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Roswell Evans

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Starting in Algiers and then across North Africa, Roswell Evans made many friends among the British and Free French troops fighting alongside him. He was not a friend, however, of the designer of the inadequate gun in his tank. (6:14)

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Roswell Evans recalls a great advantage the Germans had in Italy, surveyor plats of the entire country, which allowed them to accurately target their artillery without marker rounds. A disadvantage was their non-splintering shell casings. (3:52)

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Roswell Evans' unit had to leave their tanks and hoof it on the narrow mountain trails of Northern Italy during the winter. Pack trains carried all the ammo and supplies. He was glad when he finally returned to his tank. (7:51)

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The war was nearly over but Roswell Evans' armored unit fell in the friendly sights of an Allied bombing mission over Italy. They barely moved in time before their camp was flattened. (4:00)

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Roswell Evans told his company commander that there was a Tiger tank behind a farmhouse targeting the road. Ordered to advance right into its sights, he refused and was promised a court martial. It never happened. (4:43)

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Though it was against policy to deploy all members of a family, all of Roswell Evans' brothers were in the service, and one was killed in the Battle Of The Bulge. At the war’s end, he was shipped home immediately because he had over thirty points. (3:34)

Roy Beck

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He didn't really want the deferments, so after two years when his boss at the lumber yard couldn't get him any more, Roy Beck went to enlist in the Navy. Somehow he wound up in the Marines and there was an island out there in the Pacific named Iwo Jima waiting for him. (This interview made possible with the support of ROSEMARY HIGGINSON.) (6:55)

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After a long trip on a slow LST, Marine Roy Beck hit the beach at 10 AM on Iwo Jima. As soon as the company cleared the landing craft, a Japanese mortar shell came screaming in. This was only his first close call. When the flag went up, he thought that it must be over with, but it was only getting started. (This interview made possible with the support of ROSEMARY HIGGINSON.) (6:55)

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Marine Roy Beck remembers what a hard time they had with a tank in the volcanic ash sand of Iwo Jima. It wasn't much help against the array of tiny hiding holes and miles of tunnels where the enemy could hide and attack at will. When a corporal was wounded, he carried the man out of the battle and was promoted on the spot. (This interview made possible with the support of ROSEMARY HIGGINSON.) (5:47)

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The job was simple, but dangerous. Roy Beck had to wait near a tunnel entrance and, when the Japanese emerged at night to cause mayhem, he would have a clear shot. An enemy soldier with a grenade had a different idea, but it would pay off, eventually. As the Marines neared the north end of Iwo Jima, a lack of communications caused some artillery targeting that would end in tragedy. (This interview made possible with the support of ROSEMARY HIGGINSON.) (5:20)