Interviews – The West Point Center for Oral History

11-Sep 2001

Reflections on September 11, 2001

Lisa A (Peplinski) Jaster

“You Can Be My Ranger Buddy Any Day”: Earning Respect In Ranger School at 37

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Rose (Holland) Brinkmann

Evacuating Iran: The Daughter Of The Military Attaché Tells Her Story A Daughter’s Story: Experiencing the Hostage Crisis In Iran And The States

Dianne (Fowler) Reason

An Army Brat And A Navy Spouse: A Tale Of Two Services

Nargis (Kabiri) Mougey

“My Passion Is Service To Others And The Nation”: An Afghan Immigrant’s Journey To West Point And The Field Artillery

Trish (O’Sullivan) Buckner

A Crisis, The Vietnam War, And The Cold War: Reflections Of An Army Spouse

Lori K. (Hess) Tompos

“I Am Going To An Academy, The Only Question Is Which One”: The Adventures Of “A Scrappy, Resourceful, Athletic” Woman

Lindsay (Gordon) Heisler

“Aviate, Navigate, And Communicate”: Attack Aviation Along The Afghanistan Border

Gayle (Talley) Colacicco

“I Am Happy Helping People”: The Life Of An Army Spouse, Government Employee, And Persistent Volunteer

Christine “Tina” (Kwossek) Heldman

“Love” Found On The Tennis Courts: Reflections On Life As A West Point Spouse

Rosemary E. (Stewart) O’Hara

“Our Family Business Is Service To Country In Uniform”: Becoming The Best At West Point And In The Army

Kirsten (Rowe) Harr

“Reach for Tomorrow”: A West Point Family’s Legacy

Allison (Rowe) Marschean

“Bonds That Are Like No Other”: A West Point Family’s Legacy

Lauren (Rowe) Glaze

“A Soccer Star’s Three Tours in Iraq”: A West Point Family’s Legacy

Gloria J. (Grenfell) Leigh

Serving With Dignity And Compassion: A WAC’s Tour In Vietnam

Wendy (Snell) Yeldell

“I Can’t Give Up”: Breaking Barriers And Standing Up For Yourself

Kathy (Costa) Boylan

“Nothing Tougher Than An Army Wife”: Reflecting On Three Generations Of A West Point Family

Jeanne R. (Moran) Gourley

To Aid In The Healing Process: An Air Force Dietitian In Vietnam

Kris (Raymer) Fuhr

“In Spite Of All That Happened To Us, We Love Our Academy”: A Woman Survives West Point Locking Shields: Surviving West Point As A Woman

Seneca (Stephens) Vaughn

“Just Be Good At What You Do”: Charting Success At West Point And In The Army

John Alger

“Dai Uy, did I do the right thing today, you know I could have killed those children?” Combat Ethics (30:00)

Morgan Ammons

“Progression Not Perfection”: Striving For Continual Growth At West Point

Jason Amerine

“A Twisted Kind of Fun”: Training and Fighting with Special Forces

Thomas S. Abraham, Jr.

“When You Get Tired Of Losing, You’ll Start Winning”: Success At West Point, In The Army, And In Business

Charles F. Alfano

“We Wanted A Man Of Utmost Integrity”: Success In The Military And In Civilian Life

Douglas Adams

A Lifetime Of Service: From West Point Cadet To Professional Educator

Tod Addison

“Saying ‘Yes’ To Someone Else’s Good Idea”: A Career Leading Army Musicians

Doris I. “Lucki” Allen

“Too Blessed To Be Stressed”: A Women’s Army Corps Intelligence Analyst Puts The Pieces Together

James K. Hackett & Al Walker

“Be Alert Because It’s Coming”: The Relationship Between An RTO And A Platoon Leader

Sahm & Fahad Abdulrazzaq

“Climbing The American Dream Ladder”: The Sons Of An Iraqi Interpreter Achieve Success At West Point “The Grey Box That Turns You Into A Gold Bar”

W. Scott Anders

“All Of A Sudden, I Was One Of Those Guys”: From The Honor Scandal To Service In Beirut And Desert Storm

Nine Days In May 4th Infantry Veterans

“A Lot Of Ways To Die”: 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division In Vietnam In May 1967

Deb Alitz

Finding Love Again After Tragedy: An Army Spouse On West Point And Family

Curt Alitz

“An Army Grinder”: Putting In The Reps As A West Point Athlete And Doctor

Sharyn Amoroso

“Manners Are An Outward Expression Of Character”: The Cadet Hostess At West Point

Sarah Anderson

Failures are Blessings in Disguise

Joseph Anderson

Joe Anderson: Furthering the Ideals of West Point

Raymond Akeriwe

“In God We Trust”: Ministry As A Civilian And Military Priest

Elexa Diana (Wills) Orrange-Allen

“The Supe Said It’s Good”: Harnessing Or My DNA Is Filled With Service: West Point, The Olympics, And Helping Others Achieve Their Potential Or Nothing Greater Than To Serve

Jacob Absalon

“Be Better”: Opportunities Provided by West Point Or Getting Your Headspace And Timing Right: Seizing Opportunities At West Point And In The Army

Lee Anderson

Improving the Welfare Of Society: A West Point Distinguished Graduate On His Legacy Of Service, Business, And Philanthropy

Jolene Ayres

Honorable Combat, or What I Did for Love: One Officer’s Experiences During and After “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Conflicting Ethics: One Officer’s Experiences During and After “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Scott Anderson

Capturing The Evolution Of The Branch: A Conversation With The Army Cyber School Historian

Louis D. Arata

“The Air Force Gave Me Freedom To Excel”: An Instructor For Strategic Air Command And A Senior Supervisor At The Telephone Company

Gideon Avidor

“Our Threats Are Well-Known”: An Israeli Armor General Discusses Three Wars

Lloyd J. Austin III

Temporal Leadership: Reflections on Service at the Highest Levels of Command

Alan Armstrong

“The Last Best Time They Ever Had”: Witness To The Collapse Of Cambodia Or : Supporting Cambodians As Their Country Collapsed

Rosemarie Parillo Anita Sargable

Seeking The Rest Of The Story: Two Gold Star Family Members And Their Quest To Understand Lam Son 719

Cheranne “Cheri” Asmus (Halsey)

“I Was Raised With Red, White, And Blue Blood”: A WAC Volunteers For Service In Vietnam (35:30)

Lloyd Austin

“Perfect People”: Living The West Point Ideal

Joel Anderson

“There Is No Country Like Ours”: A USMLM Officer Behind The Iron Curtain Reflects On Service And The Soviets

James Lual Atak

“My Heart Wants To Go Back To Sudan”: A Lost Boy Transforms The Next Generation Through Education

Richard Robert Babbitt

“I Did It My Way”: Enlisted Service In Vietnam And A Career In The Infantry As A West Point Grad

Michael Arden

“We’re Here To Make The World A Better Place”: The Idealism Of A Peace Corps Volunteer In Liberia

Lloyd Austin

“Do My Part For The Greater Good”: The Power Of Teamwork

David Christopher Arney

“Think Deep Thoughts And Solve Tough Problems”: Recollections From A West Point “Mathlete” An Information Scientist and Mathematician

Paul Andert

A Platoon Sergeant Who Served Under Patton at the "Bulge"

Rolfe Gunther Arnhym

“Don’t Follow A Single Track”: Adapting Leadership Lessons From West Point And The Army In The Business World

Ralph Axe

Three Purple Hearts In A Year: An M113 Driver’s Service In Vietnam

Simone Askew

“An Endless Source Of Opportunities”: A West Point First Captain And Rhodes Scholar Reflects

Fred Behrens

“We Were Suckers For A Hot LZ”: Never Turning Away From A Mission

Doug Batson

An Army Reserve NCO Manning The Rear Area Operations Center During Desert Storm

James Bashall

A British Commander’s Perspective of the Global War on Terror

Larry Trey Bailey

“You Make A Mistake, But You Can Recover From It”: The Journey To Honorable Living At West Point Making A Mistake And Recovering From It: The Journey To Honorable Living At West Point

Bernard Banks

The Army As A “People Business”

Mike Ballard

“I Counted 100… They’re Still Coming”: Danger Close At Firebase Pope With The Rakkasans

Diane Barkley

Married to the Army

Millard Ball

Korea, Lebanon, Vietnam, And So Many Other Places: 30 Years Of Active Service Around The Globe

John “Doc” Bahnsen

Dinks In The Rubber (Working Title) “Find The Bastards And Pile On”: Air Cavalry In Vietnam “Find ‘Em, Fix ‘Em, And Kill ‘Em”: Air Cav in Vietnam

Elmo C. “Mo” Baker

“See You Guys After The War”: An Air Force Pilot In Peace, War, And Captivity “Make Friends Down There, Mo”:

Jim Barker

“We Know We Will Come Back Unharmed”: Building Trust As An Advisor

Robert Beale

“Plus Or Minus 30 Seconds” “We Always Flew At Night” “Night Stalkers Don’t Quit”: Flying In The Service Of Others – Executing A Heroic Rescue In Afghanistan

Vince Bailey

Leading Helicopter Innovation In Vietnam And Beyond

Joe Barrett, Jr.

Two Decades Of Service In The Vermont National Guard

Shirley “Mary” Barrett

Training As A Nurse Cadet To Support The War Effort On The Home Front In WWII

Joe Barrett

“Low, Slow, And Dangerous”: An Ordnance Soldier In The “Burma Bridge Busters”

Greg Banner

Being Where The Action Is: A Special Forces Advisor In El Salvador

John P. “Bo” Basilica Jr.

“Don’t Stop Serving”: A West Pointer Reflects On Opportunities In The Army Reserve And The National Guard

Geoff Bacon

Leading By Example: The Critical Importance of Mentorship

Joseph R. Barkley

A Vietnam Vet on War, Business, and the Twin Towers

Tom and Tony Bezouska

A True Brotherhood Of Combat: Twin Medics During The Korean War

Brandi Braggs

“I Saw Everything As A Challenge”: Learning Tactical Patience At West Point

Jimmy F. Blackmon

“We Fought Every Day That Year”: Task Force Pale Horse in Afghanistan

Charles Clifford “Cliff” Bream III

The Naval Academy As A Foundation For Success

Tom Brennan

“If You Need Help, We’re Here”: Service With River Assault Flotilla One In Vietnam

Walter Brant

“Suspected Hippie In Transit”: One Man’s Journey From The Air Force To The Family Business With A Dash Of Wanderlust

Ron Braasch

“I Knew We Were Going When The Ammo Showed Up”: Transitioning From An Enlisted Tanker In Iraq To A Commissioned Aviator in Afghanistan

Stephen Bliss

“A Monumental Undertaking”: Supplying the Vietnam War

Frank Borman

An Astronaut Examines The Honor System At West Point

Curt Bodin

“Becoming Part Of The Aircraft”: Flying In Vietnam With The Comancheros, “God’s Own Lunatics”

Aaron F. Brantly

Striking A Balance: Privacy, Security, And Terrorism In Cyberspace

Tony Bezouska

“It Wasn’t A Hero Thing, It Was A Twin Thing”: A Korean War Combat Medic

Joseph Bellino

“I Live On Chaos”: An Air Traffic Controller And Pathfinder In Vietnam

Marilyn Soukup Jones Brenda Roots Marriott

“It Was Like Going Through A Time Machine”: Serving In East Germany With The USMLM

Robert Anthony Boydston

Surfer To Pathfinder: A Post-Vietnam Pathfinder In The 82nd Airborne Division

Ken Bolin

“The Workload Is Huge But The Blessings Are Bountiful”: From Infantryman To Priest, A Career Of Service “Prepping The Battlefield To Get People To Heaven”:

Frederick H. Black Sr.

Pioneering Diversity in the Army and at West Point: The COL Fred Black Story

Curt Bowers

Tending His Flock Under Fire: A Chaplain Serving With Tiger Force In Vietnam Not Sheep, But Tigers: A Chaplain Tending His Flock In Vietnam With The 327th

Peter J. Boylan, Jr.

Cultivating The Bond Between Soldiers Through Leadership, Character, And A Positive Command Climate

Barry Bomier

“My Goal Is To Graduate”: Eight Years To A West Point Degree

Alfons Broz

Reflections Of A Cold War Air Force Intelligence Officer

L. Kent Brown

Life Is A Highway: A Professional Engineer From The Class Of ’65 Reflects On Combat, Construction, And Community

Herman Bulls

Controlling the Things I Could Control: Striving For Continual Improvement at West Point

Leo Brooks

A Record That Speaks For Itself: Excellence Across All Pillars Of The Academy Experience

Dana Brown

“Holding A Life In Your Hands”: A Parachute Rigger In The Persian Gulf War

Terry Bresnick

“Completing The Circle Of Life”: A Jewish Lay Leader On Service And Giving Back

Reuben E. Brigety II

“Your Character Is Your Destiny”: Providing The Leadership To Bring People Together As Ambassador And Dean

Tom Bristol

“Don’t Be Afraid”: A Tail Gunner In The “Burma Bridge Busters”

Santiago “Sonny” Busa

“Let The West Pointer Do It”: Leadership In The Military, Diplomatic Corps, And Academia

Herman E. Bulls, Jr.

