Veteran who defied death in Vietnam will get birthday salute BH News Service Mar 4, 2017 Mar 4, 2017 0 1 of 2 Bert Crum in a 1967 Marine photo. He was terribly injured later that year. Goes with Michael Kelly column Bert Crum is a Vietnam veteran who survived the war, but not with the life anyone would hope for -- 100 precent disability. 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