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Ken Johnson

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After seizing a bridge from the Germans in Holland, Ken Johnson had his strangest experience, being dispatched to an area where other troops were withdrawing. He tells why they warned him and his platoon. (3:02)

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As artillery bursts lit up the sky, Ken Johnson brought a chicken back to eat in his shell hole. He relives the moments he jumped into the hole and how his helmet saved his life. (1:23)

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Loaded down with equipment, paratrooper Ken Johnson had to be helped into his seat on the plane. In this account, he relives his first jump at an incredible speed and getting injured in the air. (3:01)

Ken Jordan

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While serving at a prisoner of war camp, Ken Jordan recalls the horror of finding a mass grave nearby which had been used by German soldiers to dispose of the bodies of Allied soldiers and local citizens. (1:50)

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Ken Jordan recalls getting pulled into a surprise celebration while on a reconnaissance mission in Brunswick, Germany, in 1945. (1:21)

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Serving as a combat engineer during World War II, Ken Jordan describes two close calls with shrapnel during the crossing of the Rhine River and during a German artillery attack. (3:55)

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Ken Jordan remembers uncovering German booby-traps in Aachen, Germany, in 1945. (1:50)

Ken Meyer

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Draftee Ken Meyer headed to Navy boot camp in March of 1944. During induction, he was given a signal test and he was lost so he just gave random answers. He scored so well, the Navy made him a signalman. (3:48)

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After signal school, Ken Meyer was assigned to an LST, the largest amphibious craft in the inventory. He recalls the terrible typhoon they encountered and how he could almost reach out and touch the water at the top of a roll. It was a very rough riding ship because of the flat bottom. (4:55)

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Ken Meyer boarded an LST that had already seen action in North Africa, but was now destined for the Pacific. Their trip was slowed by engine trouble and, by the time it was fully provisioned and got to the war zone, nearly every island had already been secured. They did see a kamikaze hit on another ship on the very day the war ended. (5:57)