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Marvin Dyer

WWII | USS Hammann

After decoding Japanese messages regarding an attack on the area, Marvin Dyer describes his ship's involvement in the Battle of Midway in June of 1944, during which his ship was destroyed by a torpedo. (12:55)
Even before the Pearl Harbor attack, Marvin Dyer talks about how the U.S. would have inevitably joined the war effort against the Axis powers during World War II. (1:02)
During Operation Sandstone, Marvin Dyer talks about patrolling the test areas and witnessing nuclear explosions on the small island of Enewetak in 1948. (2:55)
Marvin Newman

WWII | US Army, 40th Inf., 160th Reg.

Marvin prepares for the invasion of Japan but is saved at the last minute by the dropping of the two atomic bombs. (1:17)
Mary D'Amico

WWII | Italian Civilian

Mary D'Amico discusses the changing attitudes of the German soldiers in Cassino, Italy once the Americans seized control of the region over the Germans. She explains how they had to escape to the hills and build their own shelter to survive. (6:50)
Civilian Mary D'Amico talks about what the town of Cassino, Italy was like after the bombing was over and the Americans had successfully cut off the German supply road between Rome and Naples. (1:19)
Even after the Battle of Monte Cassino was over, the town was still a very dangerous place to live. Mary D'Amico was a young teenager at the time but remembers all of the post-war horrors and dangers of living in a recent combat zone. (1:19)
Mary D'Amico who was 10 and 11 years old during the end of the war remembers the mental strength of her father during the difficult time during and after the Battle of Monte Cassino. Her sister was also suffering from typhoid fever for several weeks. (1:10)
Mary D'Amico reflects on the difficult and dangerous conditions for a 10 year-old Cassino, Italy citizen under the rule of Mussolini during WWII. Her family lived in town, but took shelter after the bombing in her family farmhouse. (:26)
Mary D'Amico shares a memory during Christmas time in Cassino, Italy. Mary and her family had been hiding out in the woods to stay clear of German soldiers after the surrender to the Allies. (1:44)