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Below is a list of films produced by Will Lucas based on letters he wrote home from Vietnam in 1966 and 67. Will served as a radio operator with the 4th Combat Engineers, 4th Infantry. We travelled as a group to Vietnam by ship in July 1966, and hit Pleiku just as the monsoon season began. The battalion's first mission was to take an open field and build a base camp for the regular infantry to move in. In February 1967 C Company moved south to Dau Tieng outside a Michelin Rubber Planation. Today, Will is drawing upon his expriences in Vietnam for strength as he is being treated for an incurable form of bone cancer. As he did on his tour, Will uses surfing, music, love and denial as the essentials of managing on a daily basis. The stories are shown below in the series titled:

 

Surfing With Cancer - My 2nd Vietnam.

 

Chapter V - Moving Out - July 1966

 

 

 

Chapter VI - Pleiku - August 1966

 

 

 

Chapter VI - Pleiku - September 1966

 

 

 

Chapter VI - Pleiku - October 1966

 

 

 

Chapter VI - Pleiku - November 1966

 

 

 

Chapter VI - Pleiku - December 1966

 

 

 

Chapter VI - Pleiku - January 1967

 

 

 

 

Chapter VI - Pleiku - Chapter VII - Dau Tieng - February 1967

 

 

 

Chapter VII - Dau Tieng - March 1967

 

 

 

Chapter VII - Dau Tieng - April 1967

 

Chapter VII - Dau Tieng - May 1967

 

 

Chapter VII - Dau Tieng - June 1967

 

 

Chapter VIII - Home - July 1967

 

 

 

Below is a Vietnam film Will produced in Oct. 2012 after

 

reuniting with John Patella and Joey Pappone 45 years after rotating out.

 

Three Draftees - From Basic To Vietnam