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Don Scott

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Don Scott explains why he celebrates the second day of May every year. It was that day in 1945 when British soldiers found him on the road in a forced march of Allied prisoners. The guards had fled and soon there were happy men walking west toward relief. (7:33)

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B-17 crew member Don Scott had to bail out of his plane and spent time in a German POW camp. He displays some of the objects from his internment and other memorabilia. (3:53)

Don Ware

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Don Ware explains the details of flight missions operated in the Red River Valley during the Vietnam War. He then recalls a flight in which he led four F-105s on a mission to blow up a bridge on the Red River, and had to engage in several improvisational efforts to complete the mission and get home. (5:32)

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Don Ware recounts a mission in which his flight leader, Dave Hatcher, was shot down by enemy fire. (5:41)

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Don Ware recalls training at Ajo Range, specifically, his first practice bombing mission. (2:53)

Don Worrell

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Don Worrell recalls a moment of both humor and horror while in Aachen, Germany, as he and a fellow soldier stumbled upon a group of German soldiers in an abandoned house. He also talks about his three closest calls, how he only fired two shots during the entire war, and getting in contact with one fellow soldier decades after the war. (7:35)

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Don Worrell remarks about how, during World War II, his men were under threat from V-1 buzz bombs created by the German engineer Wernher von Braun. After the war, incidentally, both Worrell and von Braun worked for NASA, where Worrell ended up writing speeches for the engineer. (1:51)

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Don Worrell shares the fortuitous story of how a gift from a religious relative, a pocket Bible, helped save his life during World War II. He recalls his injuries from shrapnel while fighting in the Colmar Pocket in France, and also a humorous interaction with actress Madeleine Carroll while in recovery. (4:24)

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While reconnoitering in Germany near the end of World War II, Don Worrell recalls stumbling upon several Italian soldiers, who he immediately took hostage, only to change his mind and leave them the next day. (2:27)

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Don Worrell remembers an "astonishing" experience when a young French boy led him to the boy's home, where the boy's parents thanked Worrell, as a U.S. Army soldier, for liberating the French during the war. (2:12)