Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- World War II: The Pacific Theater -- Hot Stuff!! Hot Stuff!! By Elisha "Richie" Richardson -- A Fighting Chance By Robert L. Knott -- My Souvenirs By Louis Munschy -- My Survival By Bob McNutt -- Invasion By Lee Hull -- South Pacific Action By Clint Cole -- Memories of Pacific Invasions By Sgt. Leonard J. Ash, as remembered by his daughter, Annette Ash -- A Seabee on Iwo By Lowell Horton -- Assignment Pearl Harbor By Richard Johanson -- Iwo Jima By Ross Doll -- My WWII Experiences on a B-24 Bomber By Vartan Dzerigian -- Memories of My Father By Colonel Emil J. Radics, as remembered by his daughter -- A Close Call By Fred Von Rueden -- In Command By Chandler Washburne -- Enjoying Classical Music in China By Robert Soule -- It Was Like This By Mary Hayesy Snyder -- Just Being A Fighter Pilot By Lee Self -- Robert Brown: Commissioned from the Jungle By Scotti Lynn Moore -- I Wanted a Clean Place to Sleep By Everett "Bud" Rank, as told to Charlotte Hutchison -- A Brief Detour on Saipan By Eugene Holquinn, as told to his niece, Georgia Vercoe -- The Story of "Lucky Six" By Robert Baird -- Serving with the 40th Division By Gerald Russell Wells -- World War II: European Theater -- With the Blue Devils in Italy By Dick Neuman -- The Real Hero By Cruz Rios -- A Highly Decorated Truck Driver By Phil Carter -- My Life in World War II By Wayne E. Houser, Sr -- How I Captured a Box at the Opera By Richard L. Herboldshimer -- Daddy's Second War By Nathan Moore, as told to Naoma Hayes -- A Handful of Memories By Loyd Carver, Army Air Corps, WWII -- Aboard the Submarine Apogon By M.C. (Mac) McGinty -- Recollections from the War By Sally Stallings -- 1317 Engineers General Service Regiment By Earl Watson -- Once an Officer By Richmond Roe Fowler.

Memories of a Combat Medic in WW II By Ed Jennrich -- D-Day By James E. Davis, as told to his daughter, Jodi Davis, in February 2007 -- Serving on an LST By Ralph Ritchie -- Autobiography By Bud Grace -- Co-Pilot, Bomber Crew #319 By Leonard Newton -- In for the Duration By Lloyd Renfro -- A Story Told by an American Ex-Pow By Darwin Nelson -- Once a Marine, Always a Marine! By Francis I. Donohue -- A Story of an Ex-POW By Frank Hokr -- KIA and Still Bragging About It By Gerry A. Eckenrod -- Ex-Prisoner of War By Glenn Schmidt -- The Difference Between Life and Death By John Cabrera Padilla -- A Left Waist Gunner on a B-17 with the 8th Air Force By Rudy Giannoni -- Post War Memories By Ray Springer -- Remembering WWII By Eugene Richardson -- World War II: on the homefront -- One Lucky Life By Arthur Cornwall -- In Love with Airplanes By Bob Der Mugrdechian -- The Lost SB2C Helldivers By Duane W. Turk -- World War II Pack Artillery, 71 Division By Gervice (Gerv) Nash -- Always Ready By Jane James -- Dottie's Story As told to Linda Robertson -- Gloria Lloyd Radics As remembered by her daughter -- Christmas 1941, Two Weeks After Pearl Harbor By Anna McCartney -- My Guilty Wish By Francis Hutchison, as told to Charlotte Hutchison -- What December 7, 1941, Meant for Me By Kathy Yamada -- POW Camps By LeVeta Vincent -- A Different Story of Service By Lois Schneider -- World War II Home Front Memories By Mabelle Selland -- The WAVES in Washington, D.C. By Marjorie Mulkey Nelson -- A Kid's Eye View of WWII By Marylin Pages Zask -- April 1944 By Pauline Middleton -- A Beautician to the WASPs By Rosalee O. Wheeler -- The Smith Brothers From the memoirs of Gaynel (Smith) Taylor, as related to her daughter, Marjorie (Taylor) Allen -- Thomas Leslie Taylor, Tec 5 From the memoirs of Gaynel (Smith) Taylor, as related to her daughter, Marjorie (Taylor) Allen.

A Whimsical Tale By Virginia Templeton -- The Korean War -- Korean Occupation, September 7, 1945 By Richard V. Johnson -- Korea 1951 By Bill Helton -- Experiences in War By Charles Tobias -- The Killing Zone By Frank Blake -- Korea By Frank Hokr -- Remembering Korea By Henry Lemay -- A Personal Journey By John M. Chabala -- A Struggle Toward Happiness By Kenneth Cowan -- Days of Service in the Korean Conflict By Kenneth Huey -- From Humble Beginnings By Reginald Thornhill -- Service to My Country By Stanford Lee -- Scaling the Fence By Wally E. Peterson -- Trajectory of an Ex-POW By Joel A. Hinojosa -- Capture in Korea By Paul Petredis -- Missing Dog Tags By Kenneth Eaton -- Service in between the wars -- Sea Story By Gordon D. Pickett -- My Years of Service By John L. Wells -- Christmas at 300 Feet By Robert Owens -- Vietnam -- In Country By James E. Cornwall -- Vietnam War By Chong Erskine -- Warrior of the Mountains By Richard Gonzalez -- Scared to Life By Cliff Rapp -- The Bells By Lee Self -- Rose Colored Glasses By Tom Hayward, as told to Linda Hayward -- Try Hard and Never Quit By Sing Houngviengkham, as told to Charlotte Hutchison -- Long Binh, Vietnam By Carolyn Hisako Tanaka -- Experiencing Saigon An excerpt by Reginald Thornhill -- Viet Nam 1966 By Bill Helton -- The Cold War -- Cold War Service in Germany By David Ellis Allen -- GTMO Cuba August 17, 1962 to December 21, 1962 By Bill Helton -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Contributors' Service and Rank -- Index -- About the Author.