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Hoyt Savage

WWII | U.S. Army, 789th MP Battalion

Mr. Savage discusses purchasing and befriending a monkey from a family in the Philippines. (2:23)
Hubert Aaron

WWII | E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

Hubert Aaron was drafted in 1943 and after a short stop in North Africa, his unit joined the push into Southern Italy. Soon he was celebrating his twentieth birthday in combat. He recalls diving into the mud in a cabbage patch as the bullets punctured the vegetables all around. (3:43)
Hubert Aaron says, "I know I'm going to heaven because I spent three months in hell at Anzio." During this battle, he directed some artillery fire that was highly accurate, but then he was on the receiving end as an incoming enemy round put him in the hospital with a concussion. After being pinned down for three months and nearly being pushed back into the sea, the Americans finally prevailed. (6:05)
After breaking out at Anzio. Hubert Aaron's unit marched into Rome, the only American unit to capture an enemy capitol during World War Two. He received a Silver Star for actions during that operation. When he went into St. Tropez, with dry feet for a change, he ignored his platoon leader's order to move out through an open field. Then he let his Thompson submachine gun do some talking. (5:58)
After capturing an entire German Panzer division, Hubert Aaron's outfit was moving up the Rhone River Valley when he was wounded in an ambush. Evacuated to Naples, he found out how great was his sacrifice. (5:20)
Hugh Atkinson

WWII | 728th Bombardment Squadron, 452nd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force

As a B-17 pilot, Hugh Atkinson remembers the vital role that self-sealing tanks served after taking heavy damage over Berlin in 1944. (2:25)
Hugh Atkinson describes in detail the German fighter attack that forced him and his crew to bail out over German territory in 1944. (10:40)
After being taken prisoner by German forces, Hugh Atkinson remembers his treatment and his travels until his liberation on April 14, 1945. This interview is audio-only. (10:53)
After bailing out of his destroyed B-17 over Germany, Hugh Atkinson recalls being captured and interrogated by German troops. (9:39)
Hugh Bell

Vietnam | A Company, 25th Aviation Battalion, 25th Infantry Division

Hugh Bell was already a fixed wing pilot when the Army decided that he would go to helicopter school. He was soon living in a hooch in Vietnam on the first of two tours, performing a variety of different missions from simple courier to air assault. (4:59)