headed to Vietnam. (4:23)

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When medic Roger Lutz arrived in Vietnam, he was assigned to the 7th Cavalry, which he found out later was George Armstrong Custer's old unit. He was first based at Phan Thiet, where the action was light, then the unit moved to the Ia Drang Valley. (4:37)

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The 7th Cavalry was constantly in the field. You slept on the ground and kept on the move. Medic Roger Lutz recalls treating the wounded as the unit moved to support operations in Hue during the Tet Offensive. (5:08)

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Medic Roger Lutz was young and idealistic. He enthusiastically participated in many Medical Civilian Action Programs, or MEDCAPS, while he was in Vietnam. He really enjoyed treating the villagers, more than he did treating the scammers trying to get sent to the rear with a self-inflicted injury. (4:13)

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When you're under fire, you drop to the ground. When you're the medic and someone is shot, you have to crawl on the ground to the wounded man, hence the term "Lizard." Roger Lutz describes the job of a Lizard in Vietnam, when he was doing exactly that. (3:26)