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NEW - Demester Dunaway, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division (WWII): Demester Dunaway recalls the sights from marching through Nagasaki a month after the atomic bomb explosion.
Watch Video » NEW - Demester Dunaway, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division (WWII): Demester Dunaway shares why he wanted to be a Marine and details his basic training experiences before heading to war.
Watch Video » NEW - Van Barfoot, 157th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (WWII): Van Barfoot describes a few of the heroic actions he performed during an offensive push near Carano, Italy, for which he received the Medal of Honor. Interview provided by The Congressional Medal of Honor Portraits of Valor.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Blanciforte, Merchant Marines (WWII): Frank Blanciforte recalls a conversation he had with a German prisoner of war who had been an American citizen.
Watch Video » NEW - Bernard Goodman, 1892nd Engineer Aviation Battalion (WWII): Bernard Goodman reflects on his time in the military and how World War II affected him. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Bernard Goodman, 1892nd Engineer Aviation Battalion (WWII): Bernard Goodman explains how his unit was prepared to invade mainland Japan if the Japanese had not surrendered. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Bernard Goodman, 1892nd Engineer Aviation Battalion (WWII): Bernard Goodman remembers facing constant combat threats from Japanese forces while his unit was tasked with building runways and roads on the islands of Ie Shima and Okinawa. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Bernard Goodman, 1892nd Engineer Aviation Battalion (WWII): Bernard Goodman recalls his first trip across the Pacific to aid in air base construction in New Guinea. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Vaughan Pitman, Air Services Group, 36th Fighter Group (WWII): Vaughan Pitman shares his experiences visiting Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after it had been liberated in early 1945. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Vaughan Pitman, Air Services Group, 36th Fighter Group (WWII): Vaughan Pitman talks about how British Spitfires and American industry helped keep England out of German hands during World War II. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Vaughan Pitman, Air Services Group, 36th Fighter Group (WWII): Vaughan Pitman shows off two cameras, an aircraft-mounted combat camera and a handheld flash camera, which were commonly used during World War II. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Vaughan Pitman, Air Services Group, 36th Fighter Group (WWII): As a wartime photographer, Vaughan Pitman recalls a memorable image that was taken in St. Lo, France, in 1944. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Vaughan Pitman, Air Services Group, 36th Fighter Group (WWII): Vaughan Pitman explains his role handling combat film during the Normandy invasion in 1944. Interview Conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Vaughan Pitman, Air Services Group, 36th Fighter Group (WWII): Vaughan Pitman describes his first encounter with German V-1 flying bombs while preparing for war in England in early 1943. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): After coming back from World War II and settling down, Roland Glenn describes the post-traumatic stress he began experiencing and the long road he faced to overcoming it. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn tells the story behind being awared the Purple Heart medal for combat he faced on Okinawa. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): While on occupation duty on the Korean peninsula, Roland Glenn recalls being asked to describe American life to a group of local leaders, and learning much about their culture in the process. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): After the surrender of Japan, Roland Glenn remembers his unit being converted to "storybook soldiers" in order to occupy Korea after World War II, only to experience a few very non-storybook events while stationed there. Interview conducted by David Watts
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): While solemnly preparing for the invasion of the Japanese mainland, Roland Glenn recalls hearing the news of the atomic bombs and the subsequent Japanese surrender. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn describes taking part in one of the last major battles on Okinawa, and the subsequent final push to clear Japanese fighters off the island. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn talks about leading his men into a dangerous mission to clear out an escarpment of Japanese-filled caves, a mission for which he earned a Silver Star. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): While in between frontline combat on the island of Okinawa, Roland Glenn remembers taking on a small companion. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn describes a Japanese surprise attack as his tank and infantry convoy attempted to make their way across a valley in Okinawa. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn talks about an important lesson in leadership he was taught by his company commander on the island of Okinawa. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): After landing on the island of Okinawa, Roland Glenn remembers a morbid lesson he was given on what it means to be a "replacement" before taking over command of his first unit. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn describes being part of the largest flotilla ever assembled and the subsequent invasion of the island of Okinawa. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): While unknowingly headed towards the invasion of Okinawa, Roland Glenn remembers how he and a fellow officer attempted to raise troop morale after the death of President Roosevelt. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn gives an example of how hard-pressed the Japanese troops were for supplies on the island of Saipan. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Roland Glenn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (WWII): Roland Glenn recalls how a childhood hunting lesson helped prepare him for combat during World War II. Interview conducted by David Watts.
