Vietnam Voices: 'We had incoming rounds virtually every day, incoming rockets or mortars'

Vietnam Voices: 'You realize, 'Man, this is a war zone, isn't it?' It settles in after awhile'

Vietnam Voices: 'You grow up quick'

Vietnam Voices: 'I kind of thought of it as my obligation'

Dennis Mannion Interview | Echoes of the Vietnam War: Episode 20

Vietnam Voices: Elwin Valley: 'Grab all the ammo you can carry and a brand new rifle'

Vietnam Voices: 'I wanted to go. I wanted to go to Vietnam'

Vietnam Voices: "And now I look back, 'Why didn't it bother me?'"

Vietnam Voices: 'They want surprise. They want the ambush'

Vietnam Voices: 'If the dog says there's something there, you better figure it out'

Vietnam Voices: 'I realized we were in a mine field and I was trying to get us out of it'

Vietnam Voices: 'Sometimes it was mayhem, but it was controlled mayhem'

Vietnam Voices: 'What else was there to do? Sit and feel sorry for yourself?'

Vietnam Voices: 'That's what we dealt with — a lot of trauma'

Vietnam Voices: 'We were high-value targets'

Vietnam Voices: 'I learned to let go real easy over there'

Vietnam Voices: 'That was probably the scariest part of my life'

Vietnam Voices: 'I kept dreaming the same dream that I was physically blown up'

Vietnam Voices: 'Most of us thought we'd be home in six months'

Vietnam Voices: 'Them ain't fireflies'

Vietnam Voices: 'You're going to a place where the lucky guys get shot, picked up and taken out'