>> YOU'RE JUST IN TIME NOW TO A REALLY SPECIAL STORY. A REUNION FOR 2 VIETNAM VETS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER IN MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. THE MEN SAY IT'S MEANT SO MUCH SHARING STORIES AGAIN THAT WERE KEPT HIDDEN SINCE THEY CAME HOME FROM WAR. FOX 13 NEWS ANCHOR AMY NAY BRINGS US THEIR STORY. >> WE'RE HERE AT SALT LAKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE JUST LAST WEEK THIS SWEET AND EMOTIONAL REUNION TOOK PLACE. ONE THAT YOU COULD SAY WAS 53 YEARS IN THE MAKING. SO I GOT ON BUDDY FINDER ON FACEBOOK. >> PUT HIS NAME IN THERE AND SURE ENOUGH, I GOT THEIR HOME PHONE NUMBER AND THE FIRST TIME T. >> CALLED US AND MARY ANSWERED THE PHONE. AND BOB ASKED, IS THIS THE HARRY SMITH THAT WAS IN VIETNAM? >> AND SHE HANDED ME THE PHONE. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD TALKED BEEN NEVER THINKING THEY'D EVER RECONNECT KNOW BECAUSE SO MANY YEARS AGO BY AND EVERYBODY. GOES THEIR OWN WAY. >> THAT FIRST PHONE CALL AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. THE 2 NOW JUST FINALLY MEETING UP WHEN I KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO TO HAWAII. >> AND I CALLED HIM UP AND I HARRY, WANT TO GO TO HAWAII AND HE SAID, OH, NO, THAT'S TOO HARRY AND MARY, HIS WIFE OF NEARLY 49 YEARS RECONSIDERED FLYING FIRST FROM THEIR HOME IN MICHIGAN TO MEET ROBERT AND ON IN WEST VALLEY. THEN ALL 4 AFTER MEETING FACE-TO-FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME TOOK OFF FOR A WEEKLONG VACATION TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER. WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET I-505, BUT IT IT COULD NO WORK. NO BETTER. SO THAT A GREAT. >> GREAT CONNECTION. THE COMBAT VETERANS WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THEY HADN'T SHARED SINCE THEY CAME HOME FROM WAR. >> THE VIETNAM VETERANS HAVE A SPECIAL BOND WITH EACH OTHER. YOU CAN'T TALK TO YOUR WAY FOR KIDS. IT'S SOMEBODY HAS TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YOU. TALK TO THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. YOU KNOW? WITH HARRY AND I WE SAT DOWN WITH THE PHOTOS THAT I TOOK AND THE PHOTOS THAT HE BROUGHT. >> AND THERE WERE. >> DO REMEMBER THIS GUY'S NAME? DO THAT OR THIS GUY'S NAME WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? YOU KNOW? YEAH, IT WAS SPECIAL. >> AND THEIR WIVES SAY VERY HEALING WILL STAY. TALKED WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT IN 53 YEARS. >> HE TALKED ABOUT HIM SO OFTEN. SO I'M SO THANKFUL THAT THEY GOT TO GET IT. >> THE MEN GOING THROUGH OLD PHOTOS, SPENDING THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS OF 1969 TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE. IT FEELS LIKE. >> I FEEL THE WHOLE THAT. HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR A LOT HEARS. HE'S A LITTLE GRAYER NOW AND I'M A LITTLE BALL THERE NOW. BUT WHO ARE SAME FOR ME? >> IT WAS A RELIEF FOR HIM TO HAVE AN OUTLET. >> ROBERTS SERVED FOR ABOUT A YEAR EARNING A BRONZE STAR. DURING THAT TIME, HARRY SERVED 2 TOURS BOTH IN THE SAME UNIT FOR A TIME AND BOTH CREDITING EACH OTHER WITH THEIR SURVIVAL. >> YOU ON HIM. HE THE END OF THAT. YOU AND YOU DID YOU, JOHN. WE HAVE NEW FRIENDS NOW. WE WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY PLANS. YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN FOR SURE. YEAH. THIS LONG AWAITED REUNION IS ONE THAT WAS VERY HEALING FOR BOTH PERRY AND ROBERT AND THEIR SPOUSES. AND THEY SAY IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HOPE ALL VIETNAM VETS WILL DO, REACH OUT AND CONNECT WITH SOMEONE. TALK WITH SOMEONE ABOUT WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH SO
