Utah World War II Stories is a stirring landmark series in five parts. The men and women of "the Greatest Generation" recollect the pivotal events of World War II in this important series from KUED. Utahns tell some of the greatest stories of their lives in The Struggle, Europe, The Pacific and The Home Front and Untold Stories.

Utah sent more than 70,000 troops to war; to the jungles of Asia, the mountains of France, the air over Berlin and the waters of the Pacific to battle the forces of tyranny and reclaim freedom. More than 3,600 never returned to tell their stories. Those who did carry with them a sense of pride and unfailing humility.

They offered up their lives, many enduring unspeakable horrors. Utah veterans share their compelling and very personal memories in "Untold Stories" - the fifth and final episode of KUED's award-winning series, Utah World War II Stories.

After KUED's original broadcast of the four-part series, dozens of Utah veterans and their families contacted the producers to share their own very personal experiences. So compelling were the stories that KUED created this extended new episode to share them with viewers and document them for future generations.

KUED is proud to bring these powerful battle front and home front stories to light for future generations so the sacrifices will not be forgotten.

