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B.E. Vaughan

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It was Condition One Easy, which means B.E. Vaughan could step outside the gun mount and have a smoke. But before he did, everyone started running by and he saw the sailor just outside the hatch look up and "his eyes just about popped out of his head." (4:16)

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After a nerve-wracking mission to bomb Tokyo and a typhoon, B.E. Vaughan and the destroyer O'Brien suffered a second kamikaze attack which killed all three of his hometown pals who served with him on board. Then, began the grim task of collecting the personal belongings of the dead and preparing them for burial at sea. (13:09)

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The atomic bombs had ended the war and B.E.Vaughan had the experience he'd hoped for, sailing into Tokyo Bay in dress blues. The things he'd seen haunt him to this day and he wonders how it was that he lived and others died. He recalls the moment when, as a typhoon bore down on his ship, he decided he was ready to die and it was OK. (7:42)

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While still in Tokyo Bay before heading home, B.E. Vaughan was tasked with running the whale boat to shore to transport some personnel. It didn't work out so well. (3:37)

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The war was over but B.E. Vaughan faced one more trial, getting home without any money. As in war, those who served looked out for each other. (2:51)

B.J. Miller

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B.J. Miller shares his experiences during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. (7:27)

Barry Hirschberg

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Barry Hirschberg had dreams of rock and roll stardom so he went on the road with a band but a few years of that wore him down. He got a job at the airport but the letter came one day and the letter said, "Greetings." (5:26)

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They went in one door with long hair and bell bottoms and came out another door with no hair and fatigues. Barry Hirschberg had a good DI who did things a little differently. The boots policed themselves so it must have worked. (Caution: strong language) (5:30)

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Selected for NCO Candidate School, Barry Hirschberg headed to Fort Benning where the training was sort of Ranger Lite. Now a sergeant, he was assigned to Fort McClellan where he befriended a Lieutenant with a nice new electric guitar. That friendship delayed his inevitable trip to Vietnam. (7:11)

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It was like a movie. The train pulls away, he looks back, his wife slowly fading back on the platform. It was a hard moment for Barry Hirschberg. When he got to Vietnam, the Shake and Bake NCO was assigned to the Mobile Riverine Force. He would be living on the water down in the delta. (Caution: strong language) (6:17)