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Robert Self
Korea
| U.S. Navy
Robert Self describes the painful air pressure effects of diving too fast in an aircraft without protective gear. (2:22)
Leading up to the D-Day invasion at Salerno, Italy, Robert Self describes surviving aircraft and machine gun fire after his tug boat was beached on a sand bar for 32 days. (6:37)
Robert Self, a tugboat captain, recalls rescuing dozens of crew members of the USS Maddox after it was hit by a German dive bomber during the invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943. (3:12)
Robert Self remembers being blown into the water while trying to rescue sailors from the USS Nausset outside of Anzio, Italy, in 1943. (3:43)
Robert Tollman
WWII
| U.S. Marines, Marine Air Group 14
Mr. Tollman briefly describes the bizarre behavior of a soldier on Guadalcanal. (:25)
Mr. Tollman discusses the duties he was responsible for while he flew around Guadalcanal. (1:03)
Mr. Tollman describes landing on Guadalcanal and witnessing an enemy shell instantly kill three of his officers. (1:21)
Mr. Tollman describes his worst experience while on Guadalcanal. (1:04)
Mr. Tollman describes witnessing an incredible dogfight from below while on Guadalcanal. (1:13)
Robert Vaucher
WWII
| U.S. Army Air Corps
Robert Vaucher recalls a woman's search for her missing brother who had crashed in the Himalayas during World War II. Provided by Sal Strom. This interview is audio only. (2:40)
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