Continuing the Legacy: A Second Generation West Pointer Reflects on His Service

Leland Bryant

An Unlikely Hero: An M-60 Machine Gunner Foils A Sneak Attack

Stephen Cliff Brown

“Living A Good Life For Those Who Didn’t Make It”: Service With D/1-5 CAV In Vietnam

Mel Brooks

Good Laughs And Happy Times: Service In World War II And In Entertainment

Henry “Hank” Buechli

“Passionate for Equality”: An Army Veteran, Labor Leader, and Civil Rights Activist Reflects on a Lifetime of Service and the Pursuit of Justice

Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio

A Conversation with Military Archbishop Broglio: None of My People Want War – Most of Them Are Sick of It

Abby Bryant

“Don’t Give Up”: A Veteran’s Wife, Ex-Wife, and Current Girlfriend Discusses Dealing With Post Traumatic Stress

Paul R.M. “Koa” Brooks

The World Was Screwed Up, and Maybe the Army Could Be A Solution…

Vincent K. Brooks

“Nurturing Fruit On The Tree”: Leaders Develop Leaders Throughout A Career

Quyen Bui

“Everyone Has Their Own Destiny”: Serving With The ARVN Airborne

Anna Buzzard

“Living With A Huge Family” In Bancroft Hall: An Army Brat Goes Navy

John Caldwell

Transforming The Army For The Future: West Point, Vietnam, And Acquisition Or “To Be A Leader And Make A Difference”: West Point, Vietnam, And Army Acquisition And Transformation

Tonya Carter (Cheek)

Determination: “The More You Learn, The Better You Can Become” (8:02) Determination: “I Always Feel That I Have Something to Prove,” An African American Woman At West Point In The Late 80’s (11:55) “Always Something To Prove”: An African American Woman’s Determination at West Point in the Late 80s

James M. Carson

Service To Country And Community: “Don’t Ever Get Out Of The Umbrella Of U.S. Artillery”: Recollections Of A MACV Team 162 Advisor Recollections Of An Advisor To The Vietnamese Airborne

Gurjiwan Singh Chahal

“Army Is In Your Blood”: Fighting For An Accommodation To Serve His Country While Practicing His Faith

Herschel E. Chapman

“You Take Care Of Your Men”: Lessons From A Combat Leader In Korea And Vietnam

Jose Campo

To Make My Father Proud Of Me: Honor, Faith, And Wrestling To Make My Father Proud: Honor, Faith, Wrestling, and Redemption

Jesse Campanella

I Had The Choice Of Copy Or Fail, And I Didn’t Choose To Fail”: Honor, The Army Mentorship Program, And Redemption

Charles Cammack

“Being At Sea Was What I Liked”: A Naval Ensign Leading Landing Craft Ashore At Inchon

Constance “Connie” Chase

“Look For Meaning” In The Music: Or “You’re Only As Good As The Last Gig” Or “No Fun Without Music, No Music Without Fun”: Twenty Years As Director Of The West Point Glee Club

Erick Cedeño

Bicycling Through History: Retracing The Route Of An 1897 Buffalo Soldier Bicycle Expedition

Makonen Campbell

“Seeing The World In A Different Way”: 29 Years As A Soldier, An NCO, And An Officer

Bob Chambers

“The Debt I Have To Pay”: From Childhood In An Internment Camp To Service In Vietnam

John Carey

“We’re The Baddest Asses In Vietnam”: Leading Tigers In Vietnam “The Map Was My Weapon”: A Tiger Force Platoon Leader In Vietnam “We Carried Everything We Needed”:

Marshall Carter

“You Think About Your Training, You Think About The Mission, You Think About Your Men”: A West Point Marine Officer In Vietnam

Richard “Dick” Camp

USMA Chaplain: “May our religion be filled with gladness…”

Kenneth G. Carlson "The Larger"

You Want My Tanks to Do What?!: An Armor Officer in Germany and Vietnam

Roy Caldwood

A Buffalo Soldier’s Wartime Service In Italy

Steve Campbell

“There’s A War Coming And I’m A Soldier”: Service In Vietnam As An Enlisted Engineer And A Pathfinder Officer

Gerald “Jerry” Cecil

Schofield’s Definition Of Discipline In Practice: The Basis Of Combat Leadership

Dave Dever, James Wilson, Carroll Dinkle

Tigers In Vietnam: Recollections From Three Tiger Force Veterans

Valerie Coe

“Trust Your Gut”: Combatting Sexual Harassment and Assault at West Point and in The Army

Ron Clark

“If We Didn’t Work Together, We’d Perish”: Relationships Built At The Speed Of Trust

John Listermann Christina Richter

Operation Desert Storm Through The Eyes Of Armor And Quartermaster Officers

William Considine

Living The Legacy: Finding The Motivation To Make West Point Your Own

Michael Church

From West Point To Middle School: Continuing Service To The Nation

Devon Collins

“As Hooah As I Wanna Be”: The Story Of A Soccer Player, Logistics Officer, And Historian

Clarence K.K. Chinn

“Do We Have Parachutes?” With The Rangers In Grenada And Panama

Lidia “Marty” Contreras

“It’s Going To Be Ok, Mom”: Service With The WACs In Vietnam

Robert “Bob” Chelberg

A USMA ’61 Graduate Recalls Three Decades Of Service To The Nation

James C. Connolly II

“I’m A Member Of A Special Group, Serving The Nation”: A West Point Class Of ’61 Grad Reflects On His Service In The Artillery And Army Medicine

Richard D. Clarke Jr.

A USMA Commandant And SOCOM Commander Reflects On Leadership, Responsibility, And Taking Care Of Soldiers

Tran Minh Cong

The War Had Many Different Faces: Service As A National Police Colonel In The Republic of Vietnam

Richard Benway Cole

“Do Your Damn Job”: Commanding Wolfhounds In Vietnam

Dennis Coll

“West Point, A Way Of Life”: A Life Of Service And Giving Back To The Academy

Bruce Clarke

Expendable Warriors: One Soldier’s Perspective On The Battle Of Khe Sanh

Pat Cook

To Take My Father’s Advice: From Infantry To Military Police And Detainee Operations In Afghanistan

Michael F. Colacicco

“Changing The Answer To Yes”: Commanding Engineers In Combat And Taking Care Of Families On Post

Steve Conroy

Return To Vietnam: A Platoon Leader Retraces His Steps To Honor The Fallen

James S. Conley

Translating Military Experience Into Corporate Success

Terry Connell

Building Roads, Managing Resources, And Teaching Physics: An Engineering Career Both Diverse And Satisfying

Neal Creighton

Bryson Daily

“Cool Head, Hot Heart”: Reflections Of An Army Quarterback

Ronald E. Cox

Like A Brick Wall Falling On You All At Once: A Judge Reflects on West Point, Vietnam, and His Career

Donald Cooke

“We’re Sorry The Rescue Attempt Failed:” An Iranian Hostage Reflects On His Detainment (45:56) “He Speaks Farsi:” A Foreign Service Officer Resists the Iranians (55:56) “Someday This Is Going To End:” An Iranian Hostage Reflects On Detention, Survival, and Returning Home (58:00)

Howard Coombs

“I’m A Canadian. Come With Me!” Around The World With The Canadian Infantry

Shaina Coss

Grit And Perseverance: Changing Minds As An Army Ranger

Thomas Crimmins

“I Feel At Home Around The Military”: A Naval Academy Graduate And West Point Parent

Edward Todd Counts

“I Wasn’t Quitting”: Determination At West Point And As A Field Artillery Officer And Comptroller In The Army

Trudy Corma

“Mom, This Is What I’m Supposed To Do”: Memories From A Gold Star Mother

Frank D’Aversa

“The Navy Was Good To Me”: Maintaining Aircraft Off Yankee Station

Michael Crutcher

“Dreaming In Russian”: Service In Vietnam And In East Germany With The USMLM

Gary Dalley

Bending Without Breaking: A Naval Academy Graduate On Creative Leadership In The Navy And Beyond

William “Bill” Crook

“You Know It’s Serious When You Fix Bayonets”: A Tiger Battling In Vietnam

Ralph Dahl

“I Can Smell ‘Em”: “The Fear Of Letting Someone Down Is Stronger Than The Fear Of The Enemy”: Memories of Serving With D/1-5 Cavalry

Marcus Cox II

Finding The Balance: Managing Priorities And Cultivating Leadership At West Point

Chris Dao

“Try To Be The Best”: Applying A Family Ethos Of Dedication And Service To Others

Wambi Cook

“I’ll Save My Life By Being The Best Soldier I Can Be”: Reflections On Vietnam Service With The 173rd Airborne Brigade

Ylli Dalladaku

“It’s Good”: The Bright Side Of West Point For A Cadet From Kosovo

Ken Cox

“Anyone Who Can Hold A Weapon Fights”: Fighting On Hill 889 With The 173rd Airborne

Marion C. Crawford

“Don’t Ever Let Yourself Be Average”: Running The First WAC Detachment In Vietnam

John Davis

“Maneuvering In An Information Environment”: Providing Cyber Capabilities In A Digital World

Alex Davenport

“Help Them Heal”: An Old Guard Veteran And Paramedic Gives Back Through The Honor Flight

Joseph DeFrancisco

“We Were Looking For Hard Missions and Gladly Accepted Them”: From Vietnam to Panama and Beyond “Gladly Accepting Hard Missions”: In Vietnam, Panama, and Beyond

Naftali Deutsch

Resisting Inhumanity: Surviving The Holocaust And Succeeding In Business

Edwin Den Harder

A Twenty Year War versus Twenty One Year Wars: Or “Where’s The Other Guy? They Left Months Ago”: Challenges of Fighting A Counter Insurgency

Kathy (Ryan) Derrick

On the Front Lines of Freedom: Team Derrick in Korea, Germany, and Desert Storm

Channing Greene & Dave Siry

Platoon Leader Perspectives On Peacekeeping Operations In Haiti

John Davis

“The Team Is Greater Than The Individual”: Going To War With LRRPs In Grenada And Rangers In Panama

Steve Darrah

“I Did Everything I Could To Bring Everybody Home”: An Attack Helicopter Pilot In Vietnam (19:05)

David Deatherage

A Korean War Rakkasan Remembers the 1952 Koje-Do Uprising

Bill DeGraf

“A Baptism Of Fire”: Fighting In Three Wars Abroad And Ushering In Constructive Disruption At Home

Laura Dawson

From Procurement, To Pilot, To Physician: A Three Decade Army Career Unconstrained By Convention

Donald A. DeSapri

Cold War Germany, Vietnam, And The English Department: An Armor Officer’s Service

William “Frank” DeFrates

“Are We Going To Belgium? There Are A Lot Of Problems In Belgium”: Across Europe With The 10th Armored Division

Eugene P. Deatrick Jr.

“Unless You Crack Up A Plane…”: (24:25) “One Helluva Career”: Testing Planes And Rescuing A POW In The Air Force

Ray Gauvin Darrell Lane

Seeking To Protect The Force: Experiences With The Wound Data And Munitions Effectiveness Team

Dillon Deutsch

“Flying Is Like Nothing Else”: A C-130 Pilot And Air Force Academy Graduate

Dave Dever

A 54 Jump Paratrooper With A Fear Of Heights: Tours In Vietnam With Tiger Force And The 173rd

Louis DeAngelo

“I’m An All-American Boy”: A Marine In The Pacific During WWII

Liliane Delva

“West Point Was the Mountain I Had to Climb”: Finishing Strong as a Caring and Compassionate Leader

Matt Dirisio

Combat Logistics In Afghanistan: Supplying the Counter Insurgency

Isaac Dixon

Finding Your Niche: A Long Journey To West Point And Success

Dave Dillard

“My Captain”: An RTO’s Eulogy

Landy Dunham

Servant to the Community: An Aviator as the West Point Garrison Commander

Kaye (Warzynski) Dunham

“The Most Formative Years of My Life”: A 1994 West Point Graduate Balances Career, Family, and Community Service

John DeWyse

“Reunions Heal People”: A Hamburger Hill Veteran On The Importance Of Keeping In Touch

Sara Downing

“West Point Will Push Me To My Potential”: “It Was A Game, And I Played To Win”: “West Point Is Home With The People You Love”: Finding Your Tribe At The Academy And In The Army

Linda Earls

“There’s Combat Going On And I’m In The Army”: A WAC Volunteers For Vietnam

Gary Dolan

“A Member Of A Cohesive And Violent Team”: Leading The LRRPs In Vietnam

James L. Dozier

“I Told Her Don’t Worry”: From Vietnam To Being Kidnapped By Communists In Italy

LTG Nick A. W. Pope, CBE & Dr. Joanna Pope, MRCGP

“Prepare The Regiment! We’re Going To Be Busy”: Service Around The Globe With The Royal Signals

Dang Thuy Duong

Sharing Vietnamese Cuisine And Culture: A Restauranteur In Ho Chi Minh City

Raul Dominguez

“We Know What Freedom Is”: A Cuban Immigrant Flying For America In Vietnam

A. Patrick Dyer

Putting West Point Discipline And Ethics To Work In The Business World

Patty Dunn

Letters To Papa Gorilla: A Pathfinder’s Wife On The Homefront During The Vietnam War