Watch Video » NEW - Robert Dalton, Jr., I Company, 3rd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division (WWII): Robert Dalton recalls how he became wounded by mortar fire near Brest, France.
Watch Video » NEW - Robert Dalton, Jr., I Company, 3rd Battalion, 121st Regiment, 8th Infantry Division (WWII): Robert Dalton talks about how his whole company fought for survival after being surrounded by German forces for four days.
Watch Video » NEW - Rufus Dalton, H Company, 2nd Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division (WWII): Rufus Dalton tells the story behind the ironic position a German sniper took while trying to stay hidden from Allied troops.
Watch Video » NEW - Rufus Dalton, H Company, 2nd Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division (WWII): Rufus Dalton describes what it was like to be in a heavy weapons company during World War II and surviving German artillery fire in the Vosges Mountains.
Watch Video » NEW - Ed Joyeusaz, KS Division, USS Yorktown (WWII): Ed Joyeusaz remembers watching from aboard the USS Yorktown as the USS Franklin was hit by a kamikaze aircraft and underwent several explosions and heavy casualties in March of 1945.
Watch Video » NEW - Ed Joyeusaz, KS Division, USS Yorktown (WWII): Ed Joyeusaz talks about how the signal bridge became a popular spot among sailors trying to contact each other at sea during World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Ed Joyeusaz, KS Division, USS Yorktown (WWII): Ed Joyeusaz describes the confidence he had in his fellow sailors aboard the USS Yorktown during World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Ed Joyeusaz, KS Division, USS Yorktown (WWII): Ed Joyeusaz remembers a close call he experienced with a Japanese torpedo aboard the USS Yorktown.
Watch Video » NEW - Ed Joyeusaz, KS Division, USS Yorktown (WWII): Ed Joyeusaz recalls the moment that stands out the most for him as a signalman aboard the USS Yorktown.
Watch Video » NEW - Ed Joyeusaz, KS Division, USS Yorktown (WWII): Ed Joyeusaz describes his responsibilities as a Navy signalman aboard the USS Yorktown during World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Pomroy, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division (WWII): While fighting Japanese forces on the island of Pelelieu, Frank Pomroy remembers trying to save a fellow soldier who had been hit by friendly artillery.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Pomroy, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division (WWII): Frank Pomroy recalls a memorable experience with legendary Marine officer Chesty Puller on the island of Pelelieu.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Pomroy, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division (WWII): Frank Pomroy remembers being part of the first wave onto the island of Peleliu and coming face to face with a Japanese soldier during a banzai charge.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Pomroy, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division (WWII): After fighting at Guadalcanal and arriving at Cape Gloucester, Frank Pomroy describes the Battle of Coffin Corner, which resulted in the loss of a close friend.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Pomroy, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division (WWII): Aside from the fronts in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, Frank Pomroy contends that there was actually a third war going on at the time with General MacArthur.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Pomroy, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division (WWII): Frank Pomroy describes how the Battle of Savo Island was the Navy's greatest defeat during World War II due primarily to Japan's night-fighting superiority.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Pomroy, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division (WWII): Frank Pomroy tells the "sinful little story" about how he joined the Marine Corps in 1941.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece shares his feelings toward the combat he experienced during World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece describes how many young females in Europe were taken prisoner and sent to "baby factories" to produce Nazi children.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece recalls being given command of a pathfinder unit and helping deliver vital equipment to soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece remembers disobeying a direct order to try and save his troops' lives during Operation Market Garden in 1944.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece differentiates between the combat and locales of his missions into Normandy and Holland in 1944.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece tells the story of a fellow soldier who surprisingly survived despite a major battle wound.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece recalls dropping into Holland in September of 1944 for Operation Market Garden, an operation which took much longer than expected.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): After making his way into France after the Normandy invasion, Jake McNiece remembers helping clear some of the bodies littered among the countryside.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): Jake McNiece describes a mission to drop into Normandy during the D-Day invasion in order to locate and destroy two vital bridges nearby.
