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Kyle Wise

Operation Iraqi Freedom | 221st Military Intelligence Battalion

Kyle Wise has one piece of advice for all veterans. Seek out other veterans and talk to them. Use the organizations that are out there, like the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, the American Legion and the like, to connect with your peers and contemporaries. (2:51)
L.A. Hensley

WWII | 27th Regiment, 32nd Division

L.A. Hensley remembers the traumatic injury that took him out of the war. He also recalls the unfortunate fate of the doctor who fixed him soon after the operation. (1:05)
L.A. Hensley describes the atmosphere in Leyte. From the massive mosquitoes to the sound of the Japanese planes. (1:00)
L.A. Hensley recalls a battle in New Guinea when and the other scouts encountered Japanese troops in the hills. The mission of these scouts was to ferret out the enemy. In this particular mission, they were separated from the main troops. (2:37)
L.A. Hensley thinks back to training camp prior to his service in the Pacific. It was his boxing skills that may have gotten him out of quite a few rounds KP duty. (1:26)
During the invasion in Manila, L.A. Hensley recalls moments of intense gunfire between U.S. and Japanese troops when he and the other scouts were caught in the crossfire. L.A. lived to tell the story even though for a time he was deemed MIA. (4:17)
L.A. Hensley shares his story of being drafted by the Army; the skills he learned during basic training and his thirty day journey to New Guinea where sea sickness got the better of him. (2:38)
L.A. Hensley recalls a particular incident in Leyte where one of his fellow scouts took a shot to the head from a Japanese sniper. He follows up with how his team reacted to that sniper and how he personally would battle snipers with flamethrowers. (2:12)
Lammie Spivey

WWII | U.S.S. Crook County LST-611

Growing up on a farm in rural Georgia, Lammie Spivey was raised working hard for a living. Having 6 brothers all in the military, he eventually joined the Navy in late 1943. (4:00)
Launching out of Seneca, Illinois on the U.S.S. Crook County's maiden voyage, Lammie Spivey and his company set out on their first ocean trek to Hawaii. After settling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, they prepared for an invasion at Manila. There, they encountered enemy fire and were sunk right along the coast. (7:48)