Veterans both cool rad in article as and brothers tom an chuck hagel both volunteer to go to war and fought in the same Army Infantry unit. In our year of war, daniel recounts journey from Middle America to vietnam at the height of the war and then home again. As we observed 50th anniversary of the war, privileged to hear are from these two eyewitnesses. The author daniel served in u. S. Army for 35 years retiring as a lieutenant general. He commanded troops in both afghanistan and iraq, earning five bronze star medals one for valor and combat action badge hes a contradicting editor for Army Magazine and author of eight other books he currently teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015. And before that, a u u. S. Senator from his home state nebraska during the vietnam war he served in combat as a sergeant in the u. S. Army and earned two purple hearts. The combat infantryman badging and the