Watch Video » NEW - Jake McNiece, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (WWII): As an airborne soldier during World War II, Jake McNiece remarks at how his jumps became more difficult over time.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Noonan, U.S. Navy, 7th Fleet (WWII): Part 2: Mr. Noonan concludes his story of survival during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Watch Video » NEW - Frank Noonan, U.S. Navy, 7th Fleet (WWII): Part 1: Mr. Noonan describes his experiences and story of survival during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Watch Video » NEW - Harry Mickelboro, USMC, 2nd Engineer Battalion (WWII): Mr. Mickelboro discusses his objectives while serving in Japan and describes the aftermath of the atomic bombs.
Watch Video » NEW - Harry Mickelboro, USMC, 2nd Engineer Battalion (WWII): Mr. Mickelboro discusses the strategy used to land on Okinawa and liberating a bulldozer.
Watch Video » NEW - Harry Mickelboro, USMC, 2nd Engineer Battalion (WWII): Mr. Mickelboro describes his first assignment as a Junior Officer and having to sort through the corpses of fallen Marines.
Watch Video » NEW - Harry Mickelboro, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers (WWII): Mr. Mickelboro describes witnessing a training accident while disarming booby traps.
Watch Video » NEW - Rivers Anderson, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown CV-10, Bombing Squad 5 (WWII): Part 2: Mr. Anderson concludes his description of his final flying mission.
Watch Video » NEW - Rivers Anderson, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown CV-10, Bombing Squad 5 (WWII): Part 1: Mr. Anderson describes the fear and challenges he faced during his final flying mission.
Watch Video » NEW - Rivers Anderson, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown CV-10, Bombing Squad 5 (WWII): Part 2: Mr. Anderson concludes his description of the invasion of New Guinea.
Watch Video » NEW - Rivers Anderson, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown CV-10, Bombing Squad 5 (WWII): Part 1: Mr. Anderson gives an in depth description of his violent experiences during the invasion of New Guinea.
Watch Video » NEW - Rivers Anderson, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown CV-10, Bombing Squad 5 (WWII): Mr. Anderson explains his duties during the brutal invasion of a pacific island controlled by Japanese forces.
Watch Video » NEW - Rivers Anderson, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown CV-10, Bombing Squad 5 (WWII): Mr. Anderson discusses the difficulties of the raid of Tarawa and numerous injuries of fellow soldiers.
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Huff, 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines (Vietnam): Mr. Huff describes having his entire face nearly incinerated due to a kettle of hot water exploding.
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Huff, 5th Marine Div. HQ (Vietnam): Mr. Huff explains his numerous opportunities to eat with General Kyle due to the help from a close friend.
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Huff, 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines (Vietnam): Mr. Huff explains how a soldier in his platoon stepped on a land mine that miraculously did not detonate.
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Huff, 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines (Vietnam): Mr. Huff discusses the time he served in Da Nang and a funny incident.
Watch Video » NEW - Jack Caddel, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown (WWII): Mr. Caddel discusses serving as a Spanish translator in the Philippines during a search and rescue mission.
Watch Video » NEW - Jack Caddel, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown (WWII): Mr. Caddel describes personal emotions he experienced during grueling flying missions.
Watch Video » NEW - Jack Caddel, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown (WWII): Mr. Caddel describes operating a tail gunner's position and being shot in the back.
Watch Video » NEW - Jack Caddel, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown (WWII): Mr. Caddel discusses his duties aboard the Yorktown, his first training accident, and the results that followed.
Watch Video » NEW - Jack Caddel, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown (WWII): Mr. Caddel discusses the funny incidents that led him to joining the U.S. Navy.
Watch Video » NEW - Col. Norman "Boots" Wilmeth, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group (WWII): While flying over Holland, glider pilot. Norman Wilmeth confronted a soldier wearing a Nazi symbol on his forehead. He describes what scared the soldier into heeding his advice.
