War

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"It was a horrible situation. You saw people killed. I lost a number of friends. But I was doing what I loved and covering really exciting things and being in the middle of the action. …I got something out of it which I think a lot of people who went to war didn’t.…and it formed the foundation for everything that I’ve learned since.” - Steve Kroft, Journalist

Interviewees discuss their recollections of wars from World War II to the present day.

Highlights

Steve Kroft on how his service in Vietnam prepared him to become an journalist

Frances Buss Buch on working on the CBS TV news program when Pearl Harbor was attacked

Bill Dana on being sent to witness the concentration camp at Dachau by President Eisenhower

Dan Rather on reporting on the Vietnam War

Joseph Wershba on covering the Korean Conflict for CBS

Larry Gelbart on how the Korean conflict was the real backdrop for the fictional M*A*S*H television series

Who talked about this topic

Robert Adler

Robert Adler on early projects he was assigned at Zenith and on Zenith and World War II

Mary V. Ahern

Mary V. Ahern on her experience during World War II

Steve Allen

Steve Allen on being drafted into World War II

Alex Anderson

Alex Anderson on his experiences during World War II

Howard Anderson, Jr.

Howard Anderson Jr. on his military service

Charlie Andrews

Charlie Andrews on his service in World War II

Army Archerd

Army Archerd on serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II

Bob Banner

Bob Banner on his service in World War II

Bob Banner on producing Peggy Fleming Visits the Soviet Union

Erik Barnouw

Erik Barnouw on how World War II impacted him and his work

Erik Barnouw on forming and heading the Armed Forces Radio Services education unit

Ralph M. Baruch

Ralph M. Baruch on his family's experiences in World War II in Germany and France

Joe Behar

Joe Behar on getting drafted in World War II

William Bell

William Bell on incorporating events of the Vietnam War into the storylines of Days of Our Lives

Donald Bellisario

Donald Bellisario on early memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Donald Bellisario on his childhood town's reaction to World War II

Donald Bellisario on "Magnum" of Magnum, P.I. being a veteran of the Vietnam War

Donald Belisario on Dean Stockwell's difficulty with the Quantum Leap episode "The Leap Home"

Dick Berg

Dick Berg on his experiences in World War II

Wade Bingham

Wade Bingham on the types of films he made as a child, and on making training films during World War II

Wade Bingham on covering the Korean War for CBS News

Wade Bingham on covering the Battle of Chongju and other battles during the Korean War

Wade Bingham on covering the firing of General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War for CBS News

Wade Bingham on his most memorable moments covering the Korean War for CBS News

Wade Bingham on memorable moments shooting the Korean War for CBS News

Wade Bingham on Edward R. Murrow bringing See it Now to Korea during the Korean War

Wade Bingham on competing with other news organizations during the Korean War, and on bringing sound to his footage of it

Wade Bingham on covering the French involvement in Vietnam, which was a precursor to the Vietnam War

Wade Bingham on covering the early stages of the Vietnam War for CBS News

Wade Bingham on shooting a hydrogen bomb test

Wade Bingham on covering Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Indonesia in 1960

Wade Bingham on shooting an hydrogen bomb test for CBS News

Lucille Bliss

Lucille Bliss on performing at Armed Forces Talent Shows during World War II and auditioning the Marine Corps Band

Haskell Boggs

Haskell Boggs on his activities during World War II

Mili Lerner Bonsignori

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on working on the pilot episode of See It Now which followed how a donation of blood made it to a soldier in the Korean War

Al Borden

Al Borden on his experience in World War II and living through the Great Depression

Al Borden on his service in World War II

Ed Bradley

Ed Bradley on the impact of the "boat people" story about Vietnamese refugees, and recognizing the reach of 60 Minutes

Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden on growing up in Germany during World War II

David Brinkley

David Brinkley on his World War II experience

Allan Burns

Allan Burns on getting drafted in the Vietnam War, but a back injury preventing him from serving

Josie Carey

Josie Carey on the impact of World War II on her family growing up

Julia Child

Julia Child on her time in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II

Julia Child on her time in the OSS during World War II (continued)

