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Newton Riess

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Newton Riess did not like the position where his platoon was placed and he mentioned it to a captain to no avail. Sure enough, his unit was nearly routed by the Germans. He was hit by shrapnel again and sent to the hospital where he saw some ladies from the Red Cross doing something deceitful. (5:04)

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It isn't often in war that you are sent to a place you could describe as "heaven." That's exactly what happened to Newton Riess while he was recuperating from wounds in Algeria. (4:44)

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The war was over in Tunisia and his unit was sent to England to prepare for the upcoming invasion. Newton Riess was left behind and he was mad about this until he heard the casualty reports. He wound up in Italy where he was selected for a special unit that reconditioned wounded soldiers before they returned to the front. (5:38)

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It was apparent to Newton Riess that the older Germans were not enthusiastic about the war and the younger ones were the diehards. The little kids in Italy were certainly enthusiastic about following the American soldiers around. (1:50)

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Newton Riess recalls some of the things that made an impression on him in North Africa and Italy: some men who did not want to return to the front, a guy who just would not do KP and a Japanese Nisei soldier, whose unit was repeatedly given the most dangerous assignments. (3:17)

Nicholas Pizzolato

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After landing at Omaha Beach and moving through France in 1944, Army medic Nicholas Pizzolato remembers disobeying an officer's order and risking his own life to rescue two soldiers wounded by sniper fire. (5:25)

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Nicholas Pizzolato remembers how his medic duties afforded him the luxury of never having to dig foxholes, but not from having to hide in them. (1:08)

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Nicholas Pizzolato describes the dangers associated with crossing hedgerows and crossroads in France during World War II. (1:50)

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Nicholas Pizzolato recalls his medic training, and why he vowed never to carry a weapon in the field. (1:45)

Nicholas Sawicke

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Nicholas Sawicke was from a tiny rural community and when he was old enough for high school, it was sports that gave him the discipline to succeed. When the draft came after Pearl Harbor, his test scores put him in the Air Corps. (4:16)