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  • Kalil, Louis Segment 6

    Kalil recalls the events that took place on 16 December of 1944. They woke to artillery fire around 5:30 a.m. The shooting lasted for two hours.

  • Kalil, Louis Segment 7

    Kalil did not think he was going to survive after seeing all the Germans in the town.

  • Kalil, Louis Segment 8

    After separating Kalil from the rest of the platoon after his capture, the Germans loaded Kalil on a truck and took him to a train station.

  • Kalil, Louis Segment 9

    The Germans repaired Kalil's mouth and jaw. He did not mind it.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 1

    Jimmie Kanaya was born in Clackamas, Oregon in 1920 and grew up working on a farm from dawn to dusk.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 10

    Of the 3 guys that went with Kanaya to bring back the wounded, one was a Caucasian from a supporting company.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 11

    Kanaya never tried to escape until after they left camp in Poland in January of 1945.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 12

    They also knew through a radio set that they had that the Rhine River was under siege.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 13

    There was 1 company of tanks, 1 company of infantry and a company for support.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 14

    They were able to keep their sanity because they knew the war was going well for them.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 15

    During that period, the Russian prisoners got along with the American prisoners. One of them made a cigarette case for Kanaya.

  • Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 16

    Kanaya had no idea if everyone made it back.

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