CD 1: Forward Observers

Brian Thacker and Barney Barnum, often alone, served as point men to the allied forces, scouting and securing vulnerable vantage points

CD 2: Forward Air Controllers

William Platt and Bill Townsley were specialists at flying low and slow, in single-engine, unarmed aircraft over enemy territory.

CD 3: The Bat 21 Rescue

On April 2nd, 1972 Gene Hambleton was shot down over enemy territory and eluded capture for six days. His exploits became the basis for the feature film, Bat 21

CD 4: Wild Weasels

Bill Sparks, Mike Gilroy, Tom Wilson, and Jerry Hoblit were among the Wild Blue Yahoo’s who defied early 100% failure rates to openly engage their planes in cat-and-mouse exercises with enemy missiles.

CD 5: Studies and Observations Group (SOG)

JD Bath and Bill Deacy recruited Vietnamese operatives, and attempted to extract prisoners of war, as members of a clandestine joint-service task force

CD 6: Snipers

Chuck Mawhinney served as a tenacious Marine Corps marksman, once eliminating 16 enemy soldiers crossing a river

CD 7: Tunnel Rats

CW Bowman, Gerry Schooler, and Art Tejeda spent hours – even days – scurrying through the enemy’s intricate network of underground passageways dismantling booby-traps

CD 8: Medics

Future Senator Max Cleland lost three limbs when a grenade exploded in his hand; his life was save by four beleaguered field medics