Bill Lord was a young draftee at the height of the Vietnam War. He served in Vietnam as an infantry sergeant carrying a radio in the U.S. Army's Charlie Company, 4th/47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division.

Later in his career he served as television news executive and general manager of WJLATV in Washington, D.C. His book "50 Years After Vietnam" is available here: https://www.amazon.com/50YearsAfter....

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:23 Berlin
03:19 Vietnam
19:01 Helicopter crash
21:07 Leaving Vietnam
26:58 Media career
32:30 Book