Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
1:01 | Colin Monteith describes the last moments of Army General Simon Buckner, who was killed by Japanese artillery fire during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
Colin Monteith recalls witnessing his first combat at Okinawa, including a kamikaze attack.
Colin Monteith describes the last moments of Army General Simon Buckner, who was killed by Japanese artillery fire during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
Colin Monteith details the destruction that he witnessed, both to property and to persons, after arriving in Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb was dropped.