Robert A. Doughty

“Getting Results”: Motivating South Vietnamese And West Point Cadets “History Is About Thinking, About Understanding, It’s About People” “Fighting The Wolves At The Door”: From Advisor In Vietnam To Department Head At West Point

Kermit Dyke

“Truthful, Honest, Dedicated”: Reflections From Kermit Dyke, West Point’s Oldest Living Graduate

George Dials

“Luck Is When Preparedness And Opportunity Meet”: An Infantry Company Commander In Vietnam Becomes A Nuclear Weapons Specialist

Michael Diederich

From Dropping Bombs to Entertaining Troops: A Showman Serves in the Army Air Corps

Carroll W. “Dink” Dinkle

“Nobody Pins A Tiger Down – Fix Bayonets”: Memories Of A Tiger Force Veteran

Antulio Echevarria

Continuing Education In The Army: Decades Thinking And Writing About War, Strategy, And Theory

Bill Ellis

“First Team, First Cav, Black And Yellow Patch”: Pulled From Combat To Sing For The Soldiers A Combat Vet Sings For The Soldiers A Wandering Troubador / Minstrel In Vietnam

Mike Eiland

Two Tours In Vietnam With Special Forces, A Wedding, And Working Post-War Issues In South East Asia

Alan Elwell

“Where They Separate The Men From The Boys”: A Korean War Paratrooper

Daniel Echeveste

“Math – A Way Of Looking At The World”: Seeking Challenges And Opportunities In Cyber

Leonard Edwards

“I Knew It Was Going To Be A Bad Year”: An OCS Officer With D/1-5 Cavalry In Vietnam

Jon Every-Clayton

“Even Though I’m The Least Experienced, I’m In Charge”: A Brutal Introduction To Combat In Vietnam

Mike & Chan Eiland

Finding Love In A War Zone: A Special Forces Officer And His Vietnamese Wife Two Stories Intertwined: A Special Forces Officer And His Vietnamese Wife

James R. Ellis

“Forks In The Road”: Seizing Opportunities And Cultivating Positive Leadership

Leon “Lee” Ellis

“And Now The Fat Is In The Fire”: And Other Stupid Shit The North Vietnamese Said “And Now The Fat Is In The Fire”: An F-4 Phantom Pilot On Missions Over Vietnam And Captivity In The Hanoi Hilton

William J. Ely

When You’re Told To Do Something, Do It Right The First Time: Lessons From The First 105 Years

Peter Falco

I Raised My Hand To Go To The 101st: A Vietnam War Platoon Leader In The 506th Infantry, Currahee!

Greg Ebner

Doing “Lawrence Of Arabia” Stuff: A Non-Traditional Career Leads To The USMA Department Of Foreign Languages

John Fahey

From Airships To Jet Fighters: A WWII Veteran Talks About The Early Cold War

Charles Krutz & Ed Corcoran

Behind The Lines With Krutz And Corcoran: A Driver And Tour Officer With The United States Military Liaison Mission

Archie Elam

“I Can Be Myself, And Be Black, And A Soldier”: Race And Identity At West Point In The 70s

Erica Esterly

Pushing Oneself To Her Limits: Extreme Open Water Swimming In An Army Swim Cap

Richard Enners

“Live Life With A Purpose And Serve Others”: The Story Of Ray and Rich Enners

Deanna Edgar

“110%”: Getting the Most Out of West Point

Dave Eubank

Changing Hearts With Love: From Special Forces To Missionary Work

Great Projects Films

Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

John D. Fio Rito

“Getting Things Done”: The Army Work Ethic In The Military And In Business

Fred Foggie

A Vietnam War Platoon Sergeant Reflects On Jim Crow, Integration, And Commitment to Serve

Barney Forsythe

“Serve With Integrity”: Barney Forsythe Reflects On His And His Father’s Service To The Nation

Benjamin Fernquist

Authenticity Without Compromise: Honing Leadership Skills At West Point Or “The More You Do, The More Opportunities You’ll Get”:

Olivia and Julia Farris

“We’re Going To West Point”: “A Can-Do Mentality”: “Gung-Ho About Coming To West Point”: “The Family You Build Here”: Softball Sisters At West Point

Dennis Foley

“Breaking The Fictive Ribbon”: Learning To “Out-Guerrilla The Guerillas” With The Tiger Force In Vietnam

Robert T. Frank

Fighting and Surviving the Vietnam War

Adeline Lee Finkle

Waiting for News: A POW’s Spouse Tells Her Story

Xochitl Fernandez

Understanding The “Why”: Growing In Honorable Living Through The SLDP-H Program

Josh Foust

“Seeing The World More Clearly”: Challenging Biases And Helping People

Secretary Anthony R. Foxx

“What Can Be Better”: Thoughts On Service And Leadership From The 17th Secretary of Transportation

Sándor Farkas

A Hungarian Officer On Leadership, Service, And Multinational Operations

Peter Fekete

“Military Service Matured Me”: From Hungarian Refugee to Vietnam Veteran

Chris Fay

“You Join The Infantry To Shoot Stuff And Blow Stuff Up”: Two Iraq Deployments With The Screaming Eagles (or Rakkasans)

Robert S. and Mary J. (Costello) Forbes

Taxed And Toughened: Achieving Balance In A Dual Military Family

Peter Fechtmann

Sustaining Relations With Civil Affairs: An Army Reserve Officer Deploying World-Wide

Mark Fallon

No Good Intelligence Is Gained Through Torture: Coming To Grips With The Use Of Torture As An Instrument Of War

Gary Fields

Fighting Guerrillas And Befriending The Locals: A Special Forces Soldier In The Mekong Delta

Great Projects Films

Post Traumatic Stress And The Army

Ross A. Gagliano

Starting A Family Tradition: The First Of Three Generations Of West Pointers

Brenda Sue Fulton

A 1980 Graduate On Her Spiritual Journey Through and Beyond West Point

Hise Gibson

“West Point Is Hard, But It’s Supposed To Be”: An Army Aviator Reflects on a 24-Year Career

Jose Franquez

A Philippine-American Finding Family In The Army

William Freccia

The Tooth, The Whole Tooth, And Nothing But The Tooth: A West Point Air Defender Becomes An Army Dentist

Pete Garza

“How Am I Going To React?”: A Combat Medic In Vietnam Or “I Remember The Ones Who Didn’t Make It”: A Combat Medic In Vietnam

Lazar Galak

From The Ukraine To Czechoslovakia With The Soviet Army: Wartime Experiences Of A Russian Jew

David Frommer

“A Chaplain For All Soldiers” “Waging War In The Service Of Peace”: A Lone Soldier In The Israeli Defense Force Becomes A Chaplain In The U.S. Army

Dan Geraghty

A Survivor Of Ground Zero: An Army Ranger’s Experiences On Active Duty And In The National Guard

Robert S. Fuller

“Sometimes I Fall Into Things”: Serving In A Glider Regiment In WWII

Christian Garner

“Our Intel Has Got To Be Straight”: Two Iraq Deployments In Military Intelligence

Takeshi Furumoto

“I Didn’t Know Who I Was, Japanese Or American”: Born In A Segregation Camp, Served In The Army “So No Other American Faces This”: Born In A Segregation Camp, Deported To Japan, Returning To Serve In The United States Army In Vietnam “So No Other American Faces This”: A US Army Veteran On Being Born In A Internment Camp And Serving In Vietnam

Paul Giannone

“I Didn’t Want To Kill Anybody – Blood Gets On Your Soul”: A Public Health Advisor In Vietnam

Bri Garcia

“Comfortable In Uncomfortable Situations”: A West Point Soccer Coach Enlists In The Army

Shane L. Gabriel

“Army Service Is A Human Endeavor”: Building Mutual Trust And Respect

Donovan Franklin

“The Road Less Traveled”: Honor Rehabilitation At West Point

Nimrod Frazer

Alabamians In The 42nd Infantry Division: Building A Monument And Memory In France

Sue Fulton

“I Never Walked Away From A Challenge”: Behind The Scenes In The First Class Of Women At West Point Or The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly In The First Class Of Women At West Point

Joseph A. Funderburke

From Special Ops Signal to Developing Strategy for a Four Star Or Looking at the Big Picture: From Special Ops Signal Officer to Strategic Thinker

Jason Frei

“You Don’t Want To Be In Front Of The First Marine Division In A Fight” “This Wasn’t Supposed To Happen To Me”: A Seriously Wounded Marine Gives Back

James Golden

“Responsibility Beyond The Narrow Scope Assigned”: Reflections From The Head Of The Social Sciences Department

Glenda Graebe

“I Typed My Own Orders For Vietnam”: A WAC’s Pride In Service

Nolan Green

“Trust, Commitment, And Love”: Son Of An Army Family, Captain Of An Army Team “The Best Cadets, The Best Team, The Best Officers”:

Roosevelt B. Gipson Sr.

“Vengeance Is Mine”: Judge, Jury, And Executioner In The A Shau Valley

Paul Gillenwater

“An Experience That Can’t Be Duplicated”: Service In Vietnam With The 173rd Airborne Brigade

Thomas Goedkoop

“Are You Ready To Fight Tonight?”: Taking Battalion Command In The Persian Gulf War

Clair Frederick Gill

“You Belong In Troop Units”: An Engineer Officer Builds Success “A Mighty Fine Pile of Rock”: An Engineer Officer On Building Infrastructure and Leaders

Sherry Gill

The Military is A Family: Observations on Taking Care of People

Todd Graham

“The Finest Thing Ever”: Attending West Point And Leading Soldiers During The Cold War And The Vietnam War

Jalen Gomez

Doing More Than I Thought I Could: Leadership Lessons And Reflections From #34

Paul Gregg

“One Day You Have To Deal With It”: Duty, Vietnam, And The Trauma Of War

Channing M. Greene

To Teach And Preach: From Vietnam And Special Forces To The Pulpit

Patrick Gorman

A Veteran Of The Navy And Army On Service, Teamwork, And Show Business

Fred A. Gorden

Positive Change Over Time: Reflections from New Cadet to Major General

Salvatore A. Giunta

“As Long As We Were There, They Were Going To Fight Us”: Life And Death In The Korengal Valley

Stephen Hood Greene

“A Zen-Like Thing”: Flying A Huey In Vietnam With The 173rd Casper Platoon

Michael S. Goodman

Balancing Secrecy And Transparency As The Official Historian Of The British Joint Intelligence Committee

Frederick R. Grates

“My Life Is A Series Of Happy Incidents”: Memories Of A Dustoff Pilot

Dan Gomez

“How Do We Get People To Like Us And Stop Shooting At Us?”: Counterinsurgency Operations In Iraq And Afghanistan

Jason Green

“West Point Is Home”: Strengthening The Bonds As A Double Legacy Cadet And Army Rugby Player

Ashley Hamilton

“R-Day Makes You Stupid”: West Point In The Era Of COVID

Ed Hallo

Jumping Into Holland With The 101st

Franklin “Buster” Hagenbeck

“Be Ready To Adjust Your Assumptions”: Reflections On Adaptive Leadership From The 57th Superintendent

Fu Han

“Be Humble And Do What You’re Told”: From The Taiwan Air Force To The United States Army

Paul Grieco

“Make The Most Of What You Have”: Shooting The War With A Camera

Jesse Gutierrez

A Lifelong Love Of Aviation: A Korean War Paratrooper And Aircraft Mechanic

William “Mike” Hale

“Being Part Of The Action”: A Lifetime Of Service In The Army And In State Government

Scott Halstead

“The Honor Code Is Healthy, Fair, Effective”: An Assessment Of The Honor System At West Point

Guy Gruters

“Cleared In Hot On My Heading; Hit My Smoke”: From A Bird Dog To A Misty FAC To The Hanoi Hilton

Charles Hansell

“West Point Prepared Me To Do Whatever I Wanted To Do”: A ’61 Grad’s Lifetime Of Service

Owen Haddock

“My Airplane Had A Lot Of Holes Before I Got It”: A Psychological Operations Pilot In Vietnam

Ralph Alvin John Grotheer

Forced Into The German Army, Drafted Into The American Army: The Incredible Story Of Ralph Grotheer

Anthony Guzzi

“The Way You Treat People”: Leadership And Values In The Army And In The Business World

Porter Halyburton

“Long-Term Non-Specific Optimism”: Surviving The Hanoi Hilton

Dale Hansen

Shoulder To Shoulder With The Locals: A Military Intelligence Advisor In Vietnam

Henry Guerra

Not A Punishment – An Opportunity: Honor Redemption Through The Army Mentorship Program

Thomas N. Griffin

“Loyalty Goes Up And Down”: Leading American Soldiers In Service Around The World

Douglas Guiler

“Not Too Much Regard For The Speed Limit”: Intelligence Collecting In East Germany

Andrew Hall

A Cavalryman In Cyberspace

Louis “Lou” Gross

Strengthening the Bond: A Graduate Pays it Forward

Rodney D. Harris

Encouraging Creativity in the Cyber Realm

John Hartke

“Are You Ready To Go To War Today?”: Service As An Engineer And As A Professor USMA

