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Jim Fleming

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B-24 navigator Jim Fleming was hit by some shrapnel, but it didn't penetrate his flak vest. He came a lot closer to dying when he had to bail out just as his plane reached safety in England. He couldn't convince the crew chief to jump and his refusal cost him dearly. (3:53)

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The new man in Jim Fleming's barracks was known as Jojo. He had to bail out soon after he started flying missions and word soon came that he had been rescued by Yugoslav partisans and was on an island. The squadron commander wouldn't risk a flight to pick him up, so the men decided to take matters in their own hands. (5:14)

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B-24 navigator Jim Fleming describes the shell burst that caused his hearing loss. They gave him a Purple Heart for that, but he suffers more from the rough landing he took when he bailed out at 300 feet. He was told to just go back to work after that one. (1:53)

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When the German fighters attacked, the B-24's tightened their formation. The fighters were making a pass and turning up on one wing to slip through the tight space between the bombers. Jim Fleming describes what happened when one of the German pilots made a slight miscalculation. (5:03)

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After navigator Jim Fleming flew 52 combat missions out of Italy, he went back to the States where he flew air and sea rescue missions. He had to leave that position after there was an issue over proper navigation. The system had beaten him again. Then he volunteered to be on a crew shuttling a C-46 to Burma. After that bad idea, he finished out the war at the least loved airfield in the country. Still, he laughed at it all. (5:48)

Jim Goodwin

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Mr. Goodwin discusses the tragic loss of a sailor who committed suicide on the way back home. (1:48)

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Mr. Goodwin describes crossing paths with a Japanese submarine while in route to Hollandia and explains how one of the soldiers boarded an American ship. (1:44)

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Mr. Goodwin describes witnessing U.S. Coast Guard-manned cargo ship USS Etamin sink near the harbor of New Guinea. (1:25)

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Mr. Goodwin describes a gambling ring that he and his fellow sailors used on their way back to the States. (:54)

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Mr. Goodwin discusses experiencing head hunters selling pictures of decapitated Japanese soldiers on an island in the Pacific. (:33)