Robert Clary

Robert Clary on being placed in a concentration camp with this family during World War II

Robert Clary on being liberated from Buchenwald in 1945

Robert Clary on how Hogan's Heroes was vastly different from his own real life World War II experience, and more on his character, "LeBeau"

Robert Clary on his eventual decision to share his and his family's story of being placed in a concentration camp during World War II

Robert Clary on his work speaking about the Holocaust for the Shoah Foundation, and on being the subject of the documentary "Robert Clary A5714: A Memoir of Liberation"

Art Clokey

Art Clokey on working with film during World War II

Nick Clooney

Nick Clooney on how his family was affected by World War II

Nick Clooney on serving in the Armed Forces Radio Network during the Korean War

Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen on announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Watch What Happens Live

Shelley Berman with Emerson College

Shelley Berman on the importance of comedy in his life, and on the importance of comedy during World War II

Henry Colman

Henry Colman on serving in the Air Force during World War II

Fred de Cordova

Fred de Cordova on his experiences in World War II

Alexander Courage

Alexander Courage on becoming a bandleader in the Army during World War II and attending the Army Music School

Alexander Courage on starting to arrange music while he was in the Army

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna on his activities during World War II

Ann Curry

Ann Curry on reporting on the war in Kosovo for Today

Ann Curry on her dedication to covering the genocide in Darfur for Today, and on interviewing the world leaders involved in the conflict, including President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir and President of Chad Idriss Deby

Bill Dana

Bill Dana on being sent to witness the concentration camp at Dachau by President Eisenhower

Bill Dana on the Leopoldville disaster, the "Cheshire Cats," and visiting Dachau concentration camp

James Day

James Day on his experiences in World War II

Louis Dorfsman

Louis Dorfsman on joining the Army during World War II

David Dortort

David Dortort on his activities during World War II

Hugh Downs

Hugh Downs on getting drafted into the Army during World War II

Betty Cole Dukert

Betty Cole Dukert on Meet the Press' coverage of The Cold War

Betty Cole Dukert on Fidel Castro appearing on Meet the Press

Betty Cole Dukert on Anastas Mikoyan appearing on Meet the Press

Betty Cole Dukert on covering the Vietnam War on Meet the Press

Dominick Dunne

Dominick Dunne on his service in the Army during World War II

Ralph Edwards

Ralph Edwards on his bond, paper, and copper drives with Truth or Consequences during World War II

Ralph Edwards on the 1958 episode of This Is Your Life set in Hawaii to honor those who perished at Pearl Harbor and raise funds for a memorial

Jeff Fager

Jeff Fager on producing stories in the Middle East in the 1980s for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather

Jeff Fager on covering the Soviet Union for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, including a story where they explored what Russians were proud of

Jeff Fager on producing stories on the Gulf War for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and 60 Minutes

Jeff Fager on the Abu Ghraib story on 60 Minutes II

Jeff Fager on the controversial 2013 60 Minutes story on Benghazi

Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr on getting drafted during the Korean conflict

Jamie Farr on keeping in touch with Red Skelton when Farr got drafted in 1957 and the pair entertaining troops together

Jamie Farr on the premise of M*A*S*H

Jamie Farr on the dog tags he wore as "Klinger" on M*A*S*H and how the show was similar to the real Korean Way (in which Farr had served)

Irving Fein

Irving Fein on trying to serve as a publicist for a General during World War II

Les Flory

Les Flory on commercial television coming to a halt when World War II started and the development of new technologies during the war years

Horton Foote

Horton Foote on his activities during World War II, and on bringing his play "Only the Heart" to Broadway

June Foray

June Foray on writing scripts for the Office of Civilian Defense during World War II

June Foray on writing scripts for the Office of Civilian Defense during World War II

Reuven Frank

Reuven Frank on erection of the Berlin Wall

Reuven Frank on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Reuven Frank on NBC's coverage of the Bay of Pigs invasion

Reuven Frank on the NBC News documentary The Tunnel

Reuven Frank on the NBC News coverage of the Vietnam War

Reuven Frank on NBC News' coverage of the anti-Vietnam War movment

Jonathan Frid

Jonathan Frid on his experience during World War II

Murray Fromson

Murray Fromson on seeing his Japanese-American classmates taken out of their classroom a few weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the discrimination he witnessed against Japanese-Americans

