This interview was conducted though the internet on October 8 2002. Chuck Burns offered to share his Vietnam thoughts and experiences with us. In 1966 I dropped college and joined the Marines under threat of the draft. I wasn’t sure what I was doing, but some of my buddies were going, so who was I to stay behind. Never thought of running - conservative family roots, my country, my family, my life. Run to what, run to …showed first 75 words of 569 total…

…showed last 75 words of 569 total…Motown, Jay and the Americans, or Buck Owens. Hamburger and fries, Catholic or Protestant. That made us a tight grouping regardless of where we come from. The experience of Nam was first and foremost about our commitment to each other. Maybe others didn’t care about us, but we did. It was about looking after your brother. That is what I took away from that war and I haven’t experienced anything close ever since.