Hanks for Our Troops

World War II veterans from across service branches discuss what they most want Americans to remember about World War II.

Holocaust survivor Maud Dahme talks about her experience as a "hidden child" during the Holocaust in the Netherlands.

U.S. Army veteran James Deal remembers his experience discovering that World War II in Europe had ended.

B-17 bomber pilot “Lucky” Luckadoo discusses the morality of war and what it was like to experience combat at a young age during World War II.

B-17 bomber pilot John H. “Lucky” Luckadoo recalls his most harrowing mission and how he barely survived the October 8, 1943, bombing of the German city of Bremen during World War II.

U.S. Navy veteran Charles Brooking talks about the experience of being a young man in World War II.

Judge Frederick Stephen Ellis, a U.S. Navy veteran, talks about his experience with kamikaze attacks while serving on an LST in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

U.S. Navy veteran George Olson recalls his experience at the Battle of Okinawa and his miraculous escape when his ship, the USS Twiggs, was sunk during a Japanese kamikaze attack.

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Jack McDowell talks about his experiences during the occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, including damage wrought by the atomic bomb at Nagasaki

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Jack McDowell recalls his experiences as a new recruit during boot camp at Montford Point, North Carolina.