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Sue Stohr

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The Tet Offensive was a real test for the staff at the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon. Army nurse Sue Stohr was just a month away from rotating home and this last month proved to be very hectic as the wounded poured in. She never left the hospital compound during this time because of fighting in the city. There were no infantry stationed in Saigon and troops had to be rushed in to secure many important locations. (8:16)

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Army nurse Sue Stohr did get R&R while she was in Vietnam. She also got to meet a lot of entertainers who toured the hospital in Saigon as part of their USO activities. She missed the Bob Hope show but he came in to greet the wounded troops and Richard Nixon came through, which prompted an innocent but hilarious question from a soldier. (4:50)

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Sue Stohr had just gone through a very tough last month in Vietnam due to the Tet Offensive. Her duty was done at the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon and, when she arrived stateside, her brother was just flunking out of college and becoming exposed to the draft. She gave him a piece of advice that led to a very nice career. (4:47)

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Army nurse Sue Stohr kept up with the news during her Vietnam tour so she was aware of the turmoil back home. She was not unsympathetic to the protest movement but she was not going to join it. She enjoyed the songs of Anne Murray while she was there and that's the music that takes her memory back. (4:16)

Sy Glauser

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He already had a specialty when he joined the Army Air Corps. Sy Glauuser was trained in aircraft radio maintenance and repair, but he wanted more so he applied for aviation cadet training and was accepted. Assigned as a B-17 navigator, he was abruptly switched to B-29's when they decided they had enough crews in Europe. (4:03)

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The difference between the B-17 and the B-29 is like night and day, says navigator Sy Glauser. You had to wear three layers of clothing in the non-pressurized B-17 but in the B-29, you could fly in a t-shirt. He arrived in the Pacific theater just as the first atomic bomb was used so his crew never saw any combat. (3:46)

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The war had ended and the airmen were getting antsy. They paid an outrageous amount for a bottle of booze to take their minds off the fact they were performing enlisted men's duties. The enlisted men had mostly gone home. so the officers had to pitch in. Navigator Sy Glauser became the supply officer. (4:45)

Sy Rosen

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Part 2: Mr. Rosen concludes describing his efforts for survival during the Panzer attack in Ottweiler. (2:28)

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Mr. Rosen describes being strafed by German soldiers in Nuremberg and losing several truck drivers in the process. (1:02)

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Mr. Rosen describes liberating a work camp while in route to the Rhine River. (1:18)