George Heller

A Screaming Eagle Jumps into Europe: D-Day, Market Garden, and the Bulge

Floren Herrera

A West Point Grad Fights Terrorists In The Philippines: The First Filipino Nininger Award Recipient

Jim Hanson

We Were All Miserable Together: Combat And Camaraderie In Vietnam In The Shadow Of The Blade:

James McDonald “Mac” Hayes

“Don’t Quit Once You Start Something”: A Leader In War, Training, And Education

Allyson Hauptman

Making A Difference In The Cyber Domain: A 2014 Grad Returns To West Point To Teach And Mentor

William Roland Hayes

“Wandering Warriors Of Vietnam”: Or “B Company Coming To Kick Your Ass”: A 3rd Battalion Rakkasan In Vietnam

Gerald Robert “Bob” Harkins

Carrying A Heavy Rucksack: Fighting For Hamburger Hill

Harry B. Harris

Peace, Stability, And Prosperity: Leading In The Pacific Command

Louise Haselrig

After Vietnam “I Just Didn’t Fit In”: A WAF Veteran Remembers Her Service

Donald Harris

“You Never Knew What To Expect”: A Rifleman At Hamburger Hill

Dennis Helms

“Boredom Can Turn To Terror Real Quick”: Carrying A Radio For The Platoon Leader on Hamburger Hill

Dennis E. Helsel

To Coach, Teach, And Mentor: Careers In The Military And Collegiate Athletics

John Harrington

From Rice Paddies To The Pentagon: A Multi-Faceted Career

Lewis Higinbotham

“I Was So Proud To Be Here”: A West Point Graduate Reflects On His Service in Vietnam and Earning Two Silver Stars

Lyle Hendrick

“Broken Bones, A Big Heart, And Not Quitting”: A Special Forces Officer With A Mission

Tobias Hild

“There Are No Conscripts At West Point”: Making The Most Out Of His Cadet Experience

Mark P. Hertling

A Cold War Armor Officer Reflects On Service From Platoon Leader To Division Commander

Stanford W. Hickman

The Education of a Field Artillery Officer

Elizabeth Hine

“A Symbol Of What’s Right With America”: West Point, Army Service, And School Administration

Rod “Hogie” Hogevoll

A Soldier’s Perspective On Service In Vietnam And Cambodia With The First Cavalry Division

Johnnie B. Hitt

“Will You Lead The Next Flight?”: Combat Aviation In Vietnam And Desert Storm

Patrick Howell

“Develop A Troop Requirement For A Campaign Plan That Hadn’t Been Written”: Counter Insurgency Warfare In Afghanistan

Sammy Hoskins

“A Stick In A Hornets Nest”: Stirring Up Trouble On Hamburger Hill

Michael A. Hood

Marching To The Sound Of The Guns: Leadership and Sacrifice in Vietnam “Do You Want To Go To Vietnam? I Said Sure”

Harvey Horn

“I Ran To Enlist And I Ran To Get Out”: A WWII POW Recounts His Experience

Francis “France” Hoang

“Anyone Can Be American”: From Vietnamese Refugee To White House Lawyer In Thirty-Two Years

Albert Hokins

“It’s Fun To Do Stuff When You Have All The Aces”: An Air Force Officer From USMA 61

Marsha “Cricket” Holder

Telling Their Story: Women Vietnam Vets And A Virtual Cemetery

Pat C. Hoy II

West Point As The Foundation Of A “Considerable Life”: Over Four Decades As An Army Officer And Teacher

Jim Hill

“If You Don’t Do It Right, You Can Make A Mess Of It”: Pathfinder Operations In The Tropic Lightning

Terry Hilderbrand

“Discipline, Teamwork, Trust, Readiness”: Leading Soldiers In A Counter Insurgency Fight

Bob Hines

“So Many Opportunities”: Being Part Of Something Bigger With The Air Force And NASA

Feather, Bryant Hogevoll, Santy

The Battle Of Firebase David – Four Veterans’ Perspectives

James Holbrook

“Learn Russian And You’ll Never Be Unemployed”: A US Military Liaison Mission Officer During The Cold War

Jimmy Howton

King Of The Hill: A 101st Pathfinder On Firebase Ripcord

Frederick Benjamin Hodges III

A Broader Perspective: “There is More to the Army than an Infantry Battalion”

Maguerite Honeycutt

“Heart And Soul”: A Two-War Army Spouse On Family And Service

Weldon Honeycutt

“I’m The Best Battalion Commander You’ll Ever See”: Commanding At Hamburger Hill

Henry “Hank” Hughes

“Take It As Slow As You Want”: Walking Point In Vietnam

Ted Hromadka

Second Chances: A Math Professor Gives Back at West Point

Victor Joseph Hugo, Jr.

Vietnamese Influencing Vietnamese: A “Behind The Scenes” Look At Counterinsurgency At The Birth Of The Republic Of Vietnam

Bernard “Chuck” Hughes Jr.

Two Generations Of West Point Graduates: A Son Reflects On His And His Father’s Service

Paul Churchill Hutton III

Pride In America: Defending Freedom And Protecting People

Edrick Hudson

“Always Smiling Through The Pain”: Perseverance And Family At The Prep School And West Point Or “I Always Wanted To Help People”:

James Huffstodt

A Man Apart: From Serving In Vietnam To Writing Civil War History “The Night Before A Mission Was The Worst”: From Serving In Vietnam To Writing Civil War History That’s Outstanding, Huffstodt, You’re A Natural Photographer (41:33) The Night Before A Mission Was The Worst (51: ‘Words Have Been My Life, But I Don’t Have Words To Communicate To You…” (1:24:47)

Tuyet “Tania” Hua “Newinn”

“You Are A Woman, You Are Strong”: Escaping Vietnam With A One-Year Old Baby

David S. Jackson

From Vietnam To Star Wars: Three Decades Of Service To The Nation

Tran Thi Huy Le

Caring For Servicemen And Their Families: A Republic Of Vietnam Social Worker

Glenda Hyde

“Are You Here About My Son?”: A Gold Star Mother Remembers

Wade Ishimoto

Don’t Buy The Book Warfighter, That Guy’s An Asshole Vietnam And Operation Eagle Claw: Reminiscences Of An Intelligence Professional With Special Forces And Delta Force

Norman Isler

“My Faith In Humanity Grew A Little”: An Engineer Officer During The Korean War

C. Powell Hutton

A Rhodes Scholar And Armor Officer In Germany And Vietnam

Church Hutton

Reflections From A Special Forces Officer: West Point, Cold War Europe, And Vietnam

Mike Ivy

A Career Viewed As A Leadership Laboratory: Three Decades Of Change In The Army

Anna Huh

West Point – The Purpose Behind The Hard Work: Reflections Of A USMA ’24 Graduate

Ira Hunt

“Dynamic People in the Military Get Things Done,” Fighting the War in Vietnam and Lifelong Learning (33:20 and 36:15) Give People Responsibility and they get the job done (40:00)

Joseph Hsu

Medicine At War Versus Medicine At Peace: The Story Of An Orthopedic Trauma Doctor Freedom, Medicine, And West Point: The Story Of An Orthopedic Trauma Doctor

Thomas Hoyt

This Too Shall Pass: “No one’s ever been disappointed from working hard”

James H. Johnson Jr.

“Send Me, I’m Ready”: Combat Experience From Vietnam To Panama To Desert Storm

Art Jacobs

“Hey Kid, You Want To Fly Helicopters?”: “Go To Flight School, Be A Warrant Officer, Nobody F***s With You”: “Sir, I’ll Go, I Know Exactly What The LZ Looks Like”: A Medevac Pilot Rescuing Wounded Under Fire In Vietnam Flying Medevac Was Satisfying Flying Cobras Was Fun

Jim Johnson

“From Here On, Everything’s Tactical”: An Engineer Officer In Panama And Vietnam

Dick Jonas

Flying In The Wolfpack During The Vietnam War: A “Yankee Air Pirate” Flies, Fights, And Sings About It

Bobby Jones

“We’re Here To Go Home, But We’re Here To Win”: A Rakkasan In Vietnam

Donald Jacobovitz

The “F” As A Badge Of Honor: Surviving The Class Of ’77 Honor Scandal

Joshua King & John Anderson

Infiltrating Afghanistan: Two Special Forces Soldiers Reflect On Their Operations In 2001

Gabriela Boatright & Jaye-Linh Shark

Different Paths To A Common Goal: Two Women Describe Their Experiences At West Point

Phillip Kennedy Johnson

“Truth, Justice, And The American Way”: An Army Trumpet Player Gets A Gig Writing Superman

Jon Jakeway

“We Fought For Each Other”: Service In Vietnam As A Machine Gunner In The Rakkasans

Vince Ang & Jenny Phillips

“I Want To Be A Soldier, I Want To Protect My Country”: A Vietnamese Cavalry Major Recalls His Service

Raymonde Jeanmougin

An Ambulance Driver For The Free French 2nd Armored Division In WWII

Robert Campbell “Bob” Jones

“14 March 1973, That Was A Pretty Good Day”: The Journey Home From The Hanoi Hilton

John “Ed” Jones

“All Of The Bad Times Are Overwhelmed By The Positives”: Tenacity And Determination At West Point And In The Air Force

Henry Jang-Milsten

Lessons From Afghanistan: An Air Defense Platoon Leader’s Perspective

Richard Jackson

“You Keep Your Head Down And Don’t Be No Hero”: The Witch Doctor In The ‘Nam

Brian Trask Denver Horn Jim Dave Pace

“We Knew Where We Were Going”: “Shake And Bake” NCOs In Vietnam

Shawn Jones

“The Only Reward Is Another Mission No One Will Take”: Pathfinder Operations In The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

David Michalak & John Santy

A Hands-On Demonstration: Uniforms And Equipment Of The Vietnam War

Omar J. Jones IV

“Meet The Army Standards And Be Consistent”: Leadership From First Captain To The Chief Of Public Affairs

R. Dennis Kerr

Not My Will, But The Army’s: Three Decades of Service to the Nation

Martin “Jay” Joyce

“It’s Been An Amazing Life”: Service In The Army And Giving Back “Faith, Family, Fitness, Fortune, And Fun”: A West Point Graduate’s Amazing Life

Patrick Kenny

Service In Vietnam And At West Point: A Class of ’65 Engineer’s Service In War And Peace

Juris Jurjevics

“A Level Of Absurdity”: War And Corruption In Vietnam

James Ferguson Karen “Roof” Ferguson

A USMA ’65 Couple Reflects On Their Experiences During The Vietnam War And Beyond

Thomas Koizumi Kiana Stewart

Changing The World: Opportunities For Growth Through Exchange

Gordon Pendleton & Jozsef Bodnar

Understanding Urbanization: NATO Planning For The Complexities Of The Future

Henry James “Hank” Kenny

“No Pity”: Recovering From Wounds And Continuing To Serve The Country

Kurt Kane

“Quality Is Our Recipe”: Transforming Grit, Determination, And Heart Into Success

Catherine & Charlene (Kennedy) Kahl

Together Through It All: Twin Command Sergeants Major Reflect On Their Decades Of Service

Shane Kimbrough

Serving America And All Humanity: Leadership And Teamwork As An Army Aviator And Astronaut

Regan Kelly

“The Eyes And Ears Of The Jungle”: Missions With N Company Rangers In Vietnam

Richard D. Kinder

Service As A Component Of Citizenship: A Former Army JAG On Business And Philanthropy

Les Kayanan

“I Wanted To Change The World”: Idealism And Character At West Point

Cody Beadle Jordan Perez

Reflections From The 2023 Soldier And NCO Of The Year

Allen Keller

The Relationship Between Health And Human Rights: Studying The Effects Of Torture On Patients

Mark Kimmey

“I Finally Found A Home”: Service As An Armor And A Civil Affairs Officer Or Service As An Armor And A Civil Affairs Officer: “Think Of The Peace Corps With Guns”

Marian Michael Kencik

Surviving The Nazis And The Communists: The Story Of A Polish Priest

Robert H. Kewley Jr.

