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Jim Sample
WWII
| 93rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), 13th Armored Division
Jim Sample pays his respects to two fellow soldiers from the war who were very different. One was a great leader and the other was quite the rascal. (2:14)
Jim Sanders
WWII
| 8th Service Regiment
Jim Sanders retells the story of a pilot friend of his, Wade Claxton, being shot down over Northern Africa, and his unlikely rescue during World War II. (4:42)
Jim Sanders describes the aftermath of the atomic bomb destruction of Nagasaki, Japan. (:55)
Jim Sanders describes an unfortunate incident he witnessed while training at the Marine Air Corps station at Miramar. (1:07)
While aboard a landing craft tank (LCT), Jim Sanders describes surviving a typhoon at sea and the disastrous aftermath of the storm. (3:08)
Jim Sanders describes arriving for post-war occupation duty at Sasebo, Japan, and the condition of the surviving Japanese in the area. (3:10)
Jim Sanders shares his feelings about going to war after the Pearl Harbor attack, as well as his feelings at the end of World War II. (3:08)
Jim Sanders talks about the friendship he made with a Japanese family while on occupation duty after World War II. (4:05)
As he is making his way to Japan for occupation duty shortly after the close of World War II, Jim Sanders has an amusing encounter with another Marine headed home from combat. (2:04)
Jim Sanders talks about how one particularly poorly designed aircraft almost cost him his life during training over the Mohave Desert. (2:11)
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