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Mathew Sikorski

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Although he was just a boy when Nazis forced the Jews of Warsaw into a walled ghetto, Mathew Sikorski has vivid memories of this time, including the heroics of Irena Sendler and Maximilian Kolbe, who saved thousands of Jews from the death camps. (9:11)

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Polish exile Mathew Sikorski recalls the joy of liberation when Allied troops entered the town of Hameln, Germany where he and his mother were assigned to work in a blanket factory. (6:58)

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Mathew Sikorski tells how he attempted to find out the details of his father's death in a concentration camp and then opines on the greater moral issues regarding the Nazi and Soviet occupations of his Polish homeland. (8:41)

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As a young boy in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation, Mathew Sikorski witnessed many roundups of civilians in the streets, including this incident when he encountered German soldiers while riding home on his bicycle. (4:49)

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Several unusual events during his time in forced labor in Hameln, Germany, are recalled by Polish exile Mathew Sikorski, including close encounters with attacking Allied planes. (11:28)

Maurice Northcutt

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"Bud" Northcutt remembers a surprise infiltration by Viet Cong "youngsters" onto his military base in Vietnam. Armed only with explosives, the VC managed to destroy a bunker full of sleeping guards and several helicopters on the runway. (2:03)

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"Bud" Northcutt talks about how well he witnessed local civilians being treated by U.S. troops in both Vietnam and Korea. (2:42)

Max Ferguson

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When the Korean War broke out, Max Ferguson was receiving an Army commission out of ROTC. Training as a combat engineer, he found out there was a need for engineer pilots, and he succeeded in becoming one. Then he switched from fixed wing to helicopters, which are more difficult to fly and a greater challenge. (4:37)

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Max Ferguson was arriving in Korea just as the armistice was being signed. Deployed near the 38th Parallel, he flew Korean generals and American Colonels around, but only one at a time. The cabin was a clear bubble with two seats. The biggest danger along the DMZ was simply that is was poorly marked, so you had to be careful. (6:37)

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Helicopter pilot Max Ferguson had a M.A.S.H. unit down the road from his air strip in Korea. In an escapade worthy of an episode from the TV show of the same name, he chased down a fox at weed level in his helicopter. (3:50)