“West Point Is My Home Town”: A Systems Engineer Analyzes His Career

Larry Jordan

Promoting Excellence in the Army, at West Point, and in the Business World

Rusty Kulp

“I Had Enough Jungle”: 19 And A Half Months In Vietnam With The 173rd “One Grunt’s Weird Tour”

Kyle King

Protecting The Nation in Cyberspace: A National Security Agency Analyst At West Point

Tom Kovach

“We Took A Vote To Die”: Fighting Side By Side With ARVN Rangers

Beverly Knox-Pipes

Taking Care Of The War At Home: An Army Spouse And DODEA Educator Reflects On Serving Army Families

Pete Kinney

“You Can Go Anywhere In The World And Bump Into A Classmate”: Nurturing Lifelong Relationships Throughout A Career Of Service “A Pint Of Vodka, That’s How It Started”:

Zoe Kreitenberg

“What An American Soldier Should Be”: Treating Others With Dignity And Respect

Zoe Kreitenberg

The Intersection Of Service And Heritage: A West Point Graduate On Understanding Her Family’s Holocaust Experience

Clifford Lanham

“The Hog Does Not Live Better Than The People”: Gaining Cultural Understanding As An Advisor In Vietnam “Give An American Soldier A Mission And Let Them Figure It Out”: Creative Problem Solving In Vietnam

Les Knotts

“Be Professional Even When Those Around You Are Not”: Consistent Leadership In The Army And The English Department

George Kopcsak

“I’ve Never Done Anything Else But the Army”: Fighting To Commission And Serve The Nation

Stephen Lang

The Story Behind “Beyond Glory”: Actor Stephen Lang On Portraying Medal Of Honor Recipients

David B. Kuhn

“Low And Slow Over The Ho Chi Minh Trail”: Flying An AC 119K In Vietnam

Willie King

“I Had To Prove That I Was Better”: Night Jumper Bravo, The Only Black Pathfinder In The 4th Infantry Division

Andy Lamb

“West Point Defines Who I Am”: Coming To Terms With The Honor Scandal

Spencer Kympton

Creating A Mission And Building A Team: The Importance Of Community In The Army And In Business

Mike Lam

“It Was What I Expected; It Was Tough”: Service In Vietnam With D/1-5 Cavalry And Special Forces

Rosemarie (Stanton) Kuhn

A Homecoming Queen Comes Home To West Point: The Love Story Of Rosemarie And Dave Kuhn ‘65

Ingrid Klaus Locurcio

A Merging Of Cultures: A German Bride Becomes An Army Spouse

Julian Kulski

The Battle Was Lost, Not The War: Fighting Nazis with the Polish Underground

Adisa King

“86,400 Seconds in a Day”: Getting The Most Out Of Every Opportunity Or “#TFDW”: Not a Philosophy, Just Four Priorities the Troopers Would Remember

Nickolas Lewis

“Who You With? 2TC”: Dynamic Leadership Of A Mustang At USMA And USMAPS

Norman Lear

“They Don’t All Hit The Targets:” A Television Visionary Recounts His Experiences as a B-17 Crewman

John Santy & Lloyd Pontier

“Combat Is Completely Chaotic”: Service In Vietnam And Cambodia With D / 1-5 Cavalry

Sarah Marie Locke

Finding A Support Structure And An Identity: A Second-Generation West Pointer Forges Her Own Path

Aaron Li

Pursuing Diverse Experiences At West Point And In Life

Elizabeth Lee

“West Point Is Where Your Heart Is”: Learning, Growing, And Finding A Home At USMA

Cole Livieratos

“Contestation For Minds And Wills”: A Psyops Officer Discusses Counter Insurgency

William J. Lennox

The 56th Superintendent On West Point As A National Treasure

John Laurito

“I Never Wanted To Cheat To Win”: Pressure, Honor, And Redemption

Bruce Lemont

“Life In The Field Was Camping For Me”: Or “I Turned To Mush… The Adrenaline Was Gone”: A Rakkasan Walking Point With An M-79

Christmas Linzy

“Never Let Anyone Limit You”: Hard Work, Determination, And Success

Samuel K. Lessey, Jr.

“I Love West Point And Everything It Stands For”: From The Army Air Corps To The Air Force And Beyond

Vincent Lisanti

“Dear Son, What On Earth Are You Doing In A Prison Camp?” A B-24 Pilot Recollects

Mel Feather & Leland Bryant

“Someplace I Didn’t Want To Be, Doing Something I Didn’t Want To Do”: Cambodia with D/1-5 Cavalry

A. Brett Lea

Keeping Options Open: From The Surge In Iraq To Operation Inherent Resolve

Steve Lawrence

“You Take Care Of Your Men, They’ll Take Care Of You”: A Platoon Leader In D/1-5 Cavalry In Vietnam

COP Keating Leadership

“All I Heard Was Cuss Words And Gunfire”: Defending COP Keating

Ralph Leonard

“To Be A Good Citizen You Ought To Do Your Part”: An Air National Guard General Serves His Community

Gordon Livingston

“I Couldn’t Be A Soldier Any Longer And Live With Myself”: An 11th ACR Doctor In Vietnam

Fredric Laughlin

“People Died Because We Tried To Save Face:” Disillusioned With The Vietnam War, But Not With West Point

Doug Lute

Strategic Inflection Points: Serving On The Border Of Freedom From The Cold War To NATO In The 21st Century

Jesse Luknowsky

“I Identify As A Soldier”: Learning A Profession, Not A Job At West Point “Pure Officership – Not A Job But A Profession”: A German International Cadet At West Point

William Lyons

A Mustang Over Europe

Anthony Dung Luu

“If You Lose Your Country, You Lose Everything”: A Vietnamese Intelligence Officer Immigrates To America

Donna Lowery

“I Found My Heart In The Army”: From WAC To Sergeant Major

MJ MacNguyen

“You Lose Track Of Time When You’re On The Run”: A Child Of War Flees To The United States

James MacNguyen

“Seek And Fight For Freedom”: A Vietnamese Refugee Starts A New Life In America

Jacob & Joshua Lowe

“The Lowe Bros”: Identical Twins At Rival Academies

Teryon Lowery

“Enjoy The Ride”: A Long And Winding Path To West Point

John Longhouser

An Army Gymnast On Discipline And Leadership On The Battlefield And In Industry

Joseph L. Lynch

Megahertz And Methodism: A Vietnam Vet On Ministry, Ham Radios, And Lifelong Service

Gary Lord

“If Others Can Do This, I Can Too”: Attending West Point With The Class Of 1961 And Serving As An Army Engineer

Bill “Blue” Lomax

Around The World With The British Army In The 1950s: A Para’s Story

René MaCaré

“We Were There To Do The Right Job”: A Sniper With The 173rd In Vietnam

Dean Loftin

Principles of Leadership: From Leading Troops in Combat to Testing Complex Weapons Systems

Willis Freed Lowrey, Jr.

“The Fine Art Of Motivating And Leading American Soldiers”: West Point, Vietnam, And The Evolving Army

Ralph Locurcio

“Have The Courage To March To A Different Tune”: Life As A Civil Engineer In The Army And In The Community

Tom Lough

“Running A Victory Lap”: A West Point Olympian Reflects On Competition And Service

Rick Lovering

“Try To Be An Officer Soldiers Deserve”: Deployments To Iraq And Afghanistan With 3-89 Cavalry

Paul Lushenko

The Resonance Of Music: Connecting Military Families Around The Globe

Ari Martyn

“Part Of An Exclusive Club, I’ve Been Shot At”: “A Group Of Americans Trying To Do Their Best For The World”: Reflections Of An Army Leader In Iraq And Afghanistan

Eric Maddox

Solving the Puzzle: An Army Interrogator Tracks Down Saddam Hussein Or Pieces of the Puzzle, An Army Interrogator Finds Saddam Hussein

Albert “Al” Mampre

“We’re In This Together”: A Medic In The “Band Of Brothers”

Michael Manetti

The Corps Is People: Building Relationships And Support At West Point

Maureen Tsao Manetti

Maintaining The Balance: Holding Fast To Cultural Traditions While Realizing The American Dream

Mick Mason

Serving Aboard USS Frederick During The Vietnam War And Volunteering For Honor Flights

Duncan Makau

“Challenged Every Day”: The Remarkable Journey Of A Kenyan West Point Graduate Enlisting In The U.S. Army

Jake Masters

“You Can Accomplish Things If You Care Enough”: Service, Family Heritage, And Commitment Or “You Gotta Go With The Flow”:

Alice Galvin Kenny Marilyn McCabe O’Donnell

Two Ladycliff Graduates Reflect On Their College Years And West Point Memories

Khanna Mandzha

“Your Own Mistakes Are Your Best Teacher”: Lessons From An Arabic Interpreter And Professor

Jeremiah Malbon

“The Sky’s The Limit; I’m A Walking, Living Example Of That”: Making The Most Of Opportunity At West Point

Tony Marshall

“From The Hilton To The Zoo”: An F4 Weapons Systems Officer Reflects On Flying And Captivity In Vietnam You Are Nobody Here The MiG You Didn’t See

Jessica Maddox

Building A Cohesive Team At West Point: Reflections Of A Regimental Commander

Bruce R. Marshall

“If You Don’t Do Your Job, People Are Going To Die”: 18,959 Bonus Days Of Life

Ralph Masi

Learning through Failure, Toward Greater Challenge: Self-Discipline, The Key Self-Discipline, The Key: Conquering Fear Of Failure, And Achieving Success In The Army And Beyond How You React Is Critical: Conquering The Fear Of Failure And Achieving Success In The Army And Academia

Phil Mallory

Cultivating A Warrior Spirit At West Point: From Dak To To The Physics Department

Sal Martella

“The Night Belongs To Charlie”: Surviving Tet And Mini-Tet

Candy Mason

The Namesake For Task Force George: Memories Of Jason George (USMA ’94) From A Gold Star Mother And His Beast Squadmate

Ernest P. “Rock” Marcone

“You’d Better Make Something Of This”: Commanding An Armor Battalion In The Invasion Of Iraq

Cruz Martinez Suarez

“If I don’t kill them, they kill me… so better for me to kill them.”

Linda McClenahan

“Lady, This Is Vietnam, There Are No ‘Behind The Lines’”: Sergeant Mac, The Strac WAC

Mary Lou McClellan

“The Army Is Like A Family”: Memories Of A Cold War Army Spouse

Ron McCabe

“Do It Right The First Time”: A Navy Veteran Discusses Guided Missile Cruiser Service Off Vietnam And Four Decades In Emergency Management

Msgr. Robert McCormick

“If the Academy loses its ideals, it’s just another school,” Values and Ethics at West Point Not Just Another School: Values and Ethics At West Point or Never Lose Your Ideals: Values and Ethics at West Point

Bob and Barbara McFarlin

“Don’t Run Out Of Gas!” Brute Force Logistics With 2nd Corps Support Command In Desert Storm

Reilly McGinnis

“The Shortcut To Success Is Hard Work”: From The Soccer Pitch To The Plain

James McLeroy

“Looking For Interesting Things To Do”: A Special Forces Officer Seeking Adventure In Dangerous Places “I Went To Vietnam To Win It”: “Use The System, Don’t Buck The System”:

Jahryca McClean

Being Confident And Pushing Each Other To Excel: Achieving Success At West Point

Fernando Maymi

Building Networks And Solving Problems: Putting Technology In Context

Scott Mayer

At Home In A Sea Of Gray: A Midshipman On Exchange

Reynold Michael “Mick” Maus

“West Point Means Home”: Service In The Army And In Telecommunications

John Michael McGrath

“Forgive My Sins ‘Cause Here I Come”: A Naval Aviator On The Attack And In Prison In Vietnam

Bill May

“Just Another Day In The Jungle”: Taking Emergency Leave From Vietnam

Elizabeth Davenport McKune

Like Father Like Daughter: Pioneers In Their Own Fields, West Point And The Foreign Service

Brent Matthews

“Language Is A Window Into The Psyche Of A Community”: Adventures In The Marines, The Army, And The USMA Dean’s Office

Mark McManigal

“Teaching The Army Profession From Start To Finish”: Leading Army Education At All Levels

Deborah J McDonald

The West Point Admissions Officer on Building the Long Gray Line

Camilla (Doe) May

Recollections Of A Daughter Of USMA 1914

John McDonald

“You Like Danger And Adventure”: Or “We’d Hunt Them Or They’d Hunt Us”: Service In Vietnam And The Persian Gulf

Scott McKenzie

Building Cohesive Units And Teaching Leadership: A Naval Academy Grad Reflects On The Evolving Marine Corps From The 70s To The 90s

John Meyer

“Rigor And Reps Are Critical In Training”: Saving Lives Through Discipline And Initiative In Afghanistan

Harvey Watson Mike Ballard

Best Friends And Fellow Rakkasans Share Their Experiences From Florida To Phuoc Vinh

Kate Meyer

“It’s All About The Mindset”: Seizing Opportunities For Success In The Army or “The Army Moves Pretty Fast”: Planning For Success As A Chemical Corps Officer

Erin McShane

“I Want That Soldier On My Team”: Adversity, Perseverance, And Commitment

Anthony Melendez

Perseverance And Pride: Cultivating Resilience At West Point Through Rugby And COVID

Kelsey Minato

Never Satisfied, Always Improving: Kelsey Minato and Army Basketball

Kenneth Rock Merritt

“I Got Involved In The Destruction Of The Third Reich, I Guess”: CSM Rock Merritt Discusses WWII And Meeting General Bradley

Wes Moerbe

“A Constant Cat And Mouse Game”: Counter Insurgency Operations In Iraq And Afghanistan

Francis J. Monaco

“It Really Wasn’t Like The Boy Scouts”: Attending West Point And Expanding Computer Usage At The Academy

Frank Mirabella

“Do What I Do, Shoot When I Shoot”: Surviving Hell On Iwo Jima

Fred Manzo Michael DePrie

“Serving the Mission”: Two USMLM Tour Officers Reflect On Their Service In East Germany During The Cold War

Raymond Mellin

Task Force Smith: One Day Of Combat And Three Years Of Prison

Michael Montelongo

“Angels Along The Way”: Mentorship, Teamwork, And Growth Along Life’s Journey

Ann Mills-Griffiths

“The Fullest Accountability”: A Conversation With Ann Mills-Griffiths About The POW / MIA Issue

