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Herman Buffington

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Herman Buffington displays his Bronze Star and Purple Heart, along with the rest of his decorations from Saipan and Okinawa. He pays tribute to today's soldiers and explains how he never understood the importance of what he was doing in combat. (1:35)

Herman Goldman

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Entering the Rome-Arno Campaign as an infantry replacement, Herman Goldman heard for the first time the "noise of war." The artillery fire "gets into your brain." D-Day overshadowed this fierce battle against crack German troops. (4:36)

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Herman Goldman recalls the difficult mountain terrain of the N. Apennines Campaign in North Italy. His unit would have had no K-Rations or ammo without the locals and their mules. (3:55)

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Herman Goldman acknowledges the fallen American soldiers of the Italian campaigns still buried there and also recalls the pride of his first vote, marking his "X" at the front, and the misery of yellow jaundice in a foxhole. (5:12)

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Infantryman Herman Goldman knew the war must be over when he saw a general in a Packard Clipper drive forward past the lines. His duty became accepting the surrender of hundreds of Germans. (5:25)

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Herman Goldman became part of the post-war political situation when he was transferred to the 88th Blue Devils and posted near the Yugoslavian border. Their mission was to discourage any Russian or Yugoslavian moves on Italy. (7:14)

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Recruit Herman Goldman got excited in Army basic training when he passed a test for the Air Corps. Instead he quickly shipped out as an infantry replacement. He watched the American shoreline fade away with no idea of his destination. (5:32)

Herman Krum

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Called up in 1943, Herman Krum went to Camp Crowder in Missouri for basic training and radio school. While there, he learned that not everyone in the service was noble. There was also a fatal accident involving politicians and company officials flying in a glider demonstration. He didn't know it at the time, but he was going to get real familiar with gliders. (4:10)

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There was no choice when you went to the induction center, says Herman Krum. If they had an order for ten cooks, the next ten men that walked through the door were going to be cooks. During radio school, he volunteered for a shift as an auxiliary MP. It was uneventful until he returned to the police station where several GI's had been brought in for intoxication. (3:43)

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The troop ship landed in Oran, where you did not want to mess with the local women, as Herman Krum learned from the old hands. Soon he was sent to Italy on a slow, miserable convoy, though the cabin was nice. In Naples, his name was called and he set out with others to a seaside town where the men were told they were now in a glider unit. Some of them turned around and ran back to the trucks. (5:22)