A graduate of Union City High School, Bill Green was off to Vietnam shortly after earning his degree at Geneva College.

Losing his best buddy in combat still givers the 81-year-old nightmares.

With only a few weeks left in his Vietnam tour of duty, Green was badly injured by a grenade.

That grenade did not come from the enemy.

It took Green years before he fully recovered.

Green still works full-time as a security guard at the Presque Isle Downs and Casino.