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Tom Morrissey

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When Tom Morrissey left for Vietnam, a chance meeting with a friend who was also flying that day really lightened the mood as his single mom was seeing him off. That was nice. His return to the States was not nice at all. (6:33)

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Huey pilot Tom Morrissey didn't usually mention that he was a Vietnam veteran in the years following the war. He became a college professor and that was increasingly somewhere you didn't want it known. He believes the entire culture was knocked out of whack by the anti-war movement. (6:21)

Tom Parsons

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Tom Parsons tells the story of how he created his own good luck charm: a bullet with a name on it. (1:49)

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During a harrowing mission to destroy a Messerschmitt assembly plant, Tom Parsons survives the Luftwaffe company front attack. (3:14)

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Tom Parsons becomes a social outcast when he swears he shot at something that moved like a hummingbird. (2:32)

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On July 4, 1944, while stationed in England, Tom Parsons gets a front row seat for an improvised Army Air Corps fireworks display. (3:30)

Tom Pemberton

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His father was career Navy and Tom Pemberton was in the Naval Reserve, planning to follow in his footsteps. But he was derailed due to poor eyesight, so he wound up in the Army, which cost him five bucks every year on the Army-Navy game. (3:48)

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Six weeks after he got married, Tom Pemberton left for Cold War duty in Korea. The transportation officer had the title of Police and Sanitation officer on the troop ship, which was more desirable than it sounds. (6:27)

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Inchon did not have a deep water port. Ocean going ships had to drop anchor outside the tidal basin and offload the cargo and personnel to smaller vessels. Transportation officer Tom Pemberton expected to be sent up country, but he was given a job at the port. (4:24)

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At the Army port in Inchon, it was a 24 hour workday, with loading or offloading going around the clock until completed. Tom Pemberton started out as a stevedore officer, supervising the work on board. He later switched to the on shore job, coordinating the outflow of men and materials. (5:39)