Murray Fromson on being drafted during the Korean War, and he came to write for "Stars and Stripes"

Murray Fromson on what it was like to write for "Stars and Stripes" during the Korean War, and how a story he wrote got him transferred from being stationed in Japan to Korea

Murray Fromson on some of his most striking memories of reporting for "Stars and Stripes" in Korea during the Korean War

Murray Fromson on getting in trouble for a story he wrote about a Marine while reporting for "Stars and Stripes" during the Korean War, and how this led to him being hired by the Associated Press

Murray Fromson on being a correspondent in Japan, reporting on Japan and Korea following the end of the Korean War

Murray Fromson on stopping in Saigon and Cambodia on his way to reporting in Singapore in 1956

Murray Fromson on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis for CBS News

Murray Fromson on covering the Vietnam War for CBS News

Murray Fromson on torture he witnessed while covering the Vietnam War for CBS News, and a court martial trial he covered

Murray Fromson on the My Lai Massacre and the horrors of war

Murray Fromson on a piece he wrote for "The New York Times," which was an interview with an unnamed general who said the war in Vietnam was unwinnable - the general did not allow his name to be revealed until 2006 (it was Frederick C. Weyand)

Murray Fromson on how his transfer to the Chicago bureau of CBS News came about due to an experience in Vietnam

Murray Fromson on Walter Cronkite's visit to Vietnam

Murray Fromson on what he told Walter Cronkite on his visit to Vietnam

Murray Fromson on going to Moscow to cover the Soviet Union for CBS News in 1972

Murray Fromson on what it was like to live in Moscow during the Cold War and to report for CBS News

Murray Fromson on a press conference with Leonid Brezhnev before his visit to the United States in 1973

Murray Fromson on the biggest stories he covered while he was in Moscow for CBS News

Murray Fromson on covering the end of the Vietnam War, including the plane crash of a flight taking orphans out of Vietnam

Murray Fromson on the parallels between the Iraq War and the Vietnam War

James Garner

James Garner on his family and World War II

James Garner on serving in the Korean War

Greg Garrison

Greg Garrison on his experience in World War II

Larry Gelbart

Larry Gelbart on touring with Bob Hope during the war, and how Hope was almost a victim of a bombing attack while in Vietnam

David Gerber

David Gerber on his experience in World War II

Lewis Gomavitz

Lewis Gomavitz on his experience with World War II

Lewis Gomavitz on his experiences with World War II and on working at an experimental television station

Julian Goodman

Julian Goodman on serving in World War II for a short time and contracting pneumonia

Julian Goodman on NBC news coverage of the Vietnam War

Don Hewitt

Don Hewitt on his experience during World War II

Don Hewitt on covering the Korean War for CBS News, and on how the technology of the industry has changed

Don Hewitt on the CBS coverage of the Gulf of Tonkin hearing

Don Hewitt on how television changed the public's opinion of the Vietnam War

Don Hewitt on television's coverage of the Gulf War

Pat Hitchcock

Pat Hitchcock O'Connell on coming to the United States as a child and her recollections of World War II

Martin Hoade

Martin Hoade on his experience with World War II

Martin Hoade on directing the made-for-television movie Duty Bound, about the Vietnam War

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook on going into the Army during World War II

Stanley Hubbard

Stanley Hubbard on the pause in the development of television during World War II and his father's early radio stations

Stanley Hubbard on KSTP's coverage of the Vietnam War

Roy Huggins

Roy Huggins on his activities during World War II

Alan Jaggs

Alan Jaggs on his service in World War II

Lucy Jarvis

Lucy Jarvis on producing a landmark series about the United States and the Soviet Union in the early 1960s for The Nation's Future featuring John Glenn and Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov

Lucy Jarvis on producing the documentary The Kremlin for NBC News

Lucy Jarvis on the technical difficulties of filming inside the Kremlin and NBC destroying unused footage

Lucy Jarvis on her crew for The Kremlin and it being NBC first major color broadcast

