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Richard Hawes

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The night missions on the Ho Chi Minh Trail drew a lot of anti-aircraft fire, but the Marine Aircraft Group Richard Hawes was in only lost one plane during his first tour of Vietnam. He was based at Chu Lai, which he felt could be a beautiful resort area, if not for the war. The rations slowly improved at the expeditionary air field, which eventually became a target of infiltrators. (4:02)

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It was a startling discovery only two miles from the air field at Chu Lai, where Marine pilot Richard Hawes was based. A vast underground bunker facility dug by the Viet Cong, which required large bombs with delayed fuses to destroy. In the air, most of his missions were short, sometimes within sight of the air field. (3:11)

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After his first tour of Vietnam, Marine pilot Richard Hawes was assigned first to Corpus Christi and then to the Mediterranean. His second Vietnam tour took him to Thailand, where he was chief of Staff for Task Force Delta, a group operating over North Vietnam. His job was to run all operations and "keep the General happy." (6:39)

Richard Hurd

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At the end of the war, Richard Hurd was in Weimar, very near to Buchenwald. Touring the site with his unit, Hurd saw for himself the horrors that many refuse to believe existed. (2:15)

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Crossing on the Queen Elizabeth, Richard Hurd never noticed the effects of a large storm because of the size of the ship. He also had enough powdered eggs to last him a lifetime. (5:46)

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Richard Hurd was billeted in the home of a Belgian photographer as the Battle of the Bulge broke out. The man fled his home, fearing German reprisals for a large poster he had hung involving Hitler and a hog. (5:04)

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Despite having the names reversed, Richard Hurd has firsthand experience of the effects of the new German weaponry, the V1 Buzz Bomb and the V2 rocket. (2:14)

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Finance Section soldier Richard Hurd found out that Russian soldiers had the same Invasion Money that the American soldiers were issued. In fact, they had received so much that their pockets were overflowing and they were buying anything and everything. (3:49)

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Richard Hurd came ashore four days after D-Day and his Financial Section followed the progress of the infantry inland. When they reached Paris, he was so far down the list for leave that he only had enough time to sleep overnight in a hotel room. (5:00)

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Too experienced to be sent to the Pacific and not experienced enough to be discharged, Richard Hurd was assigned to keep working as troops shipped home. As everyone celebrated and took R&R, he had to work every day on the payroll. (7:20)