Vietnam Veteran Survived Four Combat Tours | Full Interview

Bob Martin enlisted in the Army in 1963, did four tours in Vietnam, earned a Silver Star, three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star with “V”; survived combat operations with the 1st Cavalry Division in 1965, a stint walking point with a recon platoon in the 101st Airborne Division, a tour advising with Special Forces, and another carrying out search-and-destroy missions with the 173rd Airborne. After the war, he stayed in the Army and retired in 1983.

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Chapters
0:00 - Childhood
1:54 - Airborne
6:00 - Vietnam War?
6:36 - Boot Camp/Jump School
7:38 - 11th Air Assault
11:29 - Going to Vietnam
13:40 - Landing at Qui Nhon
16:12 - Death
19:35 - Operation Shiny Bayonet
22:20 - Silver Star
48:09 - Fix Bayonets!
50:18 - Debrief
53:27 - Wounded and Evacuated
56:12 - Discharged
57:28 - Reenlistment
1:02:14 - 101st Airborne Division
1:03:33 - Welcome to Recon
1:11:52 - Hot LZ
1:22:52 - Hoffman's Death
1:26:33 - Hand to Hand
1:36:20 - PTSD
1:38:51 - Hamburger Hill
1: 44:28 - Special Forces
1:50:54 - 173rd Airborne
1:52:30 - Fourth Tour
1:54:10 - Search and Destroy
1:56:46 - Burned
2:01:34 - Evacuated Again
2:03:55 - Burn Ward

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