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Bill Person

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Bill Person was an Intelligence Officer visiting a base in Laos when he spotted some old T-38 trainers. He just had to fly one and it was fun...at first. (7:48)

Bill Ray

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During the early days of the Vietnam War, West Pointer Bill Ray expected to be advisor to an ARVN engineer company, but he wound up advising the topographic company instead. He was comfortably housed at the Five Oceans hotel in Saigon and he remembers the great day when the huge mapmaking camera arrived. (7:06)

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He wasn't involved in combat, but ARVN advisor Bill Ray saw many casualties evacuated by helicopter to the field next to his hotel in Saigon. He needed the perspective because he was on one of the best tours ever in a war zone, with handball at the air base, tennis at the club and even water skiing. He praise the Vietnamese professionals he worked with but was puzzled by the wide gap between the elite and the general population. (5:11)

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On his second Vietnam tour, Bill Ray commanded a combat engineer battalion. The large unit was still housed in tents, which raised some eyebrows, and was tasked with building a national road including many bridges. They also built some airstrips way down in the delta where he encountered entertainer Martha Ray, to his great surprise. (7:20)

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The worst day in Vietnam for Bill Ray, who was with an engineer unit building roads, was the day three civilians were accidently killed in separate incidents. Other problems during that tour included potheads and a reluctant Sergeant Major. At least the VC left him alone. (4:20)

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His last duty was at the European Command in the early seventies. West Pointer Bill Ray found that the Army was falling apart there to the point that there was an actual mutiny in a Signal Corps unit. He speaks of his feelings about visiting the Vietnam War Memorial and of the lessons he feels should be taken from that war. (6:23)

Bill Savich

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After LT Welsh reported a failed mission to Captain Dunneran at the base of Mt. Damiano, SGT Munch and SGT Rog Hager were left alone in a mine field calling for help. Bill Savich recalls taking a group of volunteers, including SGT Jesse Cargel and SGT Parker through the minefield to rescue Munch and Hager. This action earned Savich the Silver Star. (9:29)

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Bill Savich details the military tactics he learned at Ft. Benning to lead and motivate men to fight a frontal attack. (3:04)

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Bill Savich recounts a close face-to-face encounter with a German soldier when driving German rear guard soldiers out of houses in Fondi, Italy. (1:14)

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While on the road to Volterra, Bill Savich and his men are trapped in a valley by German artillery. He orders LT Meyerturk and his men to run for the cover of the hills, but suffers an injury in the process. (9:09)