FORWARD OPERATING BASE PROSPERITY, Iraq - After being severely burned by a phosphorous hand grenade while serving as a river boat gunner in the Navy's Brown Water Black Berets during the Vietnam War, ...

WESTCLIFFE, Colo.---Dave Roever was a Navy riverboat gunner with the elite brown-water, black-beret unit in Vietnam when he suffered severe combat injuries from a phosphorous grenade exploding in his ...

WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) - On July 26, 1969 — at the height of the Vietnam War — Dave Roever was in the U.S. Navy manning his station aboard a gun boat. As he tried to throw a grenade, a sniper's ...

OAKWOOD, Ohio (WDTN) — A Vietnam veteran burned beyond recognition fighting for our country is making it his mission to tell his story of survival and inspire others. Dave Roever was at Oakwood High ...

A Vietnam War veteran severely disfigured when a grenade exploded inches from his face used his story today to inspire Oakwood students. Dave Roever was hospitalized for 14 months, and still has to ...

This short film shows Dave's story from tragedy to triumph; and was able to overcome the physical, spiritual, and psychological boundaries that were holding him back.

Vietnam veteran Dave Roever served as a Brown Water Black Beret with the U.S. Navy for eight months after being drafted at the height of the Vietnam War. “When I went to Vietnam there were 50,000 dead ...