Hanks for Our Troops

The History Channel is proud to support the work of The National World War II Museum to preserve the stories of America's World War II veterans.

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 recalls his experience on D-Day during World War II.

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.

B-17 Bomber Pilot John H. "Lucky" Luckadoo talks about what it took to survive World War II.

B-17 Bomber Pilot John H. "Lucky" Luckadoo recalls his harrowing experience during "Black Week" in October 1943, as a member of the 100th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force, which became known as the "Bloody Hundredth."

B-17 Bomber Pilot John H. "Lucky" Luckadoo explains the "Four F's" that plagued every bomber pilot during World War II—fear, fighter jets, flak and freezing temperatures.

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

U.S. Navy Veteran Steve Ellis talks about what it was like to endure a kamikaze attack during 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. Navy veteran George Olson recalls seeing the flag raising at Iwo Jima from his ship, the USS Twiggs.

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 recalls his experience as a Marine, from his time in boot camp at Montford Point, to the occupation of Tokyo, and the awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines.

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.