Gary Yeager served as a Machine Gunner with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. After five months in-country, Yeager was wounded by white phosphorus and evacuated to the United States to undergo treatment.

A film crew accompanied Yeager’s platoon for thirty days, collecting film for a documentary about race relations titled “Same Mude, Same Blood.” It can be viewed here:    • Same Mud Same Blood  

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Chapters:
0:00 - Into the Bush
1:58 - Combat/Life in the Jungle
4:31 - Casualties
5:19 - NBC Film Crew
6:44 - Racial Issues
7:24 - Wounded
9:52 - Evacuated
10:10 - Burn Ward
10:41 - Ashamed
11:33 - PTSD
12:14 - Reflections

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