Roger Hassard commanded a patrol vessel for the U.S. Coast Guard on the Mekong Delta, looking for guns or weapons headed to the North Vietnamese Army.

Hear more stories in WEDU’s local documentary, The Vietnam War: Voices from the Bay, airing September 14, 2017 at 9 p.m. on WEDU PBS. Find more local stories and information about the documentary at www.wedu.org/vietnam.