Watch Video » NEW - Col. Norman "Boots" Wilmeth, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group (WWII): Assigned to guard a German airfield after the war, Col. Wilmeth vividly remembers a strange face to face encounter with German soldiers and the chain of events that followed.
Watch Video » NEW - Col. Norman "Boots" Wilmeth, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): In this dramatic recollection, Col. Wilmeth relives flying an unstable glider in the thick of German gunfire. He describes what happened after some very life threatening moments..
Watch Video » NEW - Col. Norman "Boots" Wilmeth, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group (WWII): In Normandy, glider pilot Norman Wilmeth prepared his crew for a crash landing. In this vivid account he describes a surprising turn of events..
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Beard, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (WWII): Bill Beard describes a few of the more horrific and memorable sights he experienced while passing through Eastern France during World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Beard, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (WWII): After volunteering to fight, Bill Beard remembers a few close calls and fortunate incidents during the Battle of the Bulge.
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Beard, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (WWII): Bill Beard recalls how a training injury may have saved his life by keeping him from fighting in the Normandy invasion.
Watch Video » NEW - Bill Beard, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (WWII): Bill Beard details the basic training he received as an airborne soldier during World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Artie Curtis, USS St. Paul (WWII): Artie Curtis discusses how kamikaze aircraft would approach their Navy fleet, and one particularly close call.
Watch Video » NEW - Artie Curtis, USS St. Paul (WWII): Artie Curtis remembers watching a fellow ship capsize and sink after passing through a violent typhoon in the Pacific.
Watch Video » NEW - Artie Curtis, USS St. Paul (WWII): Artie Curtis describes the armament on his ship, the USS St. Paul, and the role it played in the Pacific during World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Artie Curtis, USS St. Paul (WWII): Shortly after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Artie Curts describes becoming part of the occupation force and witnessing the aftermath of the destruction.
Watch Video » NEW - Ken Jordan, 1253rd Engineer Combat Battalion (WWII): While serving at a prisoner of war camp, Ken Jordan recalls the horror of finding a mass grave nearby which had been used by German soldiers to dispose of the bodies of Allied soldiers and local citizens.
Watch Video » NEW - Ken Jordan, 1253rd Engineer Combat Battalion (WWII): Ken Jordan remembers uncovering German booby-traps in Aachen, Germany, in 1945.
Watch Video » NEW - Ken Jordan, 1253rd Engineer Combat Battalion (WWII): Ken Jordan recalls getting pulled into a surprise celebration while on a reconnaissance mission in Brunswick, Germany, in 1945.
Watch Video » NEW - Ken Jordan, 1253rd Engineer Combat Battalion (WWII): Serving as a combat engineer during World War II, Ken Jordan describes two close calls with shrapnel during the crossing of the Rhine River and during a German artillery attack.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Milt Dank describes why his German prisoners believed they had lost the war. He jokes about how he celebrated victory by almost "violating" the Geneva Convention.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Milt Dank relives his last mission at the Rhine Crossing, his glider being hit by German flak, landing in the thick of sniper fire, and his encounters with the enemy on the ground.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Commanding a convoy of German prisoners, Milt Dank recalls how he stopped townspeople from attacking them. He humorously describes the unusual way he checked into a Belgian hotel.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Kessler, U.S. Army, 2nd Infantry Division, Forward Observer (Vietnam): Mr. Kessler discusses playing a joke on a new Lieutenant while defending Washington.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Kessler, U.S. Army, 2nd Infantry Division, Forward Observer (Vietnam): Mr. Kessler describes extinguishing two Vietnamese divisions with artillery fire while defending an Air Force base.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Kessler, U.S. Army, 2nd Infantry Division, Forward Observer (Korea): Mr. Kessler describes being five miles away from his men and completing a dangerous task commanded by his Colonel.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Kessler, U.S. Army, 2nd Infantry Division, Forward Observer (Korea): Mr. Kessler describes the difficulties of taking Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge in Korea.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Kessler, U.S. Army, 2nd Infantry Division, Forward Observer (Korea): Mr. Kessler describes being shot in the leg and surviving a grenade blast while serving in Korea.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Kessler, U.S. Army, 2nd Infantry Division, Forward Observer (Korea): Mr. Kessler discusses being wounded along with a majority of his unit while serving as a forward observer in Korea.
