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Nollie Carpenter

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Nollie Carpenter's platoon was assigned a Filipino guide for their patrols. One day, he took Nollie to his home for a meal and, guess what? He had sisters! (4:57)

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One day while Nollie Carpenter was in the Philippines, a loud cheering could be heard and it swelled as it moved closer. Then came the word. We had detonated an atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Soon he was on occupation duty in Tokyo. (4:00)

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While in combat on Leyte, Nollie Carpenter was awarded a Bronze Star, although he's not sure what he did to deserve it. He did a lot more a little later during the fighting on Luzon. Oh well, not giving it back! (6:54)

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There was one sergeant who had enough points to go home. For some reason, he wanted to go out on one last patrol even though he was excused and waiting on transport. Nollie Carpenter remembers that everyone told him not to do it but he was determined. (4:53)

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Two days after he got to the Philippines, Nollie Carpenter was mustered on the beach when he saw a mob of people. Douglas MacArthur was wading ashore. He declined to reenlist but later had second thoughts about that. He did come back to the Army after a year of logging. (5:42)

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Malaria was almost impossible to avoid. Nollie Carpenter sure had it and it affected him even after he returned home. At least, if you were lucky, you were in a place where the tasty mangoes covered the ground. (5:59)

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After a brief stint as a civilian, Nollie Carpenter returned to the Army and was assigned to Germany. While there, a call went out for volunteers to go to Korea as Forward Observers. A Sergeant could get a 2nd Lieutenant's bars. (1:40)

Frank Pomroy

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It was called the Battle of Coffin Corner because of all the Japanese dead left in the aftermath. Frank Pomroy recalls how a friend of his died after the battle and how he actually made friends with a couple of Japanese prisoners. Part 2 of 2. (Second interview) (9:52)

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The next landing will be quick and easy. That's what Frank Pomroy was told in the run up to Peleliu. It was anything but easy from the moment he stepped on the beach. At the airfield he found himself staring down a Japanese tank coming straight for him. Part 1 of 4. (Second interview) (10:26)

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The Japanese had given up on the Banzai charges by the time of the Peleliu landing. Instead they would send raiding parties toward the beach and it was during one of these attacks that Frank Pomroy took a bayonet wound to his knee. It only slowed him down a little, he was not out of the fight. Part 2 of 4. (Second interview) (9:58)