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Herb Uthlaut

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Herb Uthlaut explains the unfortunate circumstances of his long journey across the Atlantic in a modified ocean liner. (1:16)

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Herb Uthlaut recalls the variety of infantry training he received and the price he paid for his rank at the time. (1:24)

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Herb Uthlaut goes through the events that led him from a non-commissioned Staff Sgt. to a commissioned officer. (2:16)

Herbert Braselton

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Herbert Braselton recalls the terrible aftermath of a torpedo attack on the USS Pennsylvania on August 12, 1945 while anchored at Nakagusuku Bay off the island of Okinawa, during which time several men were trapped and lost their lives. (4:52)

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Herbert Braselton remembers the time when a German sub surfaced in the middle of an Allied convoy on the way to North Africa (1:16)

Herbert Carter

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Herbert Carter, a pilot for the Tuskegee Airmen, recalls the racial environment during World War II and shares his first hand experience as part of the first African American Air Corps unit. Provided by Sal Strom. This interview is audio only. (10:38)

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A member of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, Herbert Carter describes how casualties in the air were distinctly different than casualties on land. Provided by Sal Strom. This interview is audio only. (2:11)

Herbert Goodick

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After he enlisted in the Navy and finished his basic training, Herbert Goodick couldn't believe it when he was issued boots, a rifle, a mess kit and a tent. Was he in the Army now? It was the Beach Battalion, sailors who go ashore and manage the beachhead during an amphibious assault. Soon he was in England, waiting for the big day. (4:14)

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Herbert Goodick describes the makeup of his Beach Battalion unit amid the chaos of D-Day and their struggles to get ashore and get organized. For nineteen days, they lived in foxholes and got boats ashore and wounded men out. (8:16)

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After the Normandy invasion, Seaman Herbert Goodick was sent to the Pacific on an Attack Transport. He was still in a beach unit but when he got to Okinawa, their services weren't needed. One D-Day would have to do. (2:35)