Now, 57 years later, the brotherhood of the trio who served in the same Army unit is just as strong today as it was when they were all in combat together.
"The Gratitude Project" at Murdy Elementary School in Garden Grove allows the students to share what they learned about gratitude from classroom interviews with real-life war heroes, veterans and refugees.
ABC7 Salutes highlights a mission to make sure Fontana war veterans are never forgotten and introduces you to an author who spent years researching those who died.
A monument memorializing members of the U.S armed forces in the Vietnam War was dedicated at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda.
At one point during the battle, Davis said he recalled a general observing the fight from a helicopter ordering him to leave before one of the wounded soldiers was flown out. He refused.
Like a lot of VFW's, Post 6476 in Colton has been around for decades. While it's obviously there for veterans on an ongoing basis, the facility was recently made available for the entire community.