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David Strickler

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The rumor was that they were going to China. This didn't sit well with David Strickler and the others in the engineering outfit who were on Okinawa. Somehow, he and some buddies managed to get to Tinian and get papers for home. (This interview made possible with the support of RICHARD G. MCDANOLDS.) (3:08)

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After his time in the Pacific theater, Marine David Strickler was posted to the Naval Air Station at St. Simons Island, where he was in charge of the base police. He returned to his construction roots when he was transferred to Quantico and finished his time in the Marines managing projects there. (This interview made possible with the support of RICHARD G. MCDANOLDS.) (3:55)

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Marine combat engineer David Strickler remembers several incidents related to that time honored tradition for servicemen, trying to find a good, stiff drink. (This interview made possible with the support of RICHARD G. MCDANOLDS.) (4:42)

Daymon Mathis

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After taking over Hitler's hometown of Berchtesgaden, Germany, Daymon Mathis recalls discovering maternity barracks for Hitler Youth children. (1:00)

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Daymon Mathis describes "beginning to know what war was" while making his way through France after landing at Normandy on D-Day and taking shrapnel from a German artillery round seven days later, for which he earned a Purple Heart. (7:33)

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Daymon Mathis shares some of the combat and horrors he experienced during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944. They moved into battle outside of Bastogne on the night of December 16th. Out of gasoline and food, they dug further into their foxholes to try and keep from freezing to death. After coming fire, and being separated from his platoon, he recalls the difficult task of identifying men he'd served with for years. (8:18)

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As a member of a glider team, Daymon Mathis describes making a glider drop behind German lines in Holland and the ensuing combat that lasted around 60 days, a mission for which he earned both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart medal. (8:40)

Debby Moore

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Debby Moore grew up in Stockton, California. Although her father was the commander of a B-29 in World War II, she originally had no intention of following in his footsteps. She entered college at the age of 17 and eventually found her way into the Special Services for the US Army. (4:50)

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Once she joined the Special Services, Moore essentially already had a one way ticket to Vietnam. She landed near Saigon, and had to undergo orientation for a few days. She learned to default to the ways of the army, such as telling military time. She remembers that the men and women shared living space, which was highly uncommon in the 1960's considering most college dorms were separated by gender. (5:44)

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Debby Moore will never forget the mortar attacks she heard off in the distance. It eventually became so common that she began to easily tell the difference between incoming and outgoing mortars. When they got a new doctor, she had to help him calm down when he thought outgoing mortars were incoming. She also talks about the dangers facing women in country, which people often don't know about. (4:33)