A clerk most days of the week, trips to play for church put Richard Hertel in a jeep driving across hostile countryside. SAVOY — Musician Richard Hertel played the organ at two chapels in Vietnam during the war, which meant driving in a jeep with a couple of other guys and their M-16s for their only protection, or flying in a helicopter. His most memorable trip: the pilot was "short," about to go home, and he gave Hertel and the chaplain a copter thrill ride. read more

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