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Gene Richardson

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Platoon leader Gene Richardson explains the Mad Minute, the process of shooting out all the ammunition in all the weapons at the end of an operation. Then, new ammo is loaded. In the environment of Vietnam, you always wanted to have new, dry ammo. (6:28)

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When Gene Richardson began his Vietnam tour, he kept a diary. It was a real struggle to keep the thing dry in the field, never mind the struggle with self expression. (2:59)

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We Gotta Get Out Of This Place was a song that every soldier in Vietnam could relate to. If that song started playing, invariably everyone would start singing along. And the VC never made the fellows so mad as when they blew up the stereo. (2:53)

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There was a sniper out there and Gene Richardson was shooting back at him when he thought he saw a rat. It wasn't a rat, it was a kitten. He cleaned it up and adopted it, though his men teased him about it. The chief of the village next to the base invited the officers to come for a feast where an unusual dish was served. (6:03)

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He had a leg wound that just wouldn't completely heal so Gene Richardson was sent to Saigon, then to Japan. He was wondering what was going on when the doctors finally told him what the problem was. At least he was in Japan instead of in the mud back in the Mekong Delta. (11:50)

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The war in Vietnam tore his generation apart. That's one reason Gene Richardson has come to the conclusion that we never should have gone there. He cautions that we should always question the reasons for getting involved in a conflict. (7:17)

Gene Sullivan

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Life expectancy was short on the Korean front lines. Gene Sullivan recalls seeing green replacements killed almost instantly as they arrived at the front. He was wounded at T-Bone Hill when shrapnel penetrated the separate plates of his body armor. (4:04)

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When he saw the harsh treatment of North Korean prisoners by some of his fellow soldiers, Gene Sullivan felt sorry for them. He also had a soft spot for the civilian refugees, especially the children and a girl who cared for him when he was wounded. (7:28)

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Gene Sullivan always wanted to be a soldier. When he was sent to Korea, that feeling was tested in intense combat, "something you will never forget." Warned about Communist interrogation, he wonders if he could have withstood it. (8:44)

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Gene Sullivan says it took a long time to get over the fear and the noise of combat in Korea. Sometimes at night he can still hear the screaming of the wounded and still see the grenade that wounded him coming in. (4:22)