#15 Squirrel Murphy: We build, we fight, but, we sure like to build. (17:33)

03/28/21 • 17 min

Senior Chief GL Squirrel Murphy spent 40 years as a US Navy Seabee. Squirrel talks about his enlistment and tells about his experiences about his 3 tours in Vietnam. He was a Silver Star recipient.

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#14 Ray Vercoe: It wasn't the right thing to do (12:12)

Ray Vercoe was on reserve duty when in 1966 his unit was called up. Ray was a Seabee, one of those charged with construction and the building of bases, runway, piers and all the infrastructure of war in a foreign land. He was in harms way, and felt the full impact in the midst of a fight. In the 7th U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, or Seabees, he was a Builder Heavy 2nd Class. His stories take him from making a difficult decision in New Hampshire to serving his country in Vietnam during the 1960's.

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#16 David Canter: I went to bed and slept for years with that image in my eyes (29:29)

David Canter was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army from 1966-1969. His story vividly illustrates what many Vietnam veterans went through and the heavy burden they carried when they returned home. Over 58,000 American lives were lost in Vietnam, but for many more there were injury and trauma that took years, or perhaps, a lifetime to recover from.

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