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Tom Seybold

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Once he arrived in Vietnam, Seybold was ordered to go down to Can Tho. There his job mainly consisted of flying support missions for advisers from the ARVN. As he spent more time there, he noticed how much he disliked being in the Army and wanted to transfer somewhere else. Later on, it was discovered that he had never graduated high school and so he was forced to get his GED through the University of Maryland. (6:10)

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After his time in Vietnam, Seybold went back to the US to Hunter Army Airfield to help teach ground school. At one point he was prompted by a man named Harry Dawson to get his commercial pilot license to join Air America. Through Air America, he mainly flew UH-34 Helicopters and had really good civilian interaction when on his missions in Southeast Asia. (7:24)

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While he was with Air America, Tom Seybold worked both directly and indirectly with a man named Anthony Poshepny, better known for his nickname 'Tony Poe.' He talks about how he helped engage the Vietnamese during the war by providing what they called "hard rice", or refueling ammo. He also talks about the types of uniforms he was instructed to wear. (5:27)

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Seybold talks about Vang Pao, a major general in the Royal Lao Army. There were a few uncommon missions he flew for non-political reasons, such as flying a soccer team over from one place to another. After some time working for Air America, he decided to come back home, and he describes the process he went through to do that. (6:07)

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Tom Seybold talks about how it felt to return to the United States as a civilian pilot. When he got back home to Stony Brook, there was already a local war hero named Chuck Rice that everyone was talking about, so he didn't get much attention. He tried to join the American Legion but at the time they disagreed with the politics in favor of the Vietnam War and so he was denied. He talks disclaimers regarding Air America and gives his final thoughts. (5:57)

Tommy Clack

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Military duty was a family tradition for Tommy Clack. While many of his generation were going to great lengths to stay out of the war, he withdrew from college and volunteered for the Arm, where he went through OCS and became an artillery forward observer. (4:12)

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The first thing that Tommy Clack learned after arriving in Vietnam was that his training was outdated and irrelevant to the conditions on the battlefield. Still, he adapted and overcame as he worked to train others on new munitions. (6:35)

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Tommy Clack was the first officer in eight generations of enlisted men. Advice from his dad to always listen to his NCOs served him well in the chaos of Vietnam, where the book went out the window. (7:34)

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After his first Vietnam tour, artillery officer Tommy Clack tried to modify stateside training to better prepare soldiers for actual conditions. Returning for a second tour, he insisted on forward duty with a combat unit. (8:53)

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Tommy Clack gained a healthy respect for the North Vietnamese Army, who were well armed and used brilliant tactics, including the use of available resources to fashion booby traps. (5:58)