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Bud Alley

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The aftermath of the battle at Ia Drang Valley was both comical and serious. The comedy was supplied by a wise guy who found a bugle after the battle and sounded off rather artlessly at dawn. That woke up Bud Alley, who crawled out of his foxhole just in time for the Mad Minute rapid fire exercise, which made for more comedy. The serious part was the steep losses and the Army's attempts to keep it quiet. Part 6 of 6. (5:24)

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Bud Alley had one more big operation during his tour and that was Bong San. It started badly, with a plane full of men crashing into a mountain before the maneuver even began. Then, to his astonishment, he was made liaison to the South Vietnamese force. Having survived that, just before his time was up, another bad chain of events began with a new commander asserting his power. (7:11)

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After he returned from Vietnam, there was an airline strike so it took days for Bud Alley to make it home. When he did, he had trouble adjusting to civilian life. Between the nightmares and the drinking, he knew he needed help, but to the VA, he had a haircut and a job so there was nothing wrong with him. (5:09)

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Bud Alley's best days in Vietnam were the days he returned to find that everyone had made it back alive. He was encouraged by daily correspondence with his family, which he stores chronologically so he can reconstruct his experience. He regrets that he is still seen as a baby killer by some, but he says that the Vietnam vets are the real greatest generation because they had to put up with all that crap. As for the future, stay informed and vote carefully. (6:38)

Bud Ellis

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Bud Ellis grew up in the small Iowa town named as home by Radar O’Reilly on the TV show MASH. Working in the local factories didn’t appeal to him so he enlisted in the Air Force. 12 Days later the Korean War broke out. (6:14)

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B-29 Radio operator Bud Ellis was retrained in electronic countermeasures before his deployment. His job was to jam enemy systems by broadcasting noise on their control frequencies. One problem was, where was he going to sit on the plane? (10:18)

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Bud Ellis and his B-29 crew mates had almost no resistance from enemy fighters during their runs over Korea. That did not stop him from wondering what would happen to him in the frigid cold below should he have to bail out clad only in the flight suit he wore on board. (7:19)

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After the Korean Truce, Bud Ellis landed in Tokyo on a test mission and the ground crew could not find a single maintenance stand in the airport. A chance look inside a closed hangar revealed why. (3:41)

Bud Sosebee

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Bud Sosebee was drafted just after high school and eventually became an infantry radio operator. Two things he wanted to do in the military did not materialize for him but he achieved both, eventually, becoming both a pilot and an engineer. (6:03)

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Bud Sosebee got a last bit of training in England in rescue school, where he was impressed with the stoic English. Less impressed with Le Havre when he deployed there, he scrounged some souvenirs from a German rocket site. One of them made a funny little noise. (5:02)