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Jimmy Adams

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Jimmy Adams remembers a couple of events while stationed in Myitkyina, Burma (currently Myanmar), including a strafing attack by a Japanese Zero and trying to land his aircraft on a very narrow landing strip in a heavy crosswind. (2:17)

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Near the end of World War II, Jimmy Adams recalls visiting Shanghai while Japanese soldiers were still active in the area. While he describes American troops as being well-received, he suggests one reason for this being that the Japanese had led the Chinese to believe that they would be "slaughtered on site" by Americans if there were any disagreements. (3:12)

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Jimmy Adams describes the living conditions in India. He recalls the bad weather conditions, having to accumulate his own supplies for their living quarters, and getting to know one of the Indian locals who had effectively been his servant. (3:56)

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Jimmy Adams remembers how a fellow pilot, Shorty Holland, became "quite a hero" by landing his C-54 after it had become damaged by severe weather while flying over "The Hump" between China and India. (1:13)

Joan Praet

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Joan Praet, an Army Nurse on the home front, relates how it was growing up in FDR's home town and how he would attend church there during the war. (2:48)

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Joan Praet, an Army nurse on the home front, recalls her enlistment and training in 1944. (7:51)

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Joan Praet, an Army nurse on the home front, describes her experience treating wounded paratroopers in Jackson, Mississippi (8:18)

Joe Bruckner

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His feeling was that we needed to be involved in Vietnam to stop the spread of Communism. Citadel cadet Joe Bruckner knew he would be going to the war. He recalls his training experience, especially the sobering night ambush exercise. (4:09)

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As he flew into Vietnam and looked over the expanse of green forest, Joe Bruckner saw a puff of smoke rising from the vegetation. Another thing that gave him pause was the look on the faces of departing soldiers when he landed. He was assigned to an advisory team as the assistant intelligence officer, where he spent a lot of time in the air looking for enemy activity. (5:48)

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Joe Bruckner describes his daily life as an advisor to a Vietnamese unit, his relationships with his counterparts, and the environs he worked in. There were Montagnard villages in his area and he had a high regard for those people, who were mistreated by both the French and the Vietnamese. (7:08)