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Irving Margulies

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His Yiddish made him the logical choice to communicate with the German speaking civilians in Lorraine. Irving Margulies came to realize one thing. He really liked those people. There was serious work to be done, though, like patrols behind enemy lines. (4:33)

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The wet weather took a toll on the GI's in the Fall of 1944. The boots would not dry out and trench foot was creating a lot of casualties. Irving Margulies describes how you could avoid it and how it was fighting the other enemy, the one that shot at you. (4:53)

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It was a very hard day. After a twenty mile march to a new position, Irving Margulies was, by chance, back at headquarters when his entire platoon was devastated by a German attack. (6:32)

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Two desperate Germans appeared to be surrendering, then they whipped out automatic weapons and began firing. Irving Margulies hit the ground and wished he had a grenade. The war was ending and he was soon in Austria, where it was the German girls surrendering to him. (6:39)

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it was very different at home, no longer with your outfit and not doing anything that remotely resembled the combat that you saw. Irving Margulies wasted no time adjusting. For him, it was straight back to the university. (3:03)

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Irving Margulies was a Jewish kid in the infantry who had no idea that just miles from places he'd been in Germany, terrible war crimes were occurring. He had developed a liking for the civilians he'd met there. Did they know about it? (3:46)

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He never had problems being Jewish in the Army except for one run in with a towering hillbilly. In fact, to Irving Margulies, his years in service were the best years of his life. You held that rifle, you ruled the world. (3:46)

Irwin Roblin

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Irwin Roblin recalls one of the most stirring moments of his military career shortly after the end of World War II. (1:57)

Ishmael Childs

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Mr. Childs discusses the difficulty of dealing with racist troops that he fought along side while serving with the U.S. Army. (6:31)

Ivan Booke

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In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, Ivan Booke recalls being asked to help clean up dead bodies. (1:51)