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The Legacy of the Twins Platoon

The true-life stories of Marines who went to war in Vietnam

Videos About the Book 

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Help Find These Marines

Watch this 6-minute video and see if you recognize any of them. 

 

Behind the Game 

Author was a guest on Behind the Game with Patrick Klinger and Dave Boden. 

 

Nomadic Research Pod Cast 

Two Marines who fought in two different wars.  Interviewer Dagan Vanoosten fought in the globe war on terror.  His sniper uniform is on display in the National Marine Corps Museum in Washington, D.C. . The author is a Vietnam veteran. 

 

Military Officers of America 

The author discloses how he viewed officers as an enlisted man. He talks about what made him want to write the book. And for the first time, he speaks about a miraculous reward for doing so.

 

Spotlight the Twins Platoon 

This documentary about the book won a regional Emmy and the Norman Hatch Award for "Outstanding Marine Corps Documentary." Where the TV commercials were removed brief blackouts appear.

 

Standard Book Video

A 52 second standard video about  "The Legacy of the Twins Platoon" book published in 2025.

 

Forest Lake High School Veterans Day Program 2014

Author is the keynote speaker and he talks about the importance of saying "Thank You For Your Service".

Skip's Family Discovers He Had A Son     

The family of Twins Platoon member Wallace "Skip" Schmidt discovered Skip had a son they didn't know he had. That became a story for Boyd Huppert's Land of 10,000 Lakes, which now has over 7 million views. To watch the story click on the picture.  

 

Photos in the 1st book "The Twins Platoon"

All the stories in the first book are in the new book "The Legacy of the Twins Platoon", so there is no need to buy both books.  But not all the photos are in the second book. This video shows all the photos in the 1st book "The Twins Platoon" for anyone who might be interested in seeing them. 

   

 

The Twins Feature 

This 5 minute televison feature about the Twins Platoon book was aired in 2006.  What followed in 2007 was the half hour award winning documentary "Spotlight the Twins Platoon". 

 

The Author Roundup

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