Ray Vercoe was on reserve duty when in 1966 his unit was called up. Ray was a Seabee, one of those charged with construction and the building of bases, runway, piers and all the infrastructure of war in a foreign land. He was in harms way, and felt the full impact in the midst of a fight. In the 7th U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, or Seabees, he was a Builder Heavy 2nd Class. His stories take him from making a difficult decision in New Hampshire to serving his country in Vietnam during the 1960's.