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U.S. Army 1st Sgt. John Therrien (right), retired and Lt. Col. Jim Buckner, retired, who served together in Vietnam, share a laugh in the Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division motor pool, April 17, 2013. During an operation in the Bong Son area, March 13, 1967, Buckner, then a captain and the company commander, was shot by a sniper in the right temple. Therrien, then a specialist and Buckner's radio telephone operator, performed triage on Buckner's wound and called in a medevac, saving his life. After Buckner was flown out of the combat zone, Therrien took command of the company for two hours until a new commander could be flown in. The two battle buddies didn't see each other for 46 years, until a reunion of "D 1-5" Vietnam veterans brought them together here. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
| Date Taken: | 04.17.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 04.23.2013 17:22 |
| Photo ID: | 913190 |
| VIRIN: | 130417-A-ZU930-020 |
| Resolution: | 4288x2848 |
| Size: | 3.1 MB |
| Location: | KILLEEN, TX, US |
| Web Views: | 110 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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Two 5th Cav. Vietnam veterans meet 46 years after one saved the other's life
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