At 17-years-old, Teddy "Gunny" Banks enlisted in the Marine Corps. After serving as security at Guantanamo Bay, Banks was transferred to Camp Pendleton, and eventually sent to Vietnam. After arriving at LZ Margo in the DMZ, he thought to himself: "I was up for the challenge... but didn't know what I was getting into." On just his first day, Banks carried 4 dead marines back to base and watched a mortar round directly hit a nameless battle buddy. Referred to as the "Suicide Squad," Banks and his fellow soldiers were willing to complete any mission. Interviewed at the Vietnam War Memorial in Fall River, MA, Banks reflects on the only name he knows on the wall (he rarely knew soldiers long enough to learn their names), his Vietnam and Gulf War experiences, and his lifelong battle with PTSD.