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Tank Gunner in WWII: T/5 Clement Elissondo

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:177
T/5 Elissondo describes the difficulties of tank warfare, narrowly escaping enemy capture, and the camaraderie amongst a tank’s crew....
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Near-Death on Omaha Beach: CAPT Sidney Salomon

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:176
CAPT Salomon, an Army Ranger, describes the Invasion of Normandy and his near-death experience....
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Pearl Harbor & Guadalcanal: Mal Middlesworth

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:174
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The Black Cats: Charles Sternburg

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:173
Sternberg flew stealth bombers in the Pacific during World War II....
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Gliding Into Sicily: Samuel Fine

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:170
Fine describes flying troops into Sicily & the Netherlands....
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The Raid at Cabanatuan: MAJ Robert Prince

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:169
Army Ranger MAJ Prince describes the rescue of American POWs from a Japanese camp in the Philippines during WWII....
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The Suicide Cliffs: Cpl Roy Roush Part II

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:168
Cpl Roush describes his experiences during the Battle of Saipan & the Battle of Tinian...
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Fighting Ghosts in Tarawa: Cpl Roy Roush Part I

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:167
Cpl Roush describes his experiences during the Battle of Tarawa...
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Falling Out of the Sky: COL Francis “Gabby” Gabreski

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:166
Gabreski was the leading U.S. flying ace in the European Theater during World War II....
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The Burma-Siam Death Railway: CPO Otto Schwarz

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:165
CPO Schwarz was captured by the Japanese during WW2 and spent four years as a POW....
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Imprisoned by the Japanese: CAPT Lawrence Savadkin

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:163
CAPT Savadkin was serving on the USS Tang when it was sunk in 1944. He was rescued and captured by the Japanese, and imprisoned in the Tokyo Bay A...
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Christmas During the Battle of the Bulge: 1st Lt. Belton Cooper

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:160
Lt. Cooper describes a chaotic air raid during the Battle of the Bugle....
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Honoring the Lives Lost at Pearl Harbor: MSgt. Richard Fiske

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:159
In this interview, he talks about the chaos during Pearl Harbor, the horrors of war, the importance of forgiveness, and meeting the Japanese pilot...
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The First Man Into Normandy: Col. Vito S. Pedone

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:157
Col. Pedone served in World War II as a Pathfinder Pilot, and was technically the first man to enter France in the hours before D-Day....
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Crashing into France: 1st Sgt. Bill Lumsden

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:156
1st Sgt Bill Lumsden describes serving as a Pathfinder, and his rough landing during the Invasion of France....
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Dropping Into Bastogne: Pfc. John Agnew

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:155
In this interview, Agnew describes the Siege of Bastogne and The Filthy Thirteen....
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The Capture of U-505: QMS2 Don Carter

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:153
Carter tells the story of the only German U-Boat captured by the U.S. Navy, and how it was critical to winning World War II....
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The Ultimate Sacrifice: Pvt. Christian and Pvt. Johnson

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Pvt. Christian and Pvt. Johnson both drew enemy fire, purposefully sacrificing themselves in order to give their patrol a chance to escape a Nazi ...
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The Inception of the Pathfinders: LTG John Norton

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:149
LTG Norton recounts parachuting into Italy, Normandy, & Holland while explaining the inception and development of the Pathfinders....
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Pathfinder On D-Day: Pfc. Robert Earl Sechrist

Warriors In Their Own Words | S:2 E:147
As a Pathfinder Pfc. Secrist was one of the first men to parachute into France before the invasion of Normandy, tasked with guiding other Paratroo...
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