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Clifford Wilford

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In what was supposed to be a routine sweep of a cellar in Metz, Germany, Wilford faced one-on-one combat with a German soldier armed with a concussion grenade. The quick instincts that defined his actions in that moment are what saved his life. (6:39)

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Clifford Wilford recalls when he was first diagnosed with his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a lot of which was attributed to his experiences with concentration camps. Seeing the inhumanity of those camps has not left him even after all these years. (4:40)

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Clifford Wilford recites a song from wartime that captures the essence of his experience in Europe. (1:41)

Clifton Linnell

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Part 2: Mr. Linnell discusses the thirteen months of his life that he spent inside a German prison camp. (3:28)

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Part 1: Mr. Linnell discusses bailing out of his plane, witnessing his fellow troops being killed, and being captured and interrogated by German forces. (3:54)

Clint Henderson

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Clint Henderson had an uncle in the Navy who was stationed at Pearl Harbor. He came home on leave and the Japanese attacked the very next day. So, the uncle only had one night at home and he was off to the war. Young Clint was still in high school and, once he was of age, he was accepted as an Aviation cadet. (5:11)

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It was a simple headache. Aviation cadet Clint Henderson went in search of an aspirin and wound up forced into bed in the dispensary. He missed the 25 mile bivouac and had to start basic all over again. When he got to the next stop, it was gunnery school. This meant he was not going to be a pilot. (4:15)

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After gunnery school, the next stop for Clint Henderson was crew assignment. The other crew members were from all over the country. He had to take on extra duty as the armorer, but that was OK. (3:41)

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The crew picked up a brand new B-17 and flew to Northern Ireland, where gunner Clint Henderson thought that the locals were the friendliest people in the world. Soon, he was over the very unfriendly skies of Germany, where he was greeted by lots of flak. (5:37)

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There was a wonderful lack of German fighters, thanks to the fighter escorts. B-17 gunner Clint Henderson marveled at the way a P-38 could climb almost vertically. You couldn't do anything about the flak, though, and once it nearly did them in. (6:18)