Watch Video » NEW - Jesse Rodriguez, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown, CV-10 (WWII): Mr. Rodriguez describes horrific typhoons that he and his crew faced while aboard the USS Yorktown.
Watch Video » NEW - Jesse Rodriguez, U.S. Navy, USS Yorktown, CV-10 (WWII): Mr. Rodriguez describes the power and proficiency of the men that piloted U.S. Hellcats.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Gibbs, U.S. Navy, Destroyer-USS Barry, Commanding Officer (WWII): Mr. Gibbs describes his experiences of being being trapped with his crew in ice and fog for three days.
Watch Video » NEW - Bob Gibbs, U.S. Navy, Destroyer-USS Barry, Commanding Officer (WWII): Mr. Gibbs discusses destroying two Japanese subs while serving as a commanding officer.
Watch Video » NEW - Cleon Crews, U.S. Navy, Blimp Service, Hedron Sqd., 2-USS LSM (WWII): Mr. Crews describes the duties and effectiveness of converted shrimp boats during WWII.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): In this vivid recollection, Milt Dank remembers a German attack at a famous Dutch bridge and what he did to survive.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Pilot Milt Dank recalls how much easier it was to land a glider in Holland compared to dangerous landings in France and explains how his safety was jeopardized by German sniper attacks.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Carrying ammunition and expert riflemen, Milt Dank flew his glider into Holland. Here he relives dodging enemy fire and witnessing a devastating explosion.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): In this recollection, Milt Dank talks about the weapons he carried and why he felt safer holding a submachine gun.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Pilot Milt Dank describes how his glider was made for different wartime situations and tells a humorous story about a captured German officer.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Forty-five to ninety seconds. That's all Milt Dank says he had to land his four ton glider in the vineyards of Southern France while facing life-threatening obstacles.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): In this surprising account, Milt Dank relives the frightening experience of being hit by friendly fire and what happened next.
Watch Video » NEW - Milt Dank, Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry (WWII): Milt reflects back on his decision to become a pilot after enlisting in October of 1940. Here he describes how his plans changed while training in officer school with a famous Hollywood actor.
Watch Video » NEW - Roy Davis, U.S. Army Air Corps, 3rd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force (WWII): Mr. Davis graphically describes losing multiple planes due to Japanese Zeros.
Watch Video » NEW - Roy Davis, U.S. Army Air Corps, 3rd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force (WWII): Mr. Davis describes witnessing a fellow soldier getting fatally wounded while under an attack by the Japanese.
Watch Video » NEW - Roy Davis, U.S. Army Air Corps, 3rd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force (WWII): Mr. Davis discusses his assigned duties as a Bomber while stationed in Australia.
Watch Video » NEW - Wendell Lowry, U.S. Marines, VMSB-235, Bombing Squad (WWII): Mr. Lowry describes crossing paths with a close friend overseas.
Watch Video » NEW - Wendell Lowry, U.S. Marines, VMSB-235, Bombing Squad (WWII): Mr. Lowry discusses his experiences during Marine boot camp with his intimidating platoon sergeant.
Watch Video » NEW - Ben Morris, U.S. Army Air Force, 502nd Tactical Control, Group 607 Aircraft Control (WWII): Mr. Morris explains how an Army unit adopted a chipmunk that led to the cause of a funny incident.
Watch Video » NEW - Ben Morris, U.S. Army Air Force, 502nd Tactical Control, Group 607 Aircraft Control (WWII): Mr. Morris graphically describes witnessing a fellow soldier being incinerated.
Watch Video » NEW - Ben Morris, U.S. Army Air Force, 502nd Tactical Control, Group 607 Aircraft Control (WWII): Mr. Morris describes his experiences upon his arrival to Korea.