Dana Mead

“Be Kind And No Surprises”: Applying The Department Of Social Sciences Ethic In The Army And Business

David Michalak

“Not If You Make Contact, But When You Make Contact”: A Point Man In Vietnam

Mark Mitchell

Creative Problem Solving in a Special Forces Environment

James “Maggie” Megellas

“Move To The Sound Of The Guns”: A World War II Paratrooper In The 82nd

Scott Mobley

Making History, Not Just Reading About It – A Navy Captain During Operation Iraqi Freedom

Larry Meyer

“I Got Off One Planet And Landed In Another”: A Recon Marine In Vietnam

Michael Nardotti

“As Soon As the Shooting Starts, They’ll Look to You”: Leadership in Combat

Betty (Simbert) Myrthil

Ensuring West Point Represents the Nation: An Admissions Officer Reaches Out

Steven H. Myer

“Protecting The Unprotected”: Running A Camp For Vietnamese Refugees On Guam During Operation New Life

Frederick “Rick” Morgan

“Whoop-De-Doo! Lieutenant Morgan Is Going To Die”: A Marine Officer In Vietnam

MG Paul Nanson, CBE

“Educating For Uncertainty”: The Sandhurst Commandant on Building a Flexible and Professional Officer Corps

Eun Soo Moon

“Choosing My Own Path”: A Cadet from the Republic of Korea At West Point

Andrew Morgan

“I’m A Soldier First”: An Army Surgeon And Astronaut Or “Be A Good Teammate”:

Art Mulligan

“Never Drop Out Of A Run”: A Principle To Live By “West Point Planted The Seed Of Service In My Spirit”: A Principle To Live By

James Mullins

“There’s Inspiration Everywhere”: A Journey From Member To Leader Of The Band

Eun Soo Moon

A Citizen Of The World: A South Korean International Cadet At West Point

Jeffrey Morris

A Pioneering Cyber Master Sergeant Earns a PhD and becomes a West Point Professor

Ramon Antonio “Tony” Nadal II

“Move To The Sound Of The Guns”: A Culture Of Dedicated Leadership On The Battlefield, At West Point, And In The Army

Troy Nachtigal

“Take The Failure”: Cheating And Redemption In The Calculus Honor Scandal

Preston Motes

“I Always Liked Where I Was”: Air Defense In The U.S., Greece, Vietnam, And Germany

Cody Morris

“Make The Most Of Your Time With The People You Love”: My Experiences As A Tomb Sentinel, Dive Medic, And Cadet

Michael Nardotti

“Very Few Things In Life Are Final”: Making The Honor System A Developmental Process

Charles Moseley

A Combat Engineer In Vietnam Becomes A Leader In Nuclear Power Back Home

Vienna Morrison

Strengthening The Long Gray Line: Service, Family, And Relationships

William F. Murdy

Turn Around: Applying Army Experience in the Business World

Harold Moorman

“If I Wasn’t Teaching, I Was Learning”: Or “An Army Officer’s Life Involves A Great Deal Of Teaching”: Lifelong Pursuit Of Education

Chuyen Nguyen

A Vietnamese Skyraider Pilot Escapes To America

Bao Nguyen

“This Is My Hometown, This Is My Country”: A Vietnamese Refugee Starts A New Life In America

Hon Nguyen

“Even Though We Fight Side By Side, I Don’t Want You To Destroy My Country”: A Vietnamese Perspective On Wars In South-East Asia

Uc V. Nguyen

Flying A Huey In The Vietnamese Air Force: A Battalion Commander In The 64th Helicopter Tactical Wing

Christopher Needels

“Go With Your Heart”: Strike A Balance And Find Your Path In The Army

Huy Duc Nguyen

The Dream Of Independence: From Occupation And Colonialism In Vietnam To Freedom In America

Toan Anh Nguyen

Escaping From South Vietnam: An Air Force Squadron Commander Ditches His Helicopter At Sea

Mike Nemeth

From “Center Stall Productions” To Custom Apparel: A West Point Grad On Tenacity And Success

Viet Thanh Nguyen

“Born In Vietnam But Made In America”: The Story Of A Pulitzer Prize Winning Vietnamese Refugee

Sheila Grace Newsom

“A Longing Versus A Craving”: A Moment Of Clarity In A Trans Woman’s Journey

Diem “Jim” Nguyen

“A Bridge Between The Americans And Vietnamese”: An Interpreter On Service With The Americans, And In The Vietnamese Army And Navy

Richard Neale

A British Paratrooper Serving In Palestine In 1945

Francis K. Newcomer

Commissioning Into The Coast Artillery: The Rich And Varied Career Of A 1939 Graduate Of West Point

Hung Henry Nguyen Newinn

“We Spend Money To Cry”: Or “Same Language, Same People”: An ARVN Soldier On The Wars Of Vietnam

Christian Nattiel

A Leader for the World's Future: A Rhodes Scholar Reflects on his West Point Experience

Hugh Nguyen

Finding His American Father: An Amerasian’s Search For Understanding And Acceptance

Dean Nelson

“Stick With Me, I’ll Show You What It Means To Be A Pathfinder”: Learning The Ropes With The 101st In Vietnam

Diane (Bodnar) Nelson

Parenthood And Perseverance: A 1989 West Point Graduate On Faith And Family

John Nelson

“Making Sense Of Ambiguity”: From Light Infantry To English Professor

Dy Nguyen

A Doctor Serving In Two Armies: An ARVN Surgeon Becomes An American Anesthesiologist

Kenneth Nielson

“Monk to Military:” Deploying with the Navy, Marines, and Army

Randall M. “Randy” Pais

“A Helluva Way To Earn A Living”: A Vietnam Veteran On Service, Business, And West Point

Tadahiko Ono

A Japanese-American Gymnastics Team Captain At West Point In The 1960s

Charles F. “Skip” O’Donnell III

“The Best Feeling I Ever Had”: Saving American Lives With Artillery In Vietnam

Langdon Ogburn

“To Live A Life For Others”: Excelling At West Point And Embarking On A Path For Lifelong Learning

Charles “Chuck” Nichols

The Guy Behind The Curtain: Service As An Engineer And As A Volunteer With the Alumni Glee Club

Tadahiko “Tad” Ono

“Strength And Drive”: A Japanese-American Gymnast And Engineer

Donald Nowland

“Make The Most Of What You Have”: Overcoming Tragedy And Standing On Principle

Brigid Osei-Bobie

“Hold The Door Open For Others”: A Conversation On Immigration, Identity, And Success In The Army

Robert Paley

“You Come From Samurai”: Love, Determination, And The West Point Dream Or “Finish What You Started”: Love, Determination, And The West Point Dream

Joseph R. Odell

“When Fighting Starts, You’re Just Going To Have To Help People”: A Journey From Aviator to Chaplain

Carol Ogg

“Morse Code Was Like Music”: From The WAC Band To Radio Intercepts In Vietnam

Lee Donne Olvey

Creating Critical Thinking Experiences For Cadets: Reflections Of The Social Sciences Department Head

Donald Outing

Education And The Realm Of The Possible: Creating Cultural Change At West Point Education Levels The Playing Field

Tom O’Neil

“Lieutenants, You’re Going To War Somewhere”: A Marine Officer During The War In Iraq Or The Global War On Terror “Nothing Fun About This War”

Hank Ortega

“Trying To Save All The Guys I Couldn’t Save”: A Lifetime Devoted To Medicine

Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien

Called to Serve, Volunteered to Deploy

Peter Palmer

“Train To Be The Best Commander You Can Be”: Developing Capabilities And Serving Soldiers

Garland D. O’Quinn

A Part Of Something Larger Than Himself: Life Under The Stars As A West Point And Olympic Gymnast

Roger J. Noble

“Do You Want To Do Things Or Watch Other People Do Them?”: A Life Of Service In The Australian Army

John Randall Parker

Embodying Versatility: From Advising ARVN Rangers to Managing Army Computer Systems

Jonathan Parham

“If I Fail, It’s On Me”: Making The Most Of Opportunities At West Point Or “Ready To Work With A Good Attitude”: Making The Most Of Opportunities At West Point Or “A Monumental Effort”: Continuing The Legacy By Making The Most Of Opportunities At West Point

Lillian Pfluke

“Title IX Changed My Life”: A Pioneering Woman In The West Point Class Of 1980

Paul Peck

From Desert Storm to the Tennis Courts of West Point: “You Make a Decision, You Don’t Realize Where It Takes You”

Danny Pham

A Paratrooper In The Vietnamese Airborne: Pride, Determination, And Disappointment

Rev. and Mrs. Park Park

A Family Separated and Reunited: Two Perspectives on the Korean War

Dave Palmer

“To Provide The Nation With Leaders Of Character”: The 53rd USMA Superintendent Reflects On A Lifetime Of Service

Combat Jump Paratroopers

Opening Shock: Four Combat Jump Veterans Tell Their Stories “The Only Way We Could Go In Was By Parachute”:

Hein Pham

Fire Support From A Vietnamese Marine

David G. Perkins

“Understand The Problem And Figure Out Your Strengths”: Winning In Baghdad

Mel Pender

Sprinting For The Gold: Two Olympics And Two Tours In Vietnam

Michael Perry

“So Much You Don’t Know”: The Experience Of Combat In Vietnam

Robert Pantier

Planning For Operation Just Cause: Eighteen Months In JTF Panama

Philip Perron

“These Guys Aren’t Looking To Avoid Combat; They’re Looking To Find Some”: Fighting On Hamburger Hill With The Rakkasans

Isabel Petrin

“Infrastructure Is Vital To National Defense”: A Civil Engineering Major With Dreams Of Helping People

Farrell Gee Patrick

On The Cutting Edge Of Computer Science: A Signal Officer At War And At West Point

Leland Bryant and Paul Gregg

You’re trained to be a good citizen, a person of good rapport, but then you’re sent somewhere and you’re supposed to kill people. Lee is credited with killing 11 human beings for a country that didn’t give a damn about us. 12:55 & 14:20 Coming To Terms With The Past: A Friendship Forged In Battle That Has Lasted Over Half A Century

Laura Pariseau

“If I Get Killed, My Mother’s Gonna Kill Me”: A WAC’s Two Years In Vietnam

Dion Perinon

A Sky-Diving Cellist Aviator from the Virgin Islands

Sheila Patton

Getting Things Done And Taking Care Of Families: A Gold Star Mother Reflects On Her Life As An Army Spouse

Thomas A. Pugh

Not Through Invention, But Through Innovation

William Pulleyblank

Checkmate: The Rise Of The Supercomputers

Alan Portillo

Service As A Surface Warfare Officer And Cryptologist In The Navy: The Story Of A USNA 80 Graduate And His Wife

Ryan Pitts

“When The Guys Go, They Take A Part of You With Them”: Surviving the Battle of Wanat

Don Pipes

“Lots Of Hot LZs”: An Enlisted Helicopter Crewman Who Became A Commissioned Army Aviator Recalls Lam Son 719

William Samuel “Bill” Pray Jr.

“Where’s Everybody? They’re Dead…”: or “Everything Out There Was Against You”: Serving With The Rakkasans In Vietnam

Joe Pisano

“We Were Always Surrounded”: Glider Infantry in Europe

Ramon Pulliam

“Fixing A Major Leadership Problem”: From OCS to ODU

Charlotte E. Phillips

“You Get Me Out Of Here, God, And I’ll Serve You”: A WAC Logistician In Vietnam (41:45) You Can’t Really Talk About Vietnam To People Who Haven’t Been There: (50:01)

Nam Pham

Fleeing Vietnam With The Boat People: The Story Of The Captain Of A Refugee Vessel

Bob Pothier

Flying With The Seawolves: A Naval Academy Graduate Pilots A Gunship In Vietnam

Dai Gia Pham

17 Years In Communist Captivity: “The Last Prisoner” Survives Hell On Earth

Paul Phillips

“I Expected The Worst And That’s What I Got”: The Oldest Grad Reflects On West Point And 39 Months As A Prisoner Of The Japanese

Doug Pringle

Losing A Limb But Gaining A Purpose: A Combat-Wounded West Point Grad Gives Back To Society A Recipient Of The North Vietnamese Slow Moving Target Award Out On A Limb:

Lloyd Pontier

“My Men Were My Brothers”: A Platoon Leader In D/1-5 Cavalry

David J. Phillips

Modernizing West Point’s Academic Administration: An Artillery Officer Returns To The Dean’s Staff

Melonie Quander

An Army Nurse in the Baghdad ER

Gordon Troy Prairie

The Value Of Hard Work: From Patient To Army Doctor

Kim Pruitt

Memories Of A Man She’s Never Met: Trying To Piece Together The Life Of LT Jim Gardner Or Trying To Know Lieutenant Jim Gardner

John M. Pickler

From Big Guns in Vietnam to The Army Staff: A Lifetime of Service Or A Lifetime of Leadership: Standards, Respect, and Competence A Lifetime of Leadership: The Army is Not Made up of People, the Army is People

Noe Quezada

Undocumented Immigrant to American Patriot: The Story of a Son Tay Volunteer

Pat Reardon

Completing The Circle: A Child Of The Vietnam War Becomes The Senior American Defense Official In Hanoi

