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Larry Gardner

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Larry Gardner remembers his closest call while fighting back German troops near the end of World War II. (1:40)

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Larry Gardner talks about the inferiority of American weapons to German weapons, and how the skills of some U.S. troops weren't utilized in the best way by the Army. (1:25)

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Larry Gardner recalls an amusing story about his company happening across a lone German soldier. (1:07)

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After the end of World War II, Larry Gardner discusses how he felt veterans were treated unfairly regarding surplus military vehicles. (1:33)

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Larry Gardner describes what it was like being in a machine-gun squad chasing the Germans across Europe for over a month leading up to the end of World War II. (2:51)

Larry Jennings

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Drafted in 1968, Larry Jennings spent almost a year at Fort Hood before drawing overseas duty. He asked if he was going to Germany. No such luck, it was Southeast Asia. The air base was under rocket fire when he landed and he had to crawl to a bunker, weaponless. Soon, he was up to speed and assigned to the 82nd Airborne as a supply sergeant. (4:36)

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The patrols at the forward fire base were the scariest thing Larry Jennings did while in Vietnam. He was the supply sergeant but he also supported the line companies on their missions. Trip wires, rockets from bamboo tubes and mined bridges were a few of the dangers he faced. Then there was the sacred water buffalo. (4:29)

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The NVA was a trained army, but the Viet Cong were ordinary people, and that included women, children and old people. Larry Jennings was constantly on edge as he rode by the rice paddies, wondering which one of the workers out there would suddenly fire on him. He spent some time off in Saigon, which had it's own problems. (5:42)

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Larry Jennings saw some of the younger soldiers in Vietnam going astray with the local women, which he attributed to the very young age of the men. Out in the field, friendly fire was sometimes a problem, affecting our Australian and Korean allies as well. (2:27)

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Larry Jennings was in transit to a new outfit when the Viet Cong launched a furious attack on the holding company's base. Once that was over and he got to Pleiku, he was struck by the different environment that resembled his home. He was supply sergeant for an engineer company with a lot of heavy equipment, a tempting target for Charlie. (5:50)