1 00:00:00,141 --> 00:00:03,163 - That's an hour I'll never forget. 2 00:00:04,030 --> 00:00:06,363 (guns bang) 3 00:00:08,481 --> 00:00:12,034 - [Male Officer] Taking fire, taking fire. 4 00:00:12,034 --> 00:00:13,760 - [Man Over Radio] We have guns on the way. 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,280 The aircraft was hit with a 50-caliber bullet 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,343 while we were over the Mu Gia Pass of North Vietnam. 7 00:00:21,405 --> 00:00:25,405 (melancholy instrumental music) 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,993 When we finally landed, unhooked, 9 00:00:33,727 --> 00:00:35,820 and got out of the aircraft, 10 00:00:35,820 --> 00:00:40,820 I put on my cover and walked away when he grabbed me. 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,843 Wanting to know, he said, "What is wrong with you? 12 00:00:47,963 --> 00:00:49,863 "It ain't that big a thing. 13 00:00:51,197 --> 00:00:53,547 "I'm looking at a concrete runway that's ours." 14 00:00:55,002 --> 00:00:59,002 (melancholy instrumental music) 15 00:01:00,430 --> 00:01:04,610 I received my commission 6th June, 1963. 16 00:01:04,610 --> 00:01:07,240 I had orders to Pensacola, Florida 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,713 to a flight school and after that I went to the Fleet. 18 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:19,890 With VMF A-323, went through the Dominican Republic 19 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,803 disturbance and then shortly there after, 20 00:01:25,370 --> 00:01:28,080 the squad room was air lifted 21 00:01:29,248 --> 00:01:31,730 to first MAW MCAS Iwakuni. 22 00:01:32,765 --> 00:01:36,765 (melancholy instrumental music) 23 00:02:11,642 --> 00:02:14,142 And they tell me I'm a killer. 24 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:18,610 But I was doing 25 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,420 what I was told to do 26 00:02:21,420 --> 00:02:24,220 for the benefit of my country. 27 00:02:25,174 --> 00:02:28,091 (melancholy music) 28 00:02:37,905 --> 00:02:41,040 The spirit of the corps keeps going. 29 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,153 The legacy continues. 30 00:02:45,220 --> 00:02:49,250 But it's great to know that you can always come back 31 00:02:49,250 --> 00:02:52,043 and be welcomed as if it were yesterday. 32 00:02:53,411 --> 00:02:57,494 (melancholy instrumental music)