True Tales of World War II

52 stories by and about those who experienced World War II first-hand. 85 photos.Contents1: A Replacement in the "Bloody Bucket"2: A Tale of Two Rings3: Bravery and World War II4: Combat Report of the 9th SS Panzer Division, 3-24 July 19445: Air Raid6: "Fly Your Eggs Right Down Their Stacks!": A Dauntless Pilot at the Battle of Midway7: "Dear John..."8: The Frogmen of Eniwetok9: "General Quarters"10: Guts, Grit and Goals: A Vivid Illustration of the Power of the Human Mind11: Happy Birthday, Brother12: Interrogation of Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida, IJN: The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the Kamikaze Corps in the Philippines and Okinawa13: It's a Wonder We Won the War14: "I've Been Working on the Railroad..."15: Last of the First16: Letters From a G.I.17: Miracle in New Guinea18: My Bare-Handed War Against the Emperor's Bushido Killers19: New Year's Blast at Okinawa: The Tragedy of 2 January 194620: No Fault Collision21: One Jump Too Many22: One Man's War23: Only God Knew the Way24: 1st SS Panzer Regiment (11-24 December 1944): Interview with Joachim Peiper25: Follow-Up Interview With Joachim Peiper26: Philatelic Censorship in World War II27: POW of Japanese Freed Self28: The Reconners of Camp Campbell29: Return to the River Kwai30: Rosemarie's Story31: Sal's Ship: The U.S.S. Lexington (CV 2)32: Save It for the War Effort33: Scratch One Zero34: The Sentry35: Former Serviceman Reunited with His Bicycle36: A Square Looks at the "Bomb"37: SS-Scharführer Siegfried Kress Escapes!38: The Unsinkable Liberty Ship39: Wingman40: You Can Still Be A Gentleman... Even Though You Served in the Pacific41: A Jaundiced View of Tanks42: Action in the Eifel43: Battle of the Bulge44: Christmas on Bougainville45: Darned Clever These Chinese... and Confounding46: Escape From Death in a Wellington47: Flying PBYs with VP-61 in the Aleutians48: I Was Expendable49: Incident on Biak Island50: Interrogation of Vice Adm. Kzutaka Shirachi, IJN: Occupation of the Philippines and Dutch East Indies51: A Talk With Some Japs52: The '88' with 20/20 Vision