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Henk Duinhoven

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His father was in a protected profession, so he was safe. His brother hated the German occupiers so much, he struck one in public and then fled. Henk Duinhoven relates how his brother made his way from his home in Holland to England to fight with the Allied forces. (6:24)

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Henk Duinhoven was sitting on a fence with two playmates. It was Oosterbeek in occupied Holland and the children were minding their own business when, suddenly, a German paratrooper approached them with ill intent. (3:39)

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The Germans would go door-to-door, rounding up men for labor. In the Dutch village of Oosterbeek, they also came to Henk Duinhoven's house looking for radios. His mother was trembling in fear they would find the one that was hidden away. (5:03)

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There were rumors of British and Canadians occupying Dutch towns. Some of the collaborators began leaving their homes. Then, Henk Duinhoven watched as the skies filled with Allied planes and paratroopers. Operation Market Garden had begun. (4:02)

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Henk Duinhoven was in church with his family when the sounds of bombing started. The Allies had arrived in Holland. At first, there was jubilation, but that turned to fear as he hid in his basement for a week while the battle raged for Arnhem. (5:58)

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Near the end of the war, the food supply in Holland had been disrupted and there was widespread hunger. Henk Duinhoven was lucky to be in the countryside, where gardens had been harvested. When he heard the sound of Canadian tanks, he knew that liberation was finally at hand. (3:39)

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Henk Duinhoven and his family returned from the countryside after Holland was liberated and found their house damaged and dirty, but still intact. Then there was great joy when a rumor came around that his brother had been spotted in town, the brother who had escaped and joined the Allied commandos. (4:53)

Henry Choy

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Henry Choy applied to the Navy as a carpenter, but instead wound up going to steelworker school. He remembers the difficult tests and exercises during his basic training. Afterwards, he was sent to a mock POW camp to get used to that environment. (6:08)

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Before he got a flight over to Vietnam, he and his Seabee crew were delayed several times. They ended up staying in Okinawa a lot longer than anticipated, but still made the best of their time before going off to aid in the war. In Vietnam, his main job was not to fight but rather to construct the buildings that would be utilized. While over there, he had interactions with the HAL-3 "Seawolves," and tells other stories of interacting with captured North Vietnamese prisoners. (6:41)

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After a year of working on different buildings in Vietnam, Choy had completed his first tour. He returned home and began taking classes at the community college for his degree in animal technology. He used his extra year to get his teaching certification and wound up teaching science at his old high school. After that, he joined the National Guard, and it was around this time that he learned that he would be called to duty in Iraq. (7:22)