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Okinawa in WWII, 3:48
A WWII Navy veteran recounts the complexity of fending off Kamikaze attacks through Operation Big Blue Blanket.
Pearl Harbor
A woman recounts what happened during Pearl Harbor
Splashdown
USS Hornet picked up Apollo 11
The Devastation of Pearl Harbor
A 15 year old girl named Lucille lived in Indianapolis who experienced Pearl Harbor and the FDR Infamy speech.
The Late Sixties: A Story of Confusion, 6:19
Growing up in the late 1960s was a confusing time for Patty Rooney who witnessed protests against the Vietnam War while her older brother Rick was serving in the US Marines.
The Shipwreck of the USS Indianapolis, 3:55
A sailor's sister remembers the lasting impact of the USS Indianapolis disaster on her brother during WWII and beyond.
The Vietnam Draft, 5:05
A seminary student is one of the few members of his seminary class to pursue ministerial work after graduation during the Vietnam War years.
TJIDENG INTERNMENT CAMP, BATAVIA, JAVA. 1945.
TJIDENG INTERNMENT CAMP, BATAVIA, JAVA. 1945. EXTERIOR OF SOME OF THE HOUSES OF THE CAMP, PART OF A FENCED OFF BATAVIAN SLUM. EACH HOUSE ACCOMMODATED AS MANY AS TWENTY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
Tjideng, 3:41
The story of a Dutch family in Indonesia under Japanese occupation during WWII and the life and death struggles they faced
Under the Waves
A daughter remembers the story about the the loss of her father, Joesph Hunt Bourland a submarine commander during World War 2 and the impact of his death across his family, his wife, and children.