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Eberhard van der Vlugt

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Eberhard van der Vlugt, having been indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth at a young age, talks about why he began to dislike Adolf Hitler, and recalls an event when he saw Hitler in person. Provided by Sal Strom. This interview is audio only. (5:12)

Ed Addison

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Ed Addison describes flying over Nagasaki the day after the atomic bomb blast. (:40)

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Ed Addison recalls his mindset as a young pilot during World War II, and his most fearful moment during the war. (2:16)

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Ed Addison tells the story of how a hometown connection got him through Air Force flight school. (5:13)

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Ed Addison remembers how a particular sweet treat raised their standard of living immensely while deployed in the Pacific. (1:17)

Ed Barbour

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In his youth, Ed Barbour lived around a lot of World War II vets who influenced his thinking. He got a private pilot's license while at college and he started the process of becoming a Naval Aviator but his girlfriend had something to say about that. (4:53)

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Ed Barbour was a student of history so, when Vietnam began to loom large on the world stage, he studied the situation. Why were the Buddhist monks immolating themselves? Why did a religious minority control the country? Regardless of those things, he was now a part of the 101st Airborne who made him a medic. (4:19)

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Every drill sergeant does it. Early in the training, he asked anybody who thought he could whip him to step forward. Ed Barbour did just that and identified himself as a leader. Once, when a teacher was not available for a class, he took the rostrum and began instruction but it was not on the M-14. (4:02)

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Ed Barbour's first patrol in Vietnam was memorable. Its purpose was to secure the outlying area where the Bob Hope Christmas show was going to take place. It turned into a real battle instead of a training exercise, complete with the RPG shoot down of a chopper. Welcome to Vietnam! (4:26)

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It was the worst combat experience of them all for Army medic Ed Barbour. Sappers had broken through the night defensive position and were running amok. And it was raining hard, of course. They lost a third of the company, killed or wounded and had to stand down for a while to get replacements. (6:03)