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. Website: Contact: 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