Flying as a medevac helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, Jim Ihli endured heartache, danger and heroic rescues in service of their mission: “Dedicated Unhesitating Service to Our Fighting Forces.”

As part of the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam, Lorraine Diehl was instrumental to the war effort, treating US military and Vietnamese civilians from 1968-69.

What was to be a routine trip with little risk of danger lead to 7 years as a POW for Captain Larry Chesley in the deadly “Hanoi Hilton”.

Christian Zimmerman, son of Maj Eugene Zimmerman, shares selected excerpts from his father’s Vietnam diary, providing insights and sketches from his service at the Da Nang Airbase.

Many months of rigorous training and years of dedicated service to the Air Force positioned William Gornik well for a SR-71 Blackbird “special project”.

Feeling a call to re-enlist in the Army, Curt Bowers became a “pistol-packing” Chaplain dedicated to preaching, and living, his beliefs during the Vietnam war.