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Art Staymates

WWII | B Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

France was tough, but Belgium was totally different. Art Staymates trusted the Belgians so he accepted the food offered by an old woman. It was the best thing he had ever tasted. They helped the Americans in other ways and their gratitude lasted down through the generations, as Art would discover years later. (2:45)
The 1st Division had thousands of casualties in the frigid cold at the Ardennes and in the Hurtgen Forest. After 171 days on the front line, Art Staymates headed to the rear for some hot food and a shower and a trip to Paris. He got the first two, then a little problem came up at Bastogne. (6:39)
The war was over and the men piled into the trucks. Art Staymates asked the driver if they were going to Bremerhaven. That's where the ships were. No such luck. The 1st Division was to train replacements and prepare for Japan, but three companies were selected for a special task in Nuremburg. (2:30)
As the commander of the guard at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, Art Staymates got to know the notorious prisoners including Hermann Goring. On his first day in the assignment, the field marshal tested his resolve. (6:06)
After he posted his guards every morning at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, Art Staymates would often travel through the town in his jeep. One day he saw a sign for a cafe and was curious because there really wasn't much food available to the civilians anywhere. What he found inside made the whole war worth it. (4:29)
Arthur Buffington

WWII | U.S. Army Air Force, 316th Bomber Wing

Mr. Buffington describes guarding Japanese prisoners as his first job overseas. (2:17)
Arthur Crowe

WWII | 9th Infantry Division Artillery

Arthur Crowe remembers finding a target with the help of a Colonel, only to miss, and hit a signifigantly more important target. (1:46)
Arthur Crowe explains the working of the vehicles taken to Europe by the Allied Forces and how they differed from the Germans. (2:51)
Arthur Crowe recalls stumbling upon a German rally point while the 9th Infantry moved to isolate the German troops on the north end of the Cherbourg Peninsula. (4:32)
Arthur Crowe remembers the 9th Infantry taking part in the breakthrough at Saint Lo in Northern France by Patton's Third Army. (4:02)