WEBVTT 00:08.440 --> 00:11.960 I remember once an officer called me . 00:12.340 --> 00:14.340 It was during the Vietnam era and I 00:14.340 --> 00:16.507 could hear the bombs in the background 00:17.240 --> 00:19.018 and he wanted to know where his 00:19.018 --> 00:21.580 shipment was at ? That his people he 00:21.580 --> 00:23.540 needed these medical supplies . He 00:23.540 --> 00:25.762 wanted to know where was his shipment . 00:26.640 --> 00:29.240 And so I was like , oh my God , you 00:29.240 --> 00:31.290 know and I can I call you back ? He 00:31.290 --> 00:33.512 goes , no , I'll call you back . So you 00:33.512 --> 00:35.401 know , and then we don't have the 00:35.401 --> 00:37.920 technology that we have today . We had 00:37.920 --> 00:39.920 a fire room like this file room and 00:39.920 --> 00:42.220 they had these big old books , file 00:42.220 --> 00:44.690 books and I had to go through each one 00:44.690 --> 00:46.468 of them . You know , because he 00:46.468 --> 00:48.468 couldn't , he couldn't give me very 00:48.468 --> 00:50.579 much all he could tell me was the T . 00:50.579 --> 00:52.801 The T . C . N . Number . So I'm looking 00:52.801 --> 00:54.801 through all these books and I found 00:54.801 --> 00:56.801 this shipment and turned out it had 00:56.801 --> 01:00.500 been canceled . So he had and I told 01:00.500 --> 01:02.778 him , well it was canceled and he goes , 01:02.778 --> 01:04.944 well , part of our truth what happened 01:04.944 --> 01:07.167 was part of their troops are gonna come 01:07.167 --> 01:09.278 back home . But a part of the staying 01:09.278 --> 01:11.290 behind and I guess there was a 01:11.290 --> 01:13.457 miscommunication and all his shipments 01:13.457 --> 01:16.390 were counseled . So he had to go back 01:16.390 --> 01:18.612 and re order everything . So then , you 01:18.612 --> 01:20.760 know , we had to reprocess everything 01:22.040 --> 01:24.290 during the Vietnam war . You don't 01:24.300 --> 01:27.670 really realize how much work it is and 01:27.670 --> 01:29.840 what it entails until you actually get 01:29.840 --> 01:32.730 involved . And as young as I was 01:32.740 --> 01:36.140 because I was what 1920 years old . Um 01:36.150 --> 01:38.640 we were shipping out all these logistic , 01:38.640 --> 01:40.696 you know , subsistence and medical . 01:40.696 --> 01:42.696 And I remember when there were body 01:42.696 --> 01:46.270 bags and I told , I told Sergeant smith , 01:46.270 --> 01:48.750 I go body bags And what do you mean by 01:48.750 --> 01:51.260 buying body bags ? What our body bags ? 01:51.740 --> 01:54.240 And he goes , well what , that's what 01:54.250 --> 01:57.240 our soldiers who get , who don't make 01:57.240 --> 02:00.210 it some home in . And I thought really ? 02:00.220 --> 02:03.210 And what what got to me was we didn't 02:03.210 --> 02:05.560 ship out one pallet or two pallets . We 02:05.560 --> 02:08.570 were shipping van lows of body bags . 02:08.580 --> 02:10.800 And I thought well how many men and 02:10.800 --> 02:13.260 women are we losing here ? You know , 02:13.260 --> 02:17.050 and it just kind of made me 02:17.050 --> 02:19.610 think , you know , really , what war 02:19.610 --> 02:20.460 was all about ?