Lucy Jarvis on filming The Kremlin during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962

Herb Jellinek

Herb Jellinek on The Day After

Joseph Jennings

Joseph Jennings on his activities during World War II

Charles Floyd Johnson

Charles Floyd Johnson on Magnum, P.I. being a show about Vietnam veterans returning home

George Clayton Johnson

George Clayton Johnson as serving as a cartographer for the Army

Loren Jones

Loren Jones on having been privy to the development on the atom bomb

Sidney M. Katz

Sidney M. Katz on his experience as an editor and filmmaker in World War II

Bob Keeshan

Bob Keeshan on his experiences in World War II

Lynwood King

Lynwood King on his experiences in World War II

Jeff Kisseloff

Jeff Kisseloff on the truth of the Alger Hiss story emerging in his oral history research

Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman on being drafted in War World II

Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel on his first television appearance in 1966 - covering the Vietnam War

Ted Koppel on being the first Western journalist to reach Baghdad when Iraq invaded Kuwait

Steve Kroft

Steve Kroft on how his service in Vietnam prepared him to become an journalist

Perry Lafferty

Perry Lafferty on his activities during World War II, including working for Armed Forces Radio

Rita Lakin

Rita Lakin on the first time she saw television, and on her experience with World War II

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury on her recollections of the outbreak of World War II

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Ring Lardner, Jr. on his experiences during World War II

Peter Lassally

Peter Lassally on how his German family was affected by World War II

Gene LeBell

Gene LeBell on getting drafted during the Korean War and joining The Coast Guard

Norman Lear

Norman Lear on his experience with World War II in the Air Force

Jim Lehrer

Jim Lehrer on his experience growing up during World War II

Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis on his experience during World War II

Frank Liberman

Frank Liberman on his experience with World War II

Jay Livingston

Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on how World War II affected them

Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on how World War II affected them

James L. Loper

James L. Loper on how World War II affected his family

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet on his experience during World War II

Stewart MacGregory

Stewart MacGregory on getting into radio in New York and the onset of World War II

Stewart MacGregory on his experiences in World War II

Stewart MacGregory on becoming a cryptograph specialist in World War II

Robert MacNeil

Robert MacNeil on his experience of World War II

Robert MacNeil on covering the Belgian Congo Crisis

Robert MacNeil on covering the rise of The Berlin Wall

Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis

Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis

Robert MacNeil on covering the Cold War in East Berlin

Delbert Mann

Delbert Mann on entering World War II, his recollections of Pearl Harbor, and joining the Air Force

Abby Mann

Abby Mann on writing the Playhouse 90 classic "Judgment at Nuremberg"

Abby Mann on writing Playhouse 90: "Judgement at Nuremberg"

Martin Manulis

Martin Manulis on his experience during World War II

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall on his service in World War II

Leslie H. Martinson

Leslie H. Martinson on his experiences in World War II

Bob May

Bob May on continuing to work with Olsen & Johnson when he was drafted into the Army during World War II

Bob McGrath

Bob McGrath on volunteering for the draft during the Korean War and serving in Germany

Jim McKay

Jim MKay on his interview with Fidel Castro; asking him how close we came to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Ed McMahon

Ed McMahon on his activities during World War II

Ed McMahon on flying fighter planes as a Marine in the Korean War

Bill Melendez

Bill Melendez on his experiences during World War II

Burt Metcalfe

Burt Metcalfe on how M*A*S*H related to Vietnam

Sig Mickelson

Sig Mickelson on CBS News' coverage of the Korean War

Sig Mickelson on a dust up between CBS News and the Eisenhower White House over a scheduled interview with then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

Vic Mizzy

Vic Mizzy on serving in the Navy's welfare recreation office during World War II - working on films and writing shows

Vic Mizzy on composing songs that became hits during World War II

Vic Mizzy on playing the organ for the Navy during World War II and falling ill

John Moffitt

John Moffitt on how The Ed Sullivan Show did not reference the Vietnam War

Paul Monash

Paul Monash on his experience during World War III

Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe on covering the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis for NBC News

Bill Monroe on NBC News' coverage of Vietnam

Bill Monroe on NBC News' coverage of the Vietnam War, and on covering the Lyndon B. Johnson administration

