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Fred Kroesen

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Fred Kroesen has some vivid memories of Vietnam including a huge typhoon and a soldier who would have gotten the Medal Of Honor if he had only been killed. He also recalls visiting an allied Korean Marine unit and leading a successful reaction force operation that was only spoiled by getting wounded. (5:49)

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In the pre-digital era of the Vietnam War, Fred Kroesen had limited contact with his family, though it was a little better than it had been during his service in the Korean War. He got enough news through Stars and Stripes to be disgusted with the media distortion of the war and the bad treatment of returning soldiers. (3:59)

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General Fred Kroesen is thoroughly ashamed of the way the Vietnamese people were abandoned by the United States in the wake of the American involvement in that war. What makes it worse in his eyes is that we had the war won, then gave it all away. (2:39)

Fred Mills

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Helicopter pilot Fred Mills was "really busy" flying medical evacuations in Vietnam. When trees prevented a landing, he dropped a chainsaw to troops, and he used a map with no borders to evacuate from Cambodia. It was "the dirty part of the war." (8:04)

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Navy Vet Fred Mills joined the Army Reserve and then the regular Army, which trained him as an aviator, fulfilling his original enlistment goal. His first stop was post-war Korea where he was given a mysterious mission that did not happen. (11:53)

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As an Air Ambulance aviator, Fred Mills had skills in demand all over the world. While stationed in Germany, he flew a mission to Somalia for flood relief, where he was puzzled by tall Watusi in short dwellings. (7:02)

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College student Fred Mills "ran out of money and experience" and had to leave school just as the Korean War started. A Navy recruiter promised him aviation training but he wound up a Corpsman, which started a long medical career. (4:53)

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While on his 2nd Vietnam tour, Fred Mills was picked to be the Aviation Officer for the Surgeon General. From there, he moved to the Pentagon and a civilian outreach program that resulted in widespread use of civilian air ambulance operations. (8:46)

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After flying relief missions in Iran, Fred Mills was soon back in the states in medical operations. But Vietnam was heating up and he went for his first tour, flying medical evacuations and even finding himself in command of a Special Forces camp. (8:51)

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After a variety of Army medical jobs, Fred Mills had a final task. Planning operations for the Gulf War. After retiring, he recalls the harassment when he returned from his 2nd tour in Vietnam. Some sore bar patrons and scared Hare Krishnas also remember. (6:53)