Watch Video » NEW - Dorothy Bacon, U.S. Army Nurse Corp., 53rd General Hospital (WWII): Mrs. Bacon discusses her duties as a U.S. Army nurse while serving in England.
Watch Video » NEW - Irwin Roblin, Far East Air Force (WWII): Irwin Roblin recalls one of the most stirring moments of his military career shortly after the end of World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Allen Josey, USS Requisite (WWII): Allen Josey describes how his minesweeper ship went about finding and disabling mines in the sea.
Watch Video » NEW - Allen Josey, USS Lexington (WWII): While stationed on the USS Lexington, Allen Josey remembers how the ship inadvertently drew the attention of Japanese aircraft, resulting in a torpedo attack.
Watch Video » NEW - Allen Josey, USS Hornet (WWII): Allen Josey describes how his ship, the USS Hornet, was torpedoed by Japanese bombers during the Battle of Santa Cruz.
Watch Video » NEW - Emmett McNamara, O.S.S. Operational Group (WWII): Emmett McNamara remembers witnessing a French officer taking mortar shrapnel during a firefight with German soldiers holed up in a French chateau.
Watch Video » NEW - Ed Sewell, USS Louisville (WWII): After a victorious battle in the Lingayen Gulf, Ed Sewell recalls a disastrous act of retaliation by a horde of Japanese kamikazes which disabled his ship and killed over 50 of his fellow sailors.
Watch Video » NEW - B.J. Miller, U.S. Navy (WWII): B.J. Miller shares his experiences during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.
Watch Video » NEW - Doug Embry, 341st Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force (WWII): Doug Embry recalls witnessing the Japanese Peace Delegation landing on Manila to meet with General MacArthur at the end of World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Vincent Elster, USS Sanctuary (WWII): Vincent Elster describes the destruction he witnessed after visiting Nagasaki, Japan, shortly after the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Watch Video » NEW - Vincent Elster, USS Sanctuary (WWII): Vincent Elster gives a detailed account of how his hospital ship treated injured, sick and malnourished patients who had been released from Japanese prisoner of war camps late in World War II.
Watch Video » NEW - Jim Kiney, 65th Infantry Division, Third Army (WWII): Jim Kiney recalls how German prisoners of war would get annoyed at how lighthearted some of the American troops acted.
Watch Video » NEW - Jim Kiney, 65th Infantry Division, Third Army (WWII): Just at the end of World War II, Jim Kiney describes how he began suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and his resulting experiences.
Watch Video » NEW - Jim Kiney, 65th Infantry Division, Third Army (WWII): Jim Kiney describes how his division discovered the first death camp in Germany.
Watch Video » NEW - Jim Kiney, 65th Infantry Division, Third Army (WWII): Jim Kiney remembers how a valuable training lesson saved him from a sure death from German artillery fire.
Watch Video » NEW - Roy Beck, 26th Regiment, 31st Replacement Battalion, 5th Marines (WWII): Roy Beck describes how some surrendering Japanese soldiers became a dangerous threat.
Watch Video » NEW - Roy Beck, 26th Regiment, 31st Replacement Battalion, 5th Marines (WWII): Roy Beck details a few of his experiences while fighting his way across Iwo Jima, a journey which resulted in him becoming one of only five survivors out of his entire company.
Watch Video » Izell Clemons, U.S. Marine Corps, Regimental Weapons, 1st Marine Div., 5th Marine Reg. (WWII): Izell Clemons recalls a close encounter with Japanese soldiers and being hit by sniper fire while on the island of Peleliu.
Watch Video » Izell Clemons, U.S. Marine Corps, Regimental Weapons, 1st Marine Div., 5th Marine Reg. (WWII): Izell Clemons describes the Japanese strategy for attack and how his unit turned their own strategy against them on Guadalcanal.
Watch Video » Gerald Spinks, LCT Flotilla 1 (WWII): Gerald Spinks describes a memorable but mysterious event he witnessed while unloading equipment off his landing craft tank.
Watch Video » Gerald Spinks, LCT Flotilla 1 (WWII): As a crewmember on a landing craft tank (LCT), Gerald Spinks recalls what is was like delivering troops and supplies to Normandy Beach on D-Day.
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