1. “A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.” PEARL HARBOR, DECEMBER 7, 1941
FIRMAN BALZA, NAVY, USS Maryland, battleship
RUSSELL McCURDY, MARINES, USS Arizona, battleship
EVERETT HYLAND, NAVY, USS Pennsylvania, battleship
DEL ALDRICH, NAVY, USS Ramsey, destroyer-minesweeper
AL BODENLOS, ARMY, Schofield Barracks
HARVEY AND JEAN FRASER, ARMY, Schofield Barracks
WAYNE “JIM” JOHNSON, ARMY AIR FORCE, Hickam Field
BILL AND RUTH COPE, ARMY AIR FORCE, Hickam Field
TOM LARSON, NAVY, Pearl Harbor
LENORE RICKERT, NAVY, Pearl Harbor, nurse
2. THE FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES: CORREGIDOR AND THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH, 1941-42
ALAN HANCOCK, ARMY, Bataan Death March
IRVING STROBING, ARMY, Corregidor
JOHN BRUER, ARMY, Bataan, Corregidor
3. THE DOOLITTLE RAIDERS BOMB TOKYO, APRIL 1942
BILL BOWER, ARMY AIR FORCE, B-25 pilot
4. ISLAND COMBAT BEGINS AT GUADALCANAL, TARAWA, PELELIU, NEW GUINEA, 1942-44
ROBERT MAHOOD, MARINES, Guadalcanal
CARL ALBRITTON, ARMY, New Guinea, Philippines
DAVE BOWMAN, MARINES, Peleliu, Okinawa
5. COPING WITH CASUALTIES: MEDICS AND CORPSMEN, 1942-45
VERN GARRETT, NAVY, corpsman, USS Yorktown, carrier, and Marine invasions: Tarawa, Guam
ROBERT CLACK, NAVY, corpsman, USS Yorktown, carrier
STERLING CALE, NAVY, corpsman, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal
DAVE GUTTERMAN, ARMY, medic, New Guinea, Philippines, Japan
6. COMMUNICATING WITH THE ENEMY: INTERPRETERS, 1942-45
BOB SHEEKS, MARINES, Japanese language officer, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian
DAN WILLIAMS, MARINES, Japanese language officer, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima
HARRY FUKUHARA, ARMY, Nisei interpreter, New Guinea, Philippines, Hiroshima
7. MANNING THE PT BOATS, 1942-45
DAVE LEVY, NAVY, PT boat skipper, Solomons, Philippines
AL HAHN, NAVY, PT boat motor machinist mate, Philippines
8. THE WAR IN THE AIR, 1942-45
JOHN BEDDALL, ARMY AIR FORCE, B-25 radio operator and gunner, Marshalls
A.C. KLEYPAS, ARMY AIR FORCE, B-24 radio operator and gunner, New Guinea, Philippines
JIM ROSENBROCK, ARMY AIR FORCE, P-38 and P-51 armorer, New Guinea, Philippines
JOHN W. VINZANT, ARMY AIR FORCE, B-29 pilot
FRED WOLKEN, ARMY AIR FORCE, C-47 troop carrier pilot, New Guinea, Philippines
DON VAN INWEGEN, ARMY AIR FORCE, B-29 tail gunner
BILL MASHAW, NAVY, Naval Air Transport Service pilot
LOUIS MEEHL, ARMY AIR FORCE, gunner
RUSSELL FRINK, NAVY, USS Fletcher, destroyer, Solomons
WYLIE DAVIS, NAVY, USS Chicago, cruiser
PERRY MAX JOHNSTON, NAVY, LST 958
OZ LEVERENZ, NAVY, destroyer crewman
BILL LEWIS, NAVY, LCSL captain, Okinawa
CLARENCE COOK, NAVY, armed guard, merchant ships
BILL POND, NAVY, USS Tulagi, carrier, deck crew
CLARENCE “DUDE” STORLA, COAST GUARD, LST 831
GEORGE THOMA, NAVY, USS Sperry, submarine tender
MIKE DEBOLT, NAVY, USS Portland, cruiser
LEO DORSEY, NAVY, carrier fighter pilot
JAMES REAVES, NAVY, Underwater Demolition Team
JIM LOCKHART, NAVY, submariner
10. LIFE IN THE REAR AREA ISLANDS, 1942-45
REX ALAN SMITH, ARMY ENGINEERS, Canton, Funafuti, Guam, Philippines
CHARLES McNEAL, MARINES, Samoa
ROBERT PHELAN, ARMY, rear area islands
11. WAR AS ISLAND NATIVES SAW IT, 1942-45
FALAVI, COAST-WATCHER, Beru, Gilberts
JORGE CRISTOBAL, NAVY, Pearl Harbor, Guam
12. THE VIEW FROM JAPAN, 1942-45
13. THE FINAL PHASE OF ISLAND COMBAT, PHILIPPINES, SAIPAN, GUAM, TINIAN, IWO JIMA, OKINAWA, 1944-45
JIM MILLIFF, MARINES, Bougainville, Guam
HARLAN WALL, ARMY, Philippines
FRED SAIZ, ARMY, New Guinea, Philippines
MILO CUMPSTON, MARINES, Iwo Jima
BILL HASTINGS, MARINES, Iwo Jima
JOE WOODS, MARINES, Saipan, Iwo Jima
14. FACING THE KAMIKAZE, 1944-45
JIM SPRIGGS, NAVY, USS Laffey, destroyer
BOB KARR, NAVY, USS Laffey, destroyer
LARRY DELEWSKI, NAVY, USS Laffey, destroyer
DALE KILLIAN, COAST GUARD, LST 170
15. THE SURRENDER, AND ENTERING JAPAN, 1945
HOADLEY DEAN, ARMY, advance party into Japan