Episodes (3)
Nov 09, 2016
Alice Miller, 95, of Old Fort tells her experience serving in the Navy Nurse Corps during World War II on the USS Solace. Miller made seven trips on the Navy hospital ship from Okinawa to Guam on a ship transported over 400 patients. "These were just kids," Miller says to describe her patients aged mostly 18-20 years old. Miller treated patients in the burn unit. Men were injured after kamikaze planes dove into ships that exploded, tossing them into the sea and burning oil.
Nov 09, 2016
Richard Willer, 91, of Lindsey tells his experience serving in the U.S. Marine Corps 6th Division during World War II. Willer fired a 105 howitzer, his gun section the number one of a battery of four guns trained to move together.
Nov 11, 2016
Carl Cooley, 91, of Fremont served in the U.S. Army 26th Infantry Division during World War II. He got a deferment to finish high school, and less than a week after receiving his diploma, he was in the army. During the day, Cooley hid in foxholes from constant enemy fire. He served as a rifleman and carried an M1 gun, following General George Patton's 4th Armored Division.
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WWII: In Their Own Words Season 2 (2016) is released on Nov 09, 2016 and the latest season 3 of WWII: In Their Own Words is released in 2017. Watch WWII: In Their Own Words online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. WWII: In Their Own Words is directed by Molly Corfman and created by Molly Corfman with James Reardon and Jim McGrady.