Bob WalkerBob Walker
WWII veteran (Lima)
"I never saw so many bombers in
my life." 
Time: 9:03

Brenda Endicott Brenda Grace Endicott
Daughter of Keith Collingwood (Findlay)
"He was in the navy and couldn't swim."
Time: 5:59


Charles Brogee Charles Brogee
Korean War Veteran (Lima)
"There was a high form of patriotism
back then amongst children."    
Time: 2:39

Douglas Brookhart Douglas Brookhart
Child of World War II (St. Marys)
"It wasn't until after the war that we had
a Dad again."
Time: 4:48

Doyle R. Miller Doyle R. Miller
World War II Veteran (Lakeview)
"This is where history is wrong ... "
Time: 21:29


Frank Miller Frank Miller
World War II Veteran (Ada)
"I stood up under heavy fire from the Germans, a machine gun & also mortars."
Time: 4:10

Helen Stambor Helen Stambor
World War II Veteran Spouse (Lima)
"... he could no longer walk, his feet had rotted inside his shoes from standing in
wet foxholes."     Time: 4:10

Hilary Youngpeter Hilary Youngpeter
World War II Veteran (Findlay)
"The most dangerous time we had was
with the French...they'd kill ya' if they
had the chance."     Time: 15:37

Howard Dunifon Howard Dunifon
World War II Veteran (Lima)
"We were side-by-side, anybody who
gave Tokie any problems ... they was
givin' Howard problems to."   Time: 6:15

Jim Clark Jim Clark
World War II Veteran (Harrod)
"We helped free the concentration camp
of Dachau ... there was such a thing as
the Holocaust!"     Time: 7:32

John Edward Newman John Edward Newman
World War II Veteran (Findlay)
"We defeated the German air force
by blowing up their refineries."
Time: 15:36

Kenneth Nault Kenneth Nault
Family member of Leo Bertog (Arcadia)
"At night you could hear the hogs eating
on the cadavers."
Time: 4:39

Lawrence Huffman Lawrence Huffman
Historian (Lima)
"There were 423 metals of honor awarded
for action during World War II two of them were right here, from Lima, Ohio."  
Time: 15:40

Liesel Soundheimer Liesl Soundheimer
World War II survivor (Lima)
"They hated the Jewish people and
our life was in constant danger."
Time: 10:15

Lowell R. Butler Lowell R. Butler
World War II Veteran (Lima)
"I was drafted into the army in
January 1943. "
Time: 7:08

Marie B. Allen Marie B. Allen
Canteen Volunteer (Lima)
"We'd have all the food ready to
take out to the boys."
Time: 6:48

Peggy Reinheart Peggy Reinheart
Child of World War II (Arlington)
"We never questioned rationing."
Time: 3:28


Phillip Meeks Phillip Meeks
World War II Veteran (Lima)
"We had a mustang for a captain ... he
was a daredevil."
Time: 12:26

Ricahrd Berry Richard Berry
World War II Veteran (Perrysburg)
"... more sailors got killed from suicide
plans, in Okinawa. Ken Burns didn't bring that up at all."   Time: 17:24

Robert Neumeirer Robert Neumeier
World War II Veteran (Ada)
"It tore a big hole in my leg, and I tried to
walk on it and wasn't doing to good."
Time: 2:45

Ross E. Stober Ross E. Stober
World War II Veteran (Lima)
"Yanks don't worry, I'll put you on the
shore and your won't even get your
booties wet."   Time: 17:59

Scott Trostel Scott Trostel
Author (Fletcher)
"In Ohio, specifically, we had more track
side Railroad Canteens than at any place
else in the United States."   Time: 11:44

Valaire Orchard Valaire Orchard
Canteen/Red Cross Volunteer (Lima)
"The local Red Cross chapters became
like part of the families."  
 Time: 7:17

Walter Koch Walter Koch
World War II Veteran (Elida)
"Two days later, the airplanes looked like mosquitoes up there."   
Time: 15:18

Woodrow Allen Woodrow D. Allen
World War II Veteran (Wapakoneta)
"We went through The English Channel
our boat was so big that there was only
2 or 3 inches on each side."   Time: 5:53