Warren joined the U.S. Army from New York City in 1967. On January 14, 1969, as a first lieutenant, Warren was commanding a platoon in Tây Ninh Province, Vietnam when the unit came under attack. During the fight, Warren fell on an enemy-thrown grenade to shield others...
I was drafted in 1966 and sent to Vietnam in Jan 1968. I was 20 yrs. old when I arrived in country. I was assigned to the Third Sqdn. Fourth Cavalry, 25th Div. at Cu Chi base camp about ten days or two weeks before the Tet offensive started. When the Tet offensive...
I’m a graduate of Temple High School and Texas A&M and I served in Vietnam in 1964 and 1966. First tour was as a 1Lt, 1st Special Forces Group and a second tour in 1966 as a Captain, 5th Special Forces Group. I am proud to be a Texan and to have served in Vietnam....
Jose Calugas was a Philippine native as well as a World War II hero. Born in Leon, Iloilo, Philippines and left without a mother at the age of ten, he left high school to support his family. Calugas enlisted in the United States Army in 1930 and bean basic training at...
Night had fallen as American and North Vietnamese soldiers exchanged sheets of gunfire during Operation Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley in November 1965. Illumination flares attached to parachutes floated from American aircraft. One parachute failed to open,...
At first, Nicholas Prevas Jr. was hesitant about talking to documentary filmmakers about his Vietnam War experience. He’s 69 now, retired and living in Highland with his wife. They have two grown children and four granddaughters. His yearlong tour in Vietnam seemed...