Thomas W. Moore

Thomas W. Moore on his experience with World War II

Priscilla Morgan

Priscilla Morgan on her brother's experience in World War II and joining the WAVES

Priscilla Morgan on her experiences in the Navy WAVES

Pat Morita

Pat Morita on his family being placed in an internment camp during World War II

Pat Morita on starring in Farewell to Manzanar, which portrayed the Japanese internment camps

Tad Mosel

Tad Mosel on growing up in the Great Depression and his experience in World War II

Roger Mudd

Roger Mudd on CBS coverage of the Vietnam War

Frank Nastasi

Frank Nastasi on his service in World War II

Anne Nelson

Anne Nelson on CBS Radio during World War II, and on content concerns

David Newell

David Newell on how World War II impacted his family

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart on his time in the service during The Korean War

Agnes Nixon

Agnes Nixon on a topical story about the Vietnam War on All My Children

Fess Parker

Fess Parker on his experience during World War II

Arthur Penn

Arthur Penn on his experience with World War II, and on meeting Fred Coe and Lester Shorr

Arthur Penn on putting on plays while touring around Europe during World War II

Don Pike

Don Pike on engineering cameras for bombs during World War II

Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky on his experience with World War II

Abraham Polonsky on being involved with the OSS during World War II

Tom Poston

Tom Poston on his service in World War II

Jacques Pépin

Jacques Pépin on his family's experience with World War II, and on food rationing during the war

Ward Quaal

Ward Quaal on the country entering Word War II and on announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Arthur Rankin Jr. on World War II delaying his career

Sumner Redstone

Sumner Redstone on code breaking during World War II

Del Reisman

Del Reisman on his service during World War II, and on his education

Del Reisman on the impact World War II had on Rod Serling's writing, and on Serling's celebrity, brought about by The Twilight Zone

Ed Resnick

Ed Resnick on shooting the atomic bomb tests in Las Vegas for KTLA

Ed Resnick on the logistics of shooting the atomic bomb tests, which were broadcast live on KTLA

Ed Resnick on the crew of KTLA's broadcast of the atomic bomb test

Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds on his service in the Navy in World War II

Gene Reynolds on M*A*S*H in regards to Vietnam

Larry Rhine

Larry Rhine on his experience with World War II

Hank Rieger

Hank Rieger on serving in World War II and having his first experience with public relations during the war

Heino Ripp

Heino Ripp on being in the newsroom on D-Day

Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera on reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan

Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney on his experience in World War II, and on writing for Stars and Stripes

Andy Rooney on his work at Stars and Stripes during World War II

Andy Rooney on the CBS Radio coverage of World War II, and on going to Normandy in the wake of D-Day

Andy Rooney on his editors at Stars and Stripes and on encountering Ernest Hemingway

Andy Rooney on covering the end of World War II for Stars and Stripes

Stanley Rubin

Stanley Rubin on serving in the Motion Picture Unit during World War II

Maria Elena Salinas

Maria Elena Salinas on covering the Iraq War from Baghdad

Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford on her experience with World War II, and on her early memories of television and movies

Bob Schieffer

Bob Schieffer on covering the Vietnam War as a newspaper reporter

Bob Schieffer on covering anti-Vietnam War demonstrations for CBS News

Bob Schieffer on covering the Vietnam War as the Pentagon correspondent for CBS News

Bob Schieffer on covering George W. Bush and the Iraq War as CBS News Chief Washington correspondent

Bob Schiller

Bob Schiller on his five-year service during World War II

Max Schindler

Max Schindler on covering the protests of the '60s

Max Schindler on directing coverage of the Vietnam War for NBC News

Reese Schonfeld

Reese Schonfeld on UPI's coverage of the Vietnam War

Daniel Schorr

Daniel Schorr on his experiences during World War II

Daniel Schorr on his experiences during World War II

Daniel Schorr on going to Moscow for CBS News in 1955, and on getting in with Edward R. Murrow

Daniel Schorr on interviewing Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow on Face the Nation

Daniel Schorr on covering Nikita Khrushchev's trip to the United States in 1959 for Eyewitness to History

