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Wiley Virden
Korea
| U.S. Army, 45th Inf. Div., Co. I, Thunderbird
Mr. Virden describes what it was like to reside in trenches on a daily basis during the Korean war. (1:59)
Part 2: Mr. Virden concludes sharing the incidents he experienced during the battle at T-Bone Hill. (6:01)
Part 1: Mr. Virden shares the incidents he experienced during the battle at T-Bone Hill, and describes the actions that led him to earning a Silver Star. (5:22)
Will Crawford
WWII
| Foxy 29 Armed Medical Corps
Will Crawford tells the story behing the formation of Foxy 29, an armed medical corps. (2:26)
Will Gehlen
WWII
| 64th Flak Abteilung Munster
Will Gehlen, a member of the Hitler Youth, relates the tale of Adolf Hitler visiting his school and explains why he was so admired by the German people. (6:30)
Will Gehlen, a Hitler Youth member on a flak gun crew, describes the different types of Allied planes shot down by the flak and how the survivors were sometimes mistreated by the Hitler Youth, but not by the soldiers. (3:22)
Will Gehlen remembers how he left the French Foreign Legion after the war in Indochina and why he still carries a grudge against the memory of Charles de Gaulle. (8:24)
Will Gehlen describes life in the Rhineland during the rise of the Third Reich and what it was like on the German home front and the attitude and feelings of the German civilians during the war and after the defeat. (German Home Front, Part 2/2) (7:48)
Pressed into service on a flak gun crew, Will Gehlen, a boy at the time, describes the technology used to battle Allied planes and the routine of life on the crew. (The Flak Guns, Part 2/2) (8:41)
Will Gehlen gives background on the French Foreign Legion and the difficult colonial Indochina war. Despite French disinterest, patriotic Viet Minh and difficult jungle warfare conditions, he survived because they were "bad shots." (12:25)
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