Larry Schwab's guest appearances

Larry Schwab

Veterans History Project

Gary Sinise

Chuck Hagel

Peter Young

Paul Alexander

Roger Dean

Rhonda Cornum

Julia M. Grabner Haskell

Marion Anna Steinhilber

Arthur Guerrero

James Dorris

Donald Patrick Finn

Cookie Avvampato

Norman Ikari

Max Cleland

Bertran Wallace

OwlTail

Larry Schwab was drafted during his medical internship to serve as a medic in Vietnam, a war he personally did not approve of. But he felt it his duty to serve his country and apply his medical skills to wounded soldiers. In May 1968, Schwab's resolve was tested during an assault on his base that caused many casualties. His long and detailed description of that horrible night is testimony to the vivid memories that war inflicts on its survivors; he suffered nightmares from the experience for years. Schwab returned to Vietnam in the 1990s to provide medical treatment and advice, and he became active in the international movement to ban land mines.