Jeff Harris, SP4 ~ Army
36th Engineer Battalion

Photo: Near Vinh Long, VietNam 1970

Duties: Operating a 10 Ton Roller.
Most of us tried not to think about being out in the open,
oblivious to the sounds of possible enemies.
We relied heavily on our guards.
When asked what we built roads for, most of us replied,
"For the Viet Cong to take over the country."

Other Duties: Occasionally operating a D7 Dozer.
Fighting for our country who wouldn't let us win,
but allowed others to spit on us when we returned to the states.

The bonds between those of us in Nam, were unlike anything I have ever experienced.

I would never hesitate to fight for my country if asked again.

Captain Bruce Obermeyer ~ USAF
Pilot, 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

Ubon, Thailand, 1973
DaNang, South Vietnam; NKP and Ubon, Thailand

From Bruces' Website (which is linked below):
"Like you, my conduct and the conduct of my peers
was and continues to this day to be slandered by politicians and the media.
Sadly, they have again been joined by both the ignorant and the unpatriotic
and encouraged by enemies and traitors
to undermine your efforts and those of your peers.
Military veterans are a brotherhood of unique individuals,
melded together in the crucible of wars past and present,
and bonded by duty, honor, sacrifice, blood, and love of country..."

Promise Kept

Ron Berryman, SP5

Assigned to Detachment B 1st Military Intelligence Bn,
Air Recon & Surveillance.
Danang

Duties: Studying high-resolution aerial photos of enemy held areas,
trying to find targets for our aircraft and naval gunners.
(Note the 70x microscopic stereoscope for enlarging photos,
also the photo montage on wall, of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
The white blotches are all bomb craters).


Other Duties: I spent a short time flying in a Cessna Birdog
over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos
which I found both exhilirating and nerve-wracking.
The Birddog was a slow flying, low altitude aircraft
that often buzzed treetops with the engine cut off,
in an effort to surprise the enemy and catch them in the open
so I could take their picture with a 200mm camera lens..

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