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Robert Ricks

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Robert Ricks never felt afraid or unable to fly a mission. He knew the crew was depending on each member. Besides, there was the reward of the three day pass to London, where the dance halls were full of women with no men. (8:18)

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Robert Ricks enjoyed chasing the girls while on a three day pass in London, but on one of those trips, after watching several Buzz Bombs explode nearby, he turned around to see another one heading right up the street toward him and his date. (3:30)

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After the war, Robert Ricks' first job was processing the hundreds of returning aircraft for the military. Then his technical skills made him part of the Cold War, working on the Minuteman missile. (6:52)

Robert Rutledge

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Robert Rutledge recalls taking a few bomb blasts from Japanese aircraft near Okinawa, and witnessing the destruction of the USS Franklin. (3:30)

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Robert Rutledge remarks at how his ship managed to survive the deadly typhoons in the Pacific. (1:31)

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Robert Rutledge describes a few of his responsibilities in helping secure landing aircraft aboard the USS Yorktown. (3:01)

Robert Self

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Robert Self describes the painful air pressure effects of diving too fast in an aircraft without protective gear. (2:22)

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Leading up to the D-Day invasion at Salerno, Italy, Robert Self describes surviving aircraft and machine gun fire after his tug boat was beached on a sand bar for 32 days. (6:37)

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Robert Self, a tugboat captain, recalls rescuing dozens of crew members of the USS Maddox after it was hit by a German dive bomber during the invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943. (3:12)

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Robert Self remembers being blown into the water while trying to rescue sailors from a burning ship outside of Anzio, Italy, in 1943. (3:43)