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Frank Prater

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Frank Prater and the China Marines repair an old Chinese base for the Japanese. (2:00)

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Frank Prater remembers the trip from Tiensen to Shanghai after he and the China Marines were captured. (1:51)

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Frank Prater remembers the violent and often brutal nature of discipline in a Japanese work camp. (1:59)

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Frank Prater and the China Marines receive notice from the Japanese. (1:17)

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Frank Prater has to survive food drops on the island of Hokkaido from American planes after Japan surrenders. (1:52)

Frank Symosek

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Frank Symosek recalls a battle at Rendova in New Georgia when a group of Japanese bombers ambushed his crew. Symosek tended to a wounded man who sustained a leg injury after the battle was over. Later in his campaign, Symosek met the man again at a hospital where they reminisced on the battle at Rendova. (2:48)

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Frank Symosek tells a humorous story about his time on his crew’s LCI. A wire fell after being hit by some shrapnel, and Symosek’s crew mate had a notable reaction. (0:40)

Frank Thomas

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Frank Thomas recalls the dangers his Merchant Marine ship encountered on one troop and supply delivery to Italy. (4:38)

Frank Walden

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Navy Corpsman Frank Walden's first post was a hospital where he emptied bedpans. He asked for sea duty and got it, aboard the USS Anne Arundel, a troop transport. In the invasion of Sicily, he volunteered to go ashore and unload ammunition. That may be why he was reassigned to the new 6th Beach Battalion. If he was crazy enough to volunteer to go ashore, why not? (3:47)

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Navy Corpsman Frank Walden went ashore at Omaha Beach with the Beach Battalion, a unit charged with managing the beach during the assault. After the shock of seeing the first bodies, and after a frightening rush to find safety in the chaos, he began to treat the wounded. (4:58)