"He left for South Vietnam in February 1971 and was stationed at Camp Holloway Airfield near Pleiku. My aunt said during one of his calls home from Vietnam, he said it was terrible there was a war ...

I flew from Saigon to Pleiku and then to the Special Forces camp ... Pearson, the strategist who wanted to carry the war to the enemy on the enemy's terms, was regarded with a mixture of respect ...