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Leland Kindred

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Leland Kindred describes his first experience in the air while training to be a pilot during World War II. (1:38)

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While stationed on Iwo Jima, Leland Kindred describes how many and how often B-29s flew over on fire bombing missions into Japan. (1:29)

Leo Goldner

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1st Lt. Leo Goldner, who is Jewish, has an amazing encounter in the jungles of the Philippines. (3:37)

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Army candidate Leo Goldner is supposed to be getting hand-to-hand combat training from Brigadier General (then Colonel) Frank Merrill but ends up training him instead. (2:14)

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After sleeping among dead Japanese soldiers in the Philippines, 1st. Lt. Leo Goldner saves a life and is rewarded with a new place to live. (2:51)

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Leo Goldner, while in the Philippines, interrupts an enemy soldier who emerges from the jungles to rape a USO performer. (2:47)

Leo Griffin

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Leo Griffin remembers the first night and day after the USS Karnes dropped off its troops and set anchor off Okinawa as part of the landings. (2:27)

Leo Hill

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School wasn't working out for him so Leo Hill went to the recruiter's office where he saw a brochure about paratroopers. This is what I want. The recruiter said you're in. (4:58)

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Don't get married until I get back from Vietnam. That's what Leo Hill told the girl he saw on his last day stateside. When he got to Vietnam, on his very first day in the jungle, they put him on point. As he slashed away with his machete, he got firsthand knowledge of the insect life in Vietnam. (4:37)

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He'd been in the Army for a while but, in Vietnam, he was the new guy. Leo Hill was back in the rear during a big firefight and most of his platoon was wiped out. When he returned, the Captain said you are the new platoon sergeant. (5:13)