Daniel Schorr on how CBS News portrayed Nikita Khrushchev, and on negotiating his Face the Nation interview

Daniel Schorr on being expelled by Moscow by the KGB, and on covering various stories for CBS News

Daniel Schorr on covering the construction of the Berlin Wall for CBS News, and John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany

Daniel Schorr on covering various stories in Eastern Europe in the early 1960s

Daniel Schorr on doing a CBS documentary on East Germany, and on clashing with William S. Paley

Robert Schuller

Robert Schuller on Hour of Power expanding into Russia and meeting Mikhail Gorbachev

Ralph Senensky

Ralph Senensky on serving in World War II

Mel Shavelson

Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope entertaining the troops in Vietnam, and on the politics of the time

David Shaw

David Shaw on his activities during World War II

Jack Shea

Jack Shea on entering the Army in 1952 and making training films

Jack Shea on editing Bob Hope's USO shows

Jack Shea on music director of Bob Hope's television specials, Les Brown, and entertaining troops at USO shows

Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon on serving in the Air Force during World War II and writing plays

John Silva

John Silva on how World War II affected his family; on becoming a radar officer in World War II

John Silva on the technological innovations he learned about as a a radar officer in World War II

Garry Simpson

Garry Simpson on serving in the Navy as a test engineer

Garry Simpson on showing civil defense films during World War II and NBC not broadcasting television during the war after 1942

Abby Singer

Abby Singer on his time in World War II

Bob Smith

"Buffalo" Bob Smith on his experience with World War II

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith on censorship he faced at CBS radio in Berlin during World War II

Howard K. Smith on leaving Germany and arriving in Switzerland on December 7, 1941

Sid Smith

Sid Smith on joining the Marine Corps College Program during World War II; on transferring to the Navy

Sid Smith on directing Bob Hope's Christmas Specials and other Bob Hope Specials, including USO Shows

Sanford Socolow

Sanford Socolow on getting drafted into the Korean War and serving in the public information office and the First Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet group

Sanford Socolow on how Walter Cronkite became "the most trusted man in America" and the story behind Cronkite's on-air condemnation of the Vietnam War (which Cronkite delivered on a special primetime report, not on the CBS Evening News)

Sanford Socolow on CBS's coverage of the Vietnam War

Sanford Socolow on the friendship between Frank Stanton and Lyndon Johnson and whether it influenced CBS news coverage of Vietnam

Frank Stanton

Frank Stanton on CBS News' coverage of Vietnam

Ben Starr

Ben Starr on serving in World War II as an Air Force Navigator and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross

Fred Steiner

Fred Steiner on his experience of World War II, composing music for propaganda

Jerry Stiller

Jerry Stiller on serving in World War II

Brandon Stoddard

Brandon Stoddard on developing The Winds of War and War and Remembrance

Gale Storm

Gale Storm on her involvement with the war effort during World War II

George Takei

George Takei on being confined to an American internment camp during World War II

George Takei on Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek's commentary on American society at the time

Stanford Tischler

Stanford Tishchler on serving in World War II as a film editor

Robert Trout

Robert Trout on how his family was impacted by World War I and attending the Presidential inauguration in 1916

Clint Walker

Clint Walker on serving in the Merchant Marines during World War II

Joseph A. Wapner

Joseph Wapner on learning of President Roosevelt's death during World War II

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick on World War II

Matthew Weiner

Matthew Weiner on season six of Mad Men and using the news events of 1968 as a backdrop

Bob Weiskopf

Bob Weiskopf on his service in World War II while working for The Fred Allen Show

Bob Weiskopf on his wife almost going to an internment camp during World War II

John Wells

John Wells on crafting the stories of China Beach using real life stories from Vietnam veterans

Av Westin

Av Westin on being in Berlin when the Berlin Wall went up

Av Westin on various major news events in his career

Ethel Winant

Ethel Winant on her experience during World War II

Perry Wolff

Perry Wolff on his experience in World War II and writing a novel about it

Bud Yorkin

Bud Yorkin on his service in World War II

Frederic Ziv

Frederic Ziv on how his company was affected by World War II

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