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Ray Bohn

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At the Korean front, Ray Bohn's HQ company was camped on two sides of a valley. His side was subject to Chinese artillery fire while the other side, where the officers were camped, was sheltered by the hill on that side. During a fierce barrage, they tried to time the reloading and sprint to the other side. Who would make it? (8:11)

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Ray Bohn never really left the front line while he was in Korea. He never saw the cities, ate a lot of C-rations and took up smoking. As the company courier, he had to visit a lot of different locations and it was at one of these near the coast that he was treated to a display of naval gunfire. (4:30)

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The Chinese had no air power but the Russians would send MiG's down into Korea to engage American fighters. Ray Bohn was glad that they weren't using one of the most effective weapons our side had, napalm. (1:50)

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He was inland but still close enough to the coast to feel the effects of a devastating typhoon. Ray Bohn tells how his unit prepared for the storm and what happened when they had to build a rope bridge to their outhouse. It was on the other side of a stream that had become a raging torrent. (4:26)

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As a courier, Ray Bohn had to deliver his messages no matter how much live fire was happening. This could get dangerous, like the time he negotiated a terrible mountain road that was right in the sights of the Chinese artillery. What was his secret that kept him alive? (2:30)

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When it came time for Ray Bohn to come home from Korea, some of the guys were sore because, as a draftee, he was eligible and they were not. When he got home, he went to work with his father at a hardware firm where he started out sweeping floors and then rose to be president of the company. (4:50)

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When asked if he met anyone during his service who inspired him, Ray Bohn responds with two stories that both speak well of race relations in the Army. (2:57)

Ray Clancy

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At first his mother stopped Ray Clancy from enlisting. He recalls why and describes the reasons he joined the Army Air Corps to serve in World War II. (1:28)

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Ray Clancy recalls his role as crew chief of a C-47 assigned to carry paratroopers. He reflects on how he felt about the German resistance and the perils of war. (1:34)

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D-Day was his mission, but Ray Clancy didn't know it right away. Now he describes preparing for the secret mission that became that infamous day. He relives the emotions he felt as prayers were said for paratroopers dropping into enemy territory. (2:59)