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Jack Cassidy

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Coming into combat late in the war, Jack Cassidy was in the Alsace-Lorraine area assigned to a Reconnaissance unit. Since they weren't finding many of the enemy, the weather and the bad food were what he had to deal with. That and the lack of parts for the vehicles. (4:29)

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The Reconnaissance unit went so fast and so far at one point that they went off their maps and had to roust the mayor of a small town to show them where they were. They were pushing further into Germany and Jack Cassidy describes that advance and the civilians in the towns who were shocked to see Americans. There were so many prisoners, they just disarmed them and pointed them toward the rear. (3:46)

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Jack Cassidy recalls they had one day of revelry when Germany surrendered, then it was back to work. He was transferred from camp to camp, ever closer to the channel. After bobbing like a cork aboard a Liberty Ship back across the Atlantic, he took his father out to a tavern. There were two things missing at home, jobs and consumer goods. (3:28)

Jack Evans

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While aboard the USS Tennessee, Jack Evans describes in detail the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Provided by Sal Strom. This interview is audio only. (8:15)

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Jack Evans contrasts the joyous evening he experienced the night before the Pearl Harbor attack to the suffering he witnessed within the next twelve hours. Provided by Sal Strom. This interview is audio only. (6:00)

Jack Fishman

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They thought it was a good way to avoid going to Vietnam. A reserve unit was forming in Augusta, Georgia and Jack Fishman signed up. He found out that it wasn't the best idea he ever had when his unit was activated as a combat support unit. (5:37)

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The men were newly activated reserve troops and no one knew what to expect when they flew into Vietnam. After getting used to the heat, the humidity and the smell, the support unit settled into their dangerous job, hauling ammunition to fire bases. Jack Fishman says it helped if you were twenty one and bulletproof. (5:15)

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The 319th Transportation Company had a saying. If you ate it, wore it or shot it, we brought it. Jack Fishman describes the job of resupply to the forward fire bases in Vietnam and the problems they faced, not the least of which was the danger of hauling all that ammunition. (7:27)

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Jack Fishman describes the daily grind of running the resupply convoys that brought everything to the front line troops in Vietnam. The constant work, the rats in the hooches, and the iffy food. If that wasn't enough, a shot or a mine could blow an ammo truck and leave a crater in the road. (6:14)

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Not having heard much news from back home, it was a shock when Jack Fishman got off the plane and found an active antiwar movement. He immediately returned to college and immediately got into fistfights. He wore his jungle fatigue shirt as an in-your-face statement. (7:04)