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Phil Wells

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The Marines suffered heavy losses the first four days at Iwo Jima. Radioman/Runner Phil Wells followed a Lieutenant and then a Sergeant as leaders kept falling. He was kept busy going back and forth to the rear for replacements and supplies. He also learned, the hard way, the proper configuration of the radio antenna. (4:19)

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Eventually, at Iwo Jima, his platoon had lost all the leaders except Corporals. Phil Wells, nicknamed "Chick," was the Radioman/Runner and he took a call from a Colonel who told him he had to pick, from four corporals, a new Lieutenant. That was a lot of sway for a Private. (4:41)

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On Iwo Jima, all of the original members of his platoon were awarded Purple Hearts, but Phil Wells says there were some men there of a different mind. On a trip back to the beach to bring up replacements, he passed a shell hole where two Captains were cowering, claiming to be pinned down even though they were a hundred yards behind the front line. (2:30)

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It was thirty six straight days on Iwo Jima with no change of clothes or regular meals. Phil Wells carried an extra bandolier stuffed with fruit bars. He had come ashore with the fourth wave just as Japanese gunners really began to fire on the landing force. As a runner, he didn't come face to face with the enemy, though once he was sure he had. What's that password? (3:58)

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As the air fields on Iwo Jima were being rebuilt, the weary Marines who had taken the island climbed the cargo nets back onto the transport ships anchored off shore. Phil Wells recalls that the Captain of his assigned transport told them that they were free of any duty and had the run of the galley. That was nice. (5:21)

Philip Carney

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While training for the Normandy invasion, Philip Carney remembers volunteering for a peculiar task. (3:15)

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Philip Carney recalls a few of the events during the 76 straight days his company spent securing bridges in Holland during World War II. (13:38)

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Philip Carney describes fighting in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. (14:07)

Phillip Gow

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Phillip Gow was aboard the USS Menard when his ship was sent to Saipan for just a day. He remembers the horrible scene that awaited them upon arrival. (1:05)

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Naval Officer Phillip Gow recalls the massive air and sea combat in the South China Sea during the invasion of Okinawa. Gow was a gunner aboard the USS Menard. His boat shot down one enemy plane, but they also lost several men. (4:40)