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Duwayne Balk

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Duwayne Balk remembers the team effort that went into bringing mass casualties and doing the best you can to treat everybody. After arriving home, he remembers trying to keep a low profile as a Vietnam vet at that time in America. (3:56)

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Getting transferred all over Vietnam allowed Duwayne Balk to see a variety of different hospital settings. This prepared him for returning home, where he worked in a civilian hospital. (4:26)

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Duwayne Balk reflects on the good and bad things about being in the military. It reminds him that wartime is not something to be taken lightly. (4:01)

Dwight Freshley

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Mr. Freshley describes the rough trip he experienced while traveling across the Atlantic, and performs a song he sang during the journey called, "This Is Worth Fighting For." (3:12)

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Mr. Freshley shares what he first experienced when he arrived in England, and describes repeatedly combating pneumonia. (1:16)

Earl Simms

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It was expected in his home. His grandfather and father had served in the World Wars and Earl Simms was eager to fill that expectation. As soon as he stepped off the plane in Vietnam, the sweltering heat and the smell let him know he was in a totally new environment. And when the officer pointed to a map to show him where he would be assigned, he noticed that there was nothing but green around the man's fingertip. (6:46)

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Earl Simms was spending the night at a fire base on his way to a new assignment in Nhon Trach when the booming started. After running right through a screen door seeking cover, the green Lieutenant was taught the difference between incoming and outgoing fire. Joining his team in the rural district, he worked with the locals to build schools and bridges and brought in doctors and dentists for them. (6:43)

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Civil Affairs advisor Earl Simms was based at an ARVN outpost in Nhon Trach district. His 12 man unit worked with a Regional and Popular Force unit to protect and assist local villagers who included many North Vietnamese Catholics who had fled South. (4:31)

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He truly liked the Vietnamese people, and as a Civil Affairs advisor, Earl Simms was responsible for bringing them aid and medical care, so they liked him right back. As part of a tightly knit unit with just 12 Americans, he looked forward to his turn to do the mail run into Bien Hoa for a change of pace. (5:40)

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Earl Simms recalls the story of the supply sergeant nicknamed "Pops," who was older than everyone else and even had grandchildren. They kept him away from combat but as he neared his rotation date, he insisted on going when a reaction force responded to a Viet Cong ambush. (2:49)