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Hoyt Savage

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Mr. Savage discusses purchasing and befriending a monkey from a family in the Philippines. (2:23)

Hubert Aaron

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Hubert Aaron was drafted in 1943 and after a short stop in North Africa, his unit joined the push into Southern Italy. Soon he was celebrating his twentieth birthday in combat. He recalls diving into the mud in a cabbage patch as the bullets punctured the vegetables all around. (3:43)

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Hubert Aaron says, "I know I'm going to heaven because I spent three months in hell at Anzio." During this battle, he directed some artillery fire that was highly accurate, but then he was on the receiving end as an incoming enemy round put him in the hospital with a concussion. After being pinned down for three months and nearly being pushed back into the sea, the Allies finally prevailed. (6:05)

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After breaking out at Anzio. Hubert Aaron's unit marched into Rome, the only American unit to capture an enemy capitol during World War Two. He received a Silver Star for actions during that operation. When he went into St. Tropez, with dry feet for a change, he ignored his platoon leader's order to move out through an open field. Then he let his Thompson submachine gun do some talking. (5:58)

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After capturing an entire German Panzer division, Hubert Aaron's outfit was moving up the Rhone River Valley when he was wounded in an ambush. Evacuated to Naples, he found out how great was his sacrifice. (5:20)

Hubert Yoshida

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Hailing from California, Hubert Yoshida's family was forced to live in a camp for Japanese-Americans during WWII. He was just a child but he admired the soldiers with their rifles, unaware that they were there to guard the internees. An uncle and a cousin served in segregated Japanese units and they were his heroes and inspired him to join the Marine Corps. (4:14)

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Hubert Yoshida was fortunate to have a year to train his platoon of Marines before they went to Vietnam in 1965. As they approached the coast, they saw tracers in the hills, so they assumed it would be an assault landing but, when the ramp lowered on the landing craft, what they saw was comical. (4:21)

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Hubert Yoshida's platoon had just come in from a big operation when they got the bad news. They had to leave the next day on a bigger one. Operation Utah was an effort to engage an NVA regiment that was reported nearby. Only one thousand Marines and ARVN troops went up against three thousand NVA and VC. It was to be the young platoon leader's bloodiest battle. (9:01)

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Time is funny when you're in combat. For Hubert Yoshida, sometimes it slowed down and, at other times, everything seemed to be incredibly fast. As a platoon leader, he was very busy, trying to keep on top of the situation and manage the fight. (5:10)

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The rotation system in Vietnam was terrible, according to Marine platoon leader Hubert Yoshida. It was the first war where individuals rotated in and out, which was a burden to both units and troops. He tells the story of one young Marine from an Honor Guard outfit who petitioned to go to a combat assignment. (4:18)