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Ralph Way

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The men at the air base in India were due for some badly needed R&R, so they were shipped off to a rest camp. Ralph Way remembers watching the monkeys in the trees and thinking how nice it would be to have one of those monkeys. How, exactly, could you make that happen? (3:32)

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Ralph Way was an aircraft mechanic in India, maintaining cargo planes. He recalls one incident in which a pilot couldn't tell if the landing gear was up or down. That was resolved successfully, but there was another incident regarding propellers which did not end so well. (5:29)

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Ralph Way recalls two things from his service in India which made him laugh. One of them left an aircraft dangling from utility pole wires, another left him in water up to his knees. (3:45)

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Aircraft mechanic Ralph Way would hitch rides to keep enough time in the air to get his flight pay. On one of these flights, he noticed that there were two more planes taking off at the same time and he began to get a little worried, but it was too late to back out. (4:21)

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He had just arrived in India. Aircraft mechanic Ralph Way got the unenviable task of guarding a crashed plane that was burning with a dead pilot visible in the cockpit. What he witnessed really got to him. (2:42)

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When he was issued his first winter dress uniform, Ralph Way was very dissatisfied with the slacks. He improved the situation, but it left him nearly broke. (2:04)

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It took four days to send him to war by plane, but when the time came to return from India, Ralph Way spent a month on a ship. At home, he got married and went to college, thanks to the educational benefits from Uncle Sam. (7:27)

Randall Johnson

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Randall Johnson tells about the incident on Cape Gloucester that led to him receiving a commendation and a Silver Star when he was 19 years old. He recalls how he watched comrades fall, but then took action, putting his life at risk to clear a path. (3:37)

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Randall Johnson talks about his arrival at Peleliu after being on Cape Gloucester and Guadalcanal. In this incident, he relates a short story about a lone Japanese plane making an unwise flyby over heavy fortified allied troops. (1:05)

Ray Bohn

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Ray Bohn made a decision in his life. He wasn't going to take a back step to anybody. This led to his leaving the Catholic school he attended after clashing with one of the brothers. His trouble continued in the working world and that was fine with him. (5:22)