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  Michael Boyce - Marines +3 Total Videos

  USMC, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expedition Brigade, 1st-4th Air Wings

  Mr. Boyce discusses working with many Kurds and Iraqi civilians for about a year following the end of the first Gulf War.

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  Gene Carter - Army Air Corps/Air Force +5 Total Videos

  40th Airlift Squadron

  Gene Carter tells of his time on the ground after Kuwait is invaded. Carter and his squadron are forced to face the trials of life in the desert and blistering heat of Oman.

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  Patrick Malloy - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Battle Group, 8th Infantry Division

  Near the end of his tour in West Germany, Patrick Malloy was made the Troop Information Specialist, which meant he conducted classes in the Constitution, military law and tradition and the separation of the military from politics. This was made necessary by a general who crossed the line.

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  Jack Martin - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units, Corps of Engineers

  With a variety of successful engineering assignments behind him, Jack Martin began participating in high level general war planning, first in Washington, and then in an underground facility in the Midwest. (This interview made possible with the support of BARBARA SHELDON in honor of Joseph Graham.)

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  Ruth Kulvi - Army +3 Total Videos

  Army Nurse Corps

  Kulvi endures a rigid education before being recruited into the Army Nurse Corps. While in training, she faces personal and professional challenges, including an unwelcome introduction to competitive drinking.

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  Patrick Malloy - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Battle Group, 8th Infantry Division

  Years after his service in West Germany, Patrick Malloy was walking down the street when a stranger walked up to him and spoke. This began a new life long tradition for the surprised veteran.

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  Dan Brogan - Marines +6 Total Videos

  2nd Recon Battalion, 2nd Marine Division

  During an extended mission, Dan Brogan and his battalion came across all sorts of enemy combatants as they patrolled the desert. After a particularly hairy encounter, they joined up with another battalion to stay safe against potential threats.

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  Chuck Ware - Army +9 Total Videos

  2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment

  The battle at the Rumaila oil field came during a cease fire. Chuck Ware was directing a small group of tanks and supporting vehicles moving to investigate an Iraqi armored formation right in front of them. What he saw was that his unit was greatly outnumbered and his flanks were exposed.

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  Patrick Malloy - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Battle Group, 8th Infantry Division

  Patrick Malloy was first generation Irish American and he worked his way through Georgetown University in the Foreign Service school. He didn't think the draft would take him because of his football knees but, with rise of Communism, the physical standards were lowered and he found himself in basic training at Fort Dix.

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  Dan Brogan - Marines +6 Total Videos

  2nd Recon Battalion, 2nd Marine Division

  While involved with the invasion of Kuwait, Brogan and his battalion played a role in securing the area. After the mission was accomplished there, his battalion discharged back to the States and Brogan stayed in the National Guard to do Army Intel.

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  Ted Cummings - Army +9 Total Videos

  Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  While living in Washington D.C., Ted Cummings remembers valuing the Vietnam Memorial which, to him, represents a lot of the American values that he felt were exemplified during the Vietnam War.

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  Chuck Ware - Army +9 Total Videos

  2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment

  There were a lot of veterans in Starkville, where Chuck Ware grew up. The tradition of service impressed him and after his two years of mandatory ROTC, he decided to continue and took an Army commission when he graduated.

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  Donald Andrezjwski - Army +2 Total Videos

  16th Infantry Tank Company, 1st Division

  He served in Germany during the Cold War, but when he got home, Donald Andrezjwski found resistance at the American Legion because he had not seen combat. That didn't sit well with the Cold War veteran tank driver. He had orders to Germany instead of Korea. That doesn't make him any less of a veteran.

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  Dan Brogan - Marines +6 Total Videos

  2nd Recon Battalion, 2nd Marine Division

  On one of Dan Brogan's missions, his recon battalion hiked into country and began facing some chemical fire. Having access to your gear is essential to staying safe out in the field.

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  Chuck Ware - Army +9 Total Videos

  2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment

  A lot of Chuck Ware's advanced ROTC training was patterned on Ranger School, due to the background of the cadre. On his way to the mechanized infantry, he did go to Ranger School, where at least a quarter of the class washed out.