E. George Rivers

“I Found A Home In The Military”: A Marine Advisor In Vietnam

Patrick Reardon

An American Doctor In Vietnam Adopts Two Vietnamese Children

ADM J. Paul Reason

The First African-American Four-Star Admiral In The U.S. Navy “I Have The Very Best Crew of Sailors In The United States Navy”:

Elmer Rensi

Triage: Saving Lives With The 34th Evac Hospital

Rich & Dave Richkowski

“Learning How To Win (The Right Way)”: Brothers, Football, and Service To The Nation

Cheyenne Quilter

“How Can I Help?”: Service To Her Country And To Humanity

Steve Lawrence & Ralph Dahl

“It Wasn’t A Bleeding Problem, It Was A Shrapnel Problem”: Perspectives Of A Platoon Leader And A Grunt In Vietnam

Barney Rasor

“Where The Rubber Meets The Road”: A Sergeant’s Story, From Firestone To Vietnam

David Rapp

“Creating Positive Change”: A Cadet Regimental Commander On Leadership, Discipline, And Striving For Excellence

Brian Reed

“Soldiers Are A Reflection Of Their Leaders”: Facilitating Success At West Point And In The Army

Timothy Rainey

“Finding The Light Switch To Turn On In Cadets”: A Varied And Impactful Career In The Army And Academia

Fred Raymond

“We Fight A Year, They Fight Forever”: Fighting The VC And NVA With The 327th Infantry “We Train Everybody To Do Everything”: Serving With Tiger Force In Vietnam

Robert Radcliffe

Leadership Challenges: Combat, Cadet Honor Scandals, And Recruiting An All-Volunteer Army

Vic Renza

“Number One Gun!”: Reflections Of A M-60 Machine Gunner In Vietnam

Mark Quander

An Engineer Officer: Leadership and Compassion Forming Strong Teams

Jeff Reffert

“I’m An American Soldier”: Fulfilling The Dream Of Serving His Country

Eric Rairdon

“I Got This Reputation As A Crazy Pilot”: Flying A LOACH At Hamburger Hill

Francis Resta

“In The Confusion Of Combat, You Don’t Think Very Well”: Fighting And Surviving The Battle Of Welz

Stephen G. Ruth

Seizing the Opportunity: Dynamic Army Leadership

Samantha Ross

“From The Ground Up”: Building The Sexual Harassment & Assault Response & Prevention (SHARP) Program At West Point

William H Roedy, Jr.

From Air Defense Officer To Entertainment Pioneer

Andrew Russell Sr.

“I Didn’t Think I’d Make It Out”: Service With The 173rd Airborne Brigade, The First Combat Unit In Vietnam

Dennis P. Cicconetti Ron Riley

The Conscientious Objector And The Platoon Leader

Harry E. Rothmann Jr.

A Screaming Eagle on Vietnam, Family, and Leadership in the Face of Tragedy

Susan Rothmann

A Team Effort: My Three Decades as An Army Spouse

Eric Crabtree Roy Bruce Randal Underhill

“If You Want Something Done, And Done Now, Call Charlie Company”: Three Senior NCOs Reflect On Their Service To The Nation

Kera Rolsen

“Failure Is A Semi-Colon”: Authoring Her Own Story In The Air Force The Author Of Her Own Story: An Air Force Electronic Warfare Officer On Achieving Success

Jack Rogers

“My Ass Was Not Worth More Than Theirs”: Combat Leadership in Vietnam

David Rodrigues

“When I Shot, Something Died”: A Machine Gunner With The Rakkasans

Anny Schoeters Robinson

Rations, Resistance, And Liberation: A Young Girl’s Perspective On The German Occupation Of Belgium

Paul Roggenkamp

“Be The Catalyst For Someone Else’s Greatest Achievement”: A Member Of The Team At West Point And In The Army

Edward L. Rowny

A Veteran Of Three Hot Wars And A Cold One

Ken Roach

“Support The Guys On The Ground”: Flying With The Kingsmen In Vietnam

Kenneth Rosenblum

“They Don’t Send Lawyers to Vietnam”: A JAG Officer In Pleiku

Jess Rudo

“Building Relationships”: A Civil Affairs NCO And Military Intelligence Officer On Counter-Insurgency In Iraq And Afghanistan

Ric Romero

“My Job Is To Protect Us”: An Army Intelligence And Counterintelligence Specialist

Robert Morris and Ron Azdell

“Coming In Pretty Hot”: Shot Down On Lam Son 719, March 8, 1971

Dennis W. Rowe

“Bringing Things Full Circle”: A West Point Family’s Legacy

Richard Albert Scott

A Birds Eye View of German Flak: The Story of a B-24 Bombardier In Italy Or The Wild Blue Yonder: The Story of a B-24 Bombardier in Italy Dodging Flak and Fighters in the Wild Blue Yonder: A B-24 Bombardier’s Story

Chloe Schretzman

“What Is Your Fuel?”: Internalizing The Motivation To Succeed At West Point

Bridget Ryan

First Impressions Count: Overcoming Personal Adversity at West Point

Matthew R. Myer Scott Beeson

“Don’t Think You’ll Ever Be Over It”: Reflections On The Battle Of Wanat

Michael Sacco

“Yup, I’m In… I’m Going To West Point”: A Hockey Team Captain Commits To The Military Academy And The Army

Louis Satterfield

“Hurt So Bad I Wish Somebody Would Kill Me”: A Rakkasan Remembers His Service In Vietnam

Arthur J. Ryan III

The Early Phase of Airmobility in Vietnam from “Super Gunner Six”

Donnie Scheuerman

“I Was Ready To Whip Anybody’s Ass”: A Machine Gunner In The Rakkasans

Carlton “Carl” Savory

Developing Delta Force Medicine: A Vietnam Vet and Special Operations Surgeon

Karl Savatiel

“Breaking Bread Was A Great Way To Make Relationships”: Forming Friendships That Last A Lifetime

Jenna (Roberts) Sanders

Determination: Overcoming Obstacles As A West Point Soccer Player And Deploying As A Signal Officer

Antonio M. Salinas

“Let Your Tea Cool”: Patience In The Eye Of An Afghan Storm

Kevin T. Ryan

Peeking Behind The Iron Curtain: A US Military Liaison Officer In Cold War Europe

Lee Sanders

“Everyone Was A Volunteer”: Service With The 1st Cavalry And The 101st Airborne In Vietnam

David Scott

The Suez In ’52: Deploying With The Royal Signals In The Parachute Regiment

Jan Scruggs

From Dream To Reality: Building The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Monique Seefried

Educating Americans About The Great War

Michael G. Rutledge

“A Career Filled With Detours”: From SEAL to Night Stalker

Bill Sadlowski

“We Were Different”: Service As An Army Pathfinder

Curtis “Mike” Scaparrotti

General Scaparrotti: A Desire to Serve

Eric Shinseki

The Frontiers of Freedom: From Vietnam to the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Clyde A. “Pete” Selleck III

Where The Rubber Meets The Road: Leading In The Army And At Michelin

AJ Simon

Service In Vietnam With H Company, 75th Infantry LRRPs

D.J. Skelton

Figuring It Out: Overcoming The Scars Of Battle Through Community And Advocacy

Hiram “Sonny” Slawter

“I’d Get To See It All, Exploding Right There In Front Of Me”: A Forward Observer In Vietnam

Karen (Fletcher) Slawter

An Army Wife Teaching, Raising A Daughter, And Worrying About Her Husband In Vietnam

Samuel Aaron Skiles

“Find The Experts And Tap Into The Resources They Have”: West Point, Business, Music And Creativity (full quote 48:18)

Patricia Sue Sepulveda

“Finding A Level Of Creativity”: Managing Laboratories In Vietnam

Thomas M. Sistrunk Jr.

A Champion for Civil Rights in Akron, Ohio

Eric Shinseki

“You Have To Commit Yourself”: Or “A Chance To Care For People”: Service As The Chief Of Staff And The Secretary Of Veterans Affairs

Patty Shinseki

“When You Help Others, The Returns Are Multiplied”: Caring For Army Families

Len Shartzer

Surviving the Class Of 77 Honor Scandal And Completing A Career As A Reserve Colonel In Afghanistan

Kathy Silvia

Love This Place, Hate This Place: Reflections From A Member Of The West Point Class Of ‘80

Thomas C. Shull

“You’re Always Welcome Here”: A Taste Of Home With AAFES And Tom Shull

Charles Shaw

“I Could Not Have Done It Any Better Than They Did”: An Advisor With The ARVN Rangers

James F. Shamblen

“We Did What We Had To Do – We’re Engineers”: An Engineer In Vietnam And Germany

Tim Shook

“You Learn As You Go”: Service As A Combat Medic In The 173rd In Vietnam

John Sloan

An Engineer Officer and an Educator: From Vietnam to the Cold War

Arelena Shala

“People, Relationships, Family, Traditions”: Appreciating The Little Things

Gary Sinise

“There Was A New Role To Play”: “Always Do A Little More”: Decades Of Supporting And Serving American Veterans And First Responders “Service Is A Great Healer”

Chuck and Amy Spielman

“We Have A Special Job For You – You’re Going To The Mekong Delta ”: A Personnel Advisor In Vietnam

Vincent Speranza

“The Snow Turned Red”: A Paratrooper Remembers Bastogne “I Was At Bastogne And Not One Of You Nazi Bastards Got One Foot Into That Town:”

Endre Stamler

“In Every Aspect Of Life You Can Find A Positive Point”: Surviving The Holocaust And Thriving In America

Claire Brisebois Starnes

“Some Good Days, Some Bad Days”: A WAC Serving In Vietnam

John Stapleton Sr.

Beyond the Wall: Cold War Adventures In East Germany

Mike Smith

“In A Matter Of Eleven Days, I Became An Old Guy”: With The Rakkasans At Hamburger Hill

Michael Steele

Standards, Discipline, And Integrity: Steele Family Values – Michael’s Perspective

Gary Steele

“We Loved Each Other, We Needed Each Other”: Teamwork, Pride, And Sportsmanship In Army Football

Percy Squire

In the Shadow of the Civil Rights Era: One Cadet's Story of Promoting Equality at West Point

Vincent Speranza

“It Is Almost Sinful For An Old Man Like Me To Be Having So Much Damn Fun”: Surviving the War And Enjoying Life (54:08) “Almost Sinful To Be Having So Much Damn Fun”: Surviving The War And Enjoying Life

Brett, Ryan, Evan Smith

“The Bigger Picture Is Serving The Country”: The West Point Story Of Three Smiths

Thomas Smith

“Our Screens Lit Up”: Shooting Down SCUDs Over Riyadh In The Gulf War

Olgerts Sniedze

From Latvia To Korea: The Story Of A WWII Refugee And Korean War Paratrooper

Andy Sparks

Air Force Para-Rescue In Vietnam

Frank Sobchak

An Insurgent Non-Conformist In Special Forces

Anthony “Tony” Smith

“Be Competent, Take Care Of Your Soldiers, And Get Buy In”: An Engineer And Olmsted Scholar On Service In Vietnam And In Foreign Relations

Tony J. Smith

“Pushing Myself Past My Limits”: Achieving Success At West Point

Frederick Smith

The Challenges of Protecting the “Street Without Joy”

John Stegner

“James Bond Cars”: A Military Liaison Mission Driver’s View of the Cold War

Stephen Spaulding

“Medicine Is An Art Using Applied Science”: Reflections From A Doctor From The Class Of ‘77

Samantha Sullivan

“Somebody Has To Be The Bulldog”: Firm, Fair, Trusting Leadership… And Rugby

Raymond “Tony” Thomas

“Everybody Is Looking For Leadership”: Insights From Grenada And Panama To the Global War On Terror

Walter A. Tangel

“Our Guns Glowed Red”: “High-Angle” Tangel In The A Shau Valley

Richard J “Dick” Swift

“Take Charge and People Will Follow You:” Authenticity in the Military and in Business

Herbert Stern

Serving The Nation In Perilous Times: The Oldest Living Grad Reflects

Carl Roland “Rollie” Stichweh

Upon The Friendly Fields of Strife: Army Football, Leadership, and Character Development

Joseph Taphorn

Memories Of A Military Intelligence Officer: World War II In Europe

Bernhard Storch

“Nobody Expected A War”: Fighting The Nazis With The Soviets As A Polish Jew “Giving Back Everything I Received”:

Brett Sylvia

“Always Something Left In The Tank”: Having Skin In The Game: A Long View Of Iraq

Pham Duy Tat

“They Can Control Our Stomach, But They Cannot Control The Head”: An ARVN Special Forces General Survives 17 Years In A Reeducation Camp

Brian Danker Steve Corey

Wild Times With N Company, 75th Infantry Regiment: Serving With The 173rd In Vietnam

Abdul Subhani

“By The Soldiers, For The Soldiers”: A CASA Gives Back To His Country The Importance Of Giving Back To Your Country: The Pakistani Immigrant Who Became A CASA

Guy Swan

“We All Succeed Together”: Leadership, Training, And War

William J. Major Terry (McCully) Major

A Life Together In The Army: Vietnam, The Home Front, And Service To The Nation

Joe Swerk

JFK, RFK, MLK, And Ike: A Sentinel At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier in The 1960’s

Steven Svoboda

Not Only A Patient, But Also A Doctor: From Army Football To Army Medicine

Aaqib Syed

The Making Of An American: A Pakistani Immigrant’s Journey Through Citizenship To West Point

Walter Tanaka

Reflections Of A Huey Crew Chief In The 173rd Airborne Brigade

John “Tim” Thames Jr.

