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David Harrington

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David Harrington recounts a particularly harrowing experience fighting Viet Cong while his platoon was under heavy fire from RPGs at their company basecamp Camp Rowe. Harrington recounts one of his injuries and a member of his company that came to their rescue in that moment. (8:59)

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David Harrington talks about his shrapnel injury that led to his airlift and hasty surgery. For his time on the scouting mission that led to his injury, he received the Purple Heart and was amazed by one of the fellow recipients of the medal. (7:15)

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David Harrington remembers being sent home on leave only to return to combat in rural Vietnam. One particular experience left him without an escape route in the mountains, hoping for some friendly assistance. (9:26)

David Lee

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To Army draftee David Lee, training for the infantry was a great adventure. He made friends from far and wide and it prepared him well for the ongoing campaign across Europe. (5:37)

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David Lee was on his way to Europe in a troop ship and they put him to work making ice cream. It was no treat, though, when he was thrown onto the Battle of St. Lo. (2:51)

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David Lee says the fabled German 88mm gun was put to devastating use in the Battle of St. Lo. It was even used to target individual soldiers. Eventually the Germans had to withdraw and it was a breakthrough right across France for the Allies. (6:59)

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David Lee’s unit was repositioned in response to the Battle of the Bulge, shoring up the Southern flank. After that, they moved to the Elbe River, where they contacted advancing Russian troops. (4:13)

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The activity was less stressful at war’s end for David Lee. Liberating a wine cellar and guarding a refugee camp were welcome changes from combat. Of 158 men who arrived in Europe with his unit, only 8 remained. (3:29)

David Phillips

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David Phillips wanted to go fight the Japanese but he was too young. He went to work for a shipbuilder but left when it made him sick. He enlisted at last and was made a leader at boot camp because he knew close order drill so well. Graduated from torpedo school, he shipped out on a slow LST for North Africa. (5:16)

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Trained as a Torpedoman, David Phillips had nothing to do in Salerno so he became a guard for the Allied base there. This allowed him to get sweet revenge on the crew of the ship that brought him over the Atlantic and got on his bad side. He also met an AWOL entrepreneur who made out pretty well in Italy. (5:48)