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  Jack Martin - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units, Corps of Engineers

  A few years into his career, the Corps of Engineers sent Jack Martin to M.I.T for a year of civil engineering study. Then it was on to an ROTC teaching assignment at Auburn. Finally he put his engineering mettle to the test in Greenland, where a giant RADAR installation was needed. (This interview made possible with the support of BARBARA SHELDON in honor of Joseph Graham.)

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  Patrick Malloy - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Battle Group, 8th Infantry Division

  It was one of the incidents that could have started World War III. The Soviets had blocked the land route to Berlin and Patrick Malloy's infantry unit was moving lock, stock and battle tank right down that road toward the border.

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  Mike Durant - Army +6 Total Videos

  160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

  Mike Durant recalls the strategies that he had to employ to keep his morale up. He had to face a multitude of obstacles to keep his injuries under control while he was moved around various locations in Mogadishu. Part 2 of 4

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  Rock Merritt - Army +12 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  He already had a long, distinguished career in the Army but Rock Merritt wasn't done. He served in the Dominican Republic, where he had a hard time believing that taxpayer money was being used to buy off the combatants, and in Panama, where he got to bring his wife with him. (This interview made possible with the support of JOHN & BARBARA MCCOY.)

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  Mike Durant - Army +6 Total Videos

  160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

  Mike Durant recalls his early life and desire to be in aviation from a young age. Going through training taught him a lot and equipped him for his first experience in combat.

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  Ken Morgenthaler - Army +6 Total Videos

  7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

  Ken Morgenthaler remembers his joining the military at a young age and thoroughly enjoying it. He found a sense of camaraderie with the members of his unit and respected his drill sergeants for working them that hard.

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  Ruth Kulvi - Army +3 Total Videos

  Army Nurse Corps

  Stationed in Okinawa, Ruth Kulvi experiences multiple life-threatening typhoons. Her first priority is the safety of the soldiers and children whose lives are imperiled by the merciless storms. While attempting to relocate a sick GI, her team must brave intense winds and stubborn roads.

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  Patrick Malloy - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Battle Group, 8th Infantry Division

  He had a week's leave and Patrick Malloy set off with a buddy to visit Vienna. They slept in the car outside Munich and woke in a mist which cleared to reveal the gates of Dachau.

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  Chuck Ware - Army +9 Total Videos

  4th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Regiment

  There are things you don't think about until you are there. Mechanized battalion commander Chuck Ware scrambled to get his tanks and other vehicles fueled out in the desert. The battles were fought at night and American thermal imaging technology gave them a big advantage.

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  Bob Seeley - Army +8 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  He could not believe how much tax was withheld from his first paycheck, so Bob Seeley went back into the Army. He began driving generals around once it was discovered he could manage the prickly personalities. He so impressed a visiting Air Force general, he was invited into a B-17 cockpit and transferred to the Air Force to serve on the general's staff.

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  Dan Brogan - Marines +6 Total Videos

  2nd Recon Battalion, 2nd Marine Division

  After deploying to Saudi Arabia, Brogan and his recon battalion began work in the field, training for patrolling and amphibious reconnaissance.

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  Joe Estores - Army +8 Total Videos

  3rd Armored Division, Aviation Company

  After his deployment to Korea, Joe Estores came back to the States and spent time stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. On his next assignment abroad, he got to experience the Cold War through his patrol of the East & West German border.

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  Ken Morgenthaler - Army +6 Total Videos

  7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

  While driving the tank, Ken Morgenthaler faced more difficulties moving across Iraq. Once the war had been declared as won, Morgenthaler and some of his unit felt like they could have done more to insure no more future regional conflicts.

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  Chuck Officer - Navy +8 Total Videos

  Naval Intelligence

  Chuck Officer recalls the shift in the global military climate after the U.S. overcame Saddam's forces so thoroughly during Desert Storm.

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  Chuck Ware - Army +9 Total Videos

  2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment

  The war simulations were easy after participating in an actual war. That's what Chuck Ware realized when he returned from the desert. He retired as the Deputy Commandant of the War College and then worked as a contractor in the Pentagon, where he never had duty during his long career.