When The Green Light Doesn’t Mean Go: Jumping into a Rice Paddy with the Vietnamese Airborne

Sandy Thames

Sandy Thames: An Army Spouse during the Vietnam Era Resilience and Community – an Army Spouse during the Vietnam Era

Khoa Tran

“We Fought With Our Hearts And Minds”: A Vietnamese Veteran Achieves The American Dream

Gene Thornton

Building The Strength Of The Corps: A VII Corps Adjutant General Officer In Desert Storm Building The Strength Of The Corps: The Chief Of The VII Corps Personnel Operations Center In Desert Storm Chief of VII Corps Personnel Operations Center

Daniel Luna Trevino

“Mexico Is My Culture, America Is Who I Am”: Serving The Nation As A Citizen In War And Peace

Timothy E. Trainor

“You Gotta Think About The Details”: The West Point Dean Reflects On His Operational Experience

Jon Thompson

“One Lucky Boy”: Becoming A Pilot, A Businessman, And An “Exhibitionist” Or “Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates”

Ralph Tildon

“The Bedrock Of My Existence”: Reflections On West Point’s Role In Shaping A Career Of Service

John Thurman

“We Can’t All Be Team Captain”: Contributing Your Talent Where It Is Needed The Most

Dao Truc

For Want Of A Nail: A South Vietnamese Pilot Describes His War A South Vietnamese Pilot On Flying, Fighting, And Perseverance

Linda Trask

“He Seemed To Be Living In Two Different Worlds”: A Spouse Deals With Post-Traumatic Stress Following The Vietnam War

Brian Trask

“A Year From Now You’ll Be Dead For Six Months”: Service In Vietnam With The 5th Cavalry

Al Topping

Flight To Freedom: A Pan Am Director Of Operations’ Gamble To Save Lives In Vietnam

Duat Q. Tran

Eight Years In A Communist Prison: The Story Of A Vietnamese Marine

Joel Trautmann

“The Weight Of The World Was On My Shoulders”: An Infantry Platoon Leader At Hamburger Hill Or “I Picked Up My Weapon And Said Come On, Let’s Go”: An Infantry Platoon Leader At Hamburger Hill

Louis B. “Buzz” Trevathan

“I Planned To Go To West Point For As Long As I Can Remember”: A ’67 Graduate In Vietnam And Berlin

John “Jack” Toomey

“My Parents Would Not Want Me To Be Out Here”: On An Observation Post In Vietnam

Patrick Toffler

“We Never Had A Fear Of Being Defeated”: A Sky Soldier In Vietnam

Guy Kent Troy

“A West Pointer Can Do Anything”: An Olympic Pentathlete And Army Officer Serving The Nation

John Thompson

“The Military Made Me Who I Am”: Germany, Vietnam, And The 101st Airborne Division Association Keeping My Troops Alive:

Sam Todaro

The “Original Good Deal”: A Special Forces Soldier Trains And Fights With Allies During The Vietnam War

Joseph Tokarczyk

“Be Not Afraid”: Service As A Priest In Communist Poland And America

Brian Tung

Carrying on the American Dream (1:40) “Reach Back, Walk Alongside, and Look Forward:” An Army Chaplain Explores His Career (24:45)

Jeff Vajda

“Please, Lord, Don’t Let Me F*** This Up”: From Army Aviation To Coast Guard Search And Rescue

Chuck Vanderluitgaren

Cut Off And Alone At Night On Hamburger Hill

Harry L. Van Trees

A Trifecta Of Academia, Defense Department, And Industry Careers That Enhanced Our National Security

Tho “Teevee” Truong

Making A New Life In America: A Vietnamese Navy Veteran Starts Over

Robert Turfe

Healthy Competition: West Point And The American Dream

Coley D. Tyler

“A Battle Of Narratives”: Fighting And Writing The Second Battle Of Fallujah

Pham Quang Vinh

Two Decades Of Healing and Reconciliation With Vietnam

John Villa

“Every Day You Make It Is Gravy”: A Machine Gunner In Vietnam

Paul Vallely

“West Point Turned My Life Around”: A Lifetime Of Service In The Army And Army Reserve

John “Jack” Veatch

Three Tours In Vietnam: A West Point ’61 Graduate Reflects On His Service

William R. Upton

“It Was Our Airplane; We Let The Pilots Use It”: A Crew Chief With The Gray Tigers In Vietnam

Walter Ulmer

“Make Sure To Check All Parts Of Your Operation”: Leadership Lessons From A West Point Commandant

Mark T. Vande Hei

“I Liked Things That Had A Right Answer”: Engineering, Teaching Physics, And Conducting Experiments In Space

Karl Veile

“I Was Always Happy And Thankful”: From WWII Germany To Post-War America

Melissa Vargas

“You Only Fail If You Quit”: Tenacity Serving In The Field Artillery And The Infantry

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Story Behind “Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield”

Daine Van de Wall

“It’s All About Opportunities”: Making The Most Of The West Point Experience

Mark and Carol Van Drie

Healing Old Wounds And Appreciating The Academy: A West Point And Ladycliff Family Returns To Their Rockbound Highland Home

Kendrick Vaughn

A Tradition of Service: Second Generation West Pointer and Fourth Generation Army

James Wagner

“We Thought They Were All Around Us:” A Marine Officer at Guadalcanal

Bac Vu

A Vietnamese Artillery Lieutenant On Service, Captivity, And Freedom

Jasmine Walker Motupalli

Working as Hard as I Can: A Military Intelligence Officer Jumps into Action

Gilbert Curl Virginia Hemingway Curl

“We Did NOT Have Nuclear Artillery In Vietnam” Or “Values Carried Through Life”: West Point, Vietnam, And Reunions

Jerry Walden

“God Meant Me To Be A Soldier”: A Platoon Leader On Hamburger Hill With The Rakkasans

Doug Waldrep

“40 Years Gives You A Whole Different Perspective”: Opportunities At West Point

Tyson Walsh

“We Were Unstoppable”: A Life Too Full Of Adventure To Be Briefly Described: A Winding Path To An Army Career And A Fateful Encounter In A Motorpool A Life Filled With Opportunities: I Killed A Taliban And I Liked It… We Have No Idea What TO Call This, But He Killed A Taliban By Hand

Hans Otto Conrad Wagner

A European War Refugee Comes To America, Graduates From West Point, And Serves In The Army

Tien & Anh Vu

The Value Of Freedom: Two Vietnamese Refugees Begin A New Family In America

Charlie Watts

“This Guy Can’t Be No Eighteen Years Old”: A Career Of Service After Joining The Army At Fourteen

Raymond Wempe

At The Commander’s Shoulder: A Marine Radio Operator In Vietnam

William Weber

“All I Ever Wanted To Be”: A Soldier’s Story Of WWII And Korea

Harvey D. Watson

“You Gotta Relate To The Troops”: Leading Rakkasans In Vietnam

Alastair J. M. Walton

“American Wars Are Also Australian Wars”: Building Bridges As The Consul-General

Volney Warner

“It Was A Different War”: From Senior Advisor In Vietnam To The Pentagon An Vietnam War Advisor From A Province To The Pentagon A Senior Province Advisor Takes His Views To Washington D.C.

Mitch Ware

A Career On The Gridiron: Coaching Football At West Point And Annapolis

Michael Hoa Viola-Vu

Broken: A Former Refugee Works With Others Whose Minds Are Still At War

Mort Walker

In The Army, Nothing Seemed To Make Any Sense: Life Imitates Art For The Creator Of Beatle Bailey You Can Take Any Experience And Make A Joke Of It: Life Imitates Art For The Creator Of Beetle Bailey

Keith Weinstein

From West Point to Google

Benjamin M. Wallen

“Family Everywhere”: Women’s Basketball, The Jewish Chapel, And The Army

Robert Wolff

A Wolff In Sheep’s Clothing: Dedicated To Service: Leading Transformation As An Army Engineer, A DOD Civilian, And Curator Of The West Point Jewish Chapel

Romyer Witten

A Promising Career Cut Short: Fighting To Survive Sexual Assault And Harassment In The Air Force

Ethan Wilson

“You Learn To Abide By It And Be Scared Of It”: The Sometimes Rocky Path To Honor At West Point “The Honor Code Is Always On Your Mind” “I had never been known to cheat, but I had also never felt the pressure of West Point.”

William L. Wilson

“War Is A Confusing, Crazy-Ass Experience”: From Special Forces In Vietnam To Teaching At West Point

Ron Winters

Putting Down A Prison Riot: Korean War Memories From A Rakkasan Paratrooper

Robert J. Williamson

“We Don’t Do Anything Alone, We Do It Together”: Service On Active Duty And In The Army Reserve

Katherine “Kitsy” Stevens Van Deusen Westmoreland

Kitsy Westmoreland On Service, Family, And The Army Life

Antonio White

Getting The Most Out Of West Point: A Determined Youth Finds His Rockbound Highland Home

Lyman G. White, Jr.

Adventures Around The World With The Army: The Story Of Jerry And Cathy White

Eugene “Gene” Witherspoon

Service Around The World As An Engineer Officer: Reflections From A Member Of The Class Of 1961

Larry Willis

“My Country Asked Me To Serve, And That’s What We Did”: Drafted For Vietnam

William Williamson

Service With The Big Red One In Vietnam And The Old Guard In D.C.

Arthur Wiknik

“They’re Trying To Kill Me!”: A Shake-And-Bake NCO On Hamburger Hill

Ervin Wicklander

Severely Wounded During The Korean War: A Rakkasan Remembers

Don and Sue (Lambrecht) Williamson

A Story Of Love And Faith: A Relationship Forged At West Point

Eric J. Wesley

Finding The Center Of Gravity: Leadership And Modernization In The Army

Camily Widger

Faith, Hard Work, And Helping Others: Making The Most Of West Point

Arvid Emerson West Jr.

From Combat Leadership In Vietnam To Integrating Women Into West Point

Patricia Whalen

The Rule Of Law Is Worth Fighting For And Preserving: An International Judge In Bosnia

Dr. James Wilson, Sr.

“Give Us The Impossible Mission and We’ll Make It Happen”: The Original Tigers

Clifford Worthy Jr.

An African American Battalion Commander in Vietnam Battalion Commander in Vietnam: An Early African-American Leader in the Integrated Army

Ambassador Aldona Wos

“Everything For Freedom”: An Ambassador’s Family Survives Nazism And Communism

Seok Won Yoon

Saved By His Art: A Northern Korean Describes Conscription By The Communists And Surviving As A Prisoner Of War

Joseph Charles Zengerle III

Not Necessarily the Approved Solution: Having the Instincts to Get the Job Done

Jose Yepez

Rules For Conducting Ambushes: A Platoon Sergeant In The Rakkasans Reflects On His Service In Vietnam

West Point Women

Celebrating 40 Years of Women At West Point

Markus Wright

“West Point Was A Golden Ticket”: A Flipper Award Recipient On Hard Work And Dedication

Ralph Zanchelli

Learning Camaraderie And Empathy As A Sailor And A Police Officer

Tom Wyckoff

“We’re Just Soldiers A Long Way From Home”: Service With The United States Military Liaison Mission In East Germany

A. Ross Wollen

Recollections Of Interviewing President Eisenhower In 1964

Joseph Charles Zengerle III

“Jump In And Mix It Up”: Being A Disruptive Change Manager

Jess Victor Ziccarello Sr.

“Every Plane Had A Life Of Its Own”: Thirty-Five Missions As A Navigator In The 8th Air Force

Pat Yngstrom

“My Whole Life Is Helping Veterans”: A Vietnam Veteran Reflects On His Continuing Service

Ahmed Younes

Embracing The Standard: An Iraqi Local National Interpreter’s American Dream

Jim Wood

Principled, Wide-Ranging Leadership: Observations From Three Decades In The Army Soldiers in combat, basic trainees, USMA cadets, special forces units, brigade staff, division staff, and joint staff.

Jennise Zapata

Aim For The Best: Breaking Barriers And Achieving Success

Lissa Young

“Get Off Your Butt And Go To West Point”: An Army Aviator Lands In The Department Of Behavioral Sciences And Leadership

McKinley Wood

“You’re The Ham Slice In The Sandwich”: A Nininger Awardee Describes Setting A Blocking Position In The Attack On Baghdad

Anthony Yeldell

“West Point Was Just A Dream For African Americans”: Life At The Academy In The Late 70s

Matthew Yacovino

The WWII Adventures Of A Seaplane Machine Gunner Chasing U-Boats

Ted Zulkowski

Love For America From The Heart: Reflections From A 99-Year Old WWII Medic

Nguyen Family

A Harrowing Tale Of Survival And Escape: One Vietnamese Refugee Family’s Story

1st Platoon

“The Best Healing Is Reunion With Peers”: The Story of First Platoon