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Arthur Wong

WWII | U.S. Army, 28th Infantry Division, 110th Reg., 3rd Battalion

Mr. Wong discusses traveling heavily over one mile on foot in under an hour's time with his amphibious command. (3:49)
Artie Curtis

WWII | USS St. Paul

Artie Curtis discusses how kamikaze aircraft would approach their Navy fleet, and one particularly close call. (1:27)
Artie Curtis remembers watching a fellow ship capsize and sink after passing through a violent typhoon in the Pacific. (1:11)
Artie Curtis describes the armament on his ship, the USS St. Paul, and the role it played in the Pacific during World War II. (4:11)
Shortly after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Artie Curtis describes becoming part of the occupation force and witnessing the aftermath of the destruction. (3:29)
Ash Rothlein

WWII | 187th Ordnance Field Depot Company

He was a truck driver behind the lines, but Ash Rothlein and the others in his unit experienced the joy of liberating a French town. On a street filled with boistrous residents, he felt it was a great moment of unity for mankind. (3:24)
His work was behind the front but Ash Rothlein did make a couple of mistakes and drive into potential danger. "There were no signs saying, this is the front." After making close friends with a Belgian host family, he drove on into Germany as far as Mannheim before the surrender. (4:04)
Serving in occupied Germany, Ash Rothlein was overwhelmed by the human devastation. When he finally sailed past the Statue of Liberty to his homecoming, it was a simple thing that made many of the troops cry, ladies dishing up apple pie. (2:18)
Opposing the German Army was less of a challenge for Ash Rothlein than the fight he had against some unscrupulous contractors in Florida after the war. He was only a truck driver but he managed to unite all involved in a troubled construction project to oppose the cartel, leading to a transformational experience in his life. (6:57)
Like many veterans, Ash Rothlein was drawn to service and charitable work in his return to civilian life. For him, it was an innocent question in a writing class that drew him out and got him involved. (5:44)