![]() ![]() Most vivid memory: being caught under fire in his helicopter on his first mission Keith Harman in a Huey Helicopter during the Vietnam War (left) Harman on his return visit to Vietnam in 2017. ![]() He was the Veterans of Foreign Wars national commander from 2017 to 2018. Harman was drafted in 1967 and served in Vietnam in 1969, as a crew chief and door gunner on a “Huey” helicopter for the Army. And we haven’t done a decent job, since World War II and Korea, in debating and articulating what the mission was and what our goal was and what our strategy was.” Keith Harman, 74, of Delphos, Ohio So going to war, I think, is one of those critical things that a president and Congress does. Vietnam, that was something that we just kind of wandered into over a period of years. The second nation conflict was Korea, and Harry Truman made a decision to stop the aggression from the North into the South. And when you think back during my lifetime, World War II, clearly the Japanese attack on Honolulu precipitated that. “I think the most important thing is that going to war is such an important decision made by our political leaders. What Americans should know: Wandering into war doesn’t always end well. And to be frank, when I think back, I think, How did I get into this John Wayne movie, anyway?” I got a sidearm and bandolier ammunition. The Marines are on Monkey Mountain, artillery is firing out into the jungle, there are flare ships dropping flares. When we landed at 2 in the morning, we got out of that airplane - and understand, this is my first trip to Vietnam. “We had flown a 10-hour reconnaissance mission from Okinawa, along the coast of China, then into the Gulf of Tonkin, and did reconnaissance between Haiphong and Hainan Island, which was Chinese. Most vivid memory: his first time landing in Vietnam, after being stationed in Tokyo ![]()
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