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>> >>: I'VE HAD A CAREER THAT NO ONE COULD TOUCH THERE IS NO ONE ANYONE COULD EXPERIENCE
THE THINGS THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH. >> >>DWANE: HE WAS THE COMMANDING PHOTO OFFICER
OF THE THIRD MARINE DIVISION OF CAMP PENDLETON. HEARD TEARS UP WHEN RECALLING THE PICTURE
OF AN 18 YEAR OLD VOLUNTEER WHO PROBABLY SPENT 90 DAYS IN BOOT CAMP BEFORE ENDING UP IN VIETNAM
IN 1968. >> >>: I DON'T THINK HE LOOKS 16.
>> >>KEVIN: HEARD SAYS THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
>> >>: ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU COME FROM A HIGH SCHOOL OR A COLLEGE AND THEN THR YOU ARE WHERE
YOU WON'T HAVE A BED TO SLEEP ON TONIGHT, A COT, MAYBE, A SLEEPING BAG BAG, MAYBE AND
YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND 14 MONTHS IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. IT'S ROUGH.
>> >>DWANE: HEARD AND HIS GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHERS CAPTURED THE DAILY LIFE OF THE MARINES.
HE SAYS THEY HUNK RED DOWN AT THE CROSS ROADS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM.
>> >>: KHE SANH WAS QUITE A BATTLE. >> >>DWANE: AND THAT'S WHAT THESE PICTURES
DEPICT. >> >>: YES.
THEY SHOW THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN WHICH MEN HAVE TO LIVE AND IN SOME CASE DIE.
>> >>DWANE: TWO OF THE MEN IN THIS VIETNAM PHOTOGRAPHERS PICTURE GAVE THEIR LIVES TRYING
TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT. A PAINFUL MEMORY FOR HEARD, WHO SAYS ALL OF
THEM WERE DEVOTED TO THE MISSION. >> >>: THEY WERE FANTASTIC.
WE LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF MEN WHO HAD JUST BEEN DRUG OUT F THE SEWER.
WE WERE THERE DOING A JOB. >> >>DWANE: HEARD DONATED 39 OF HIS PHOTOS
TO THE VETERANS VILLAGE, SAN DIEGO. AN ORGANIZATION FORMED BY VIETNAM VETERANS
25 YEARS AGO. CEO PHIL LANDIS HUNG THIS PICTURE OF A GRIZZLED
MARINE IN HIS OFFICE. >> >>: IF YOU'VE BEEN IN COMBAT, ESPECIALLY
OF THE VIETNAM WAR, YOU SEE THAT PHOTOGRAPH, I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE THERE.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE LOOK. AND I SAW IT AND I SAID NOT ONLY IS IT THE
LOOK THAT I REMEMBER FROM SO MANY YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S ALSO THE LOOK OF OUR COMBAT VETERANS
THAT JOIN US HERE AT VVSD. THAT'S WHAT'S INSIDE EVERY POST 911 VETERAN
THAT'S SERVED HERE, IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO THIS ROOM, I WANT THEM
TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FACE OF OUR RESIDENT.
>> >>DWANE: HEARD SAYS THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE THE LAST TO KNOW, BUT THE FIRST TO GO ON THE
BATTLE FEED. >> >>: THIS OPERATION TAKES PLACE IN AN HOUR,
GET YOUR GEAR, YOU'RE GOING. THEY'RE THE LAST TO KNOW, BUT THE FIRST TO
GO OFF THAT PLANE, IF IT COMES TO THAT. >> >>DWANE: THESE PHOTOS WERE GIVEN TO VVSD
TO REMIND THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS WHAT THEIR FATHERS, GRAND FATHERS, AND UNCLES ENDURED.
TODAY HE SAYS HIS WIFE JODIE IS IN CHARGE AS THEY POSE WITH THIS SELF PORTRAIT ALSO
DONATED TO THE VILLAGE.