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Barney Barnum

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Taking sustained fire from a rural village in Vietnam, Barnum had to use quick thinking to get the remainder of his battalion out of the sticky situation. Part 2/3 (7:33)

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After the firefight, Barnum had to deal with additional sniper fire and acted decisively to keep his troops safe. After all of this, he got some outstanding news from higher up. Part 3/3 (5:41)

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Barney Barnum recounts the men he served with during that major firefight in Vietnam and some of the other influential people during his service and the events that came as a result. (3:42)

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Barney Barnum remembers a few of his most colorful excursions as a Marine. Navigating the Viet jungle proved a multitude of difficulties for his battalion. (7:37)

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Barney Barnum remembers having to bring the discipline down on his command and they eventually got the message. Being in charge of other people's lives was a lot of responsibility for Barnum. (4:00)

Barry Howard

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Barry Howard just missed an appointment to West Point, "Thank the Lord!" Instead he went to the Naval Academy where he got in trouble more than once with pal John McCain. Then it was on to pilot training in yet another branch, the Air Force. (6:49)

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Fighter pilot Barry Howard finally got the assignment in Vietnam he wanted, flying out of Udorn in Thailand. After receiving a DFC for blowing up an ammo tunnel, he went on to receive a Silver Star & Bronze Star (pinned on him by Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.) for disabling some 37mm guns that were causing trouble for reconnaissance aircraft. (10:23)

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If you punch a colonel, it's handy to have the chaplain standing there. That was fighter pilot Barry Howard's experience at his base in Thailand, where he also amused himself by baiting the general's twin sons to fight. Not so funny are the memories of smoke in the cockpit. (5:24)

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Acknowledging the many leaders who helped him along the way, Barry Howard recalls the time a general told him to get off his base and go become a great fighter pilot. Many years later, in the Pentagon barber shop, he saw that general again. (6:06)

Barry Malac

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Barry Malac, a Czech living in Vienna, came of age just as his country was "sold down the river" by its French and English allies during the Munich Conference. His schooling became almost non-existent, but he and a friend did manage to make a little musical mischief with the German national anthem despite the loss of freedom that resulted from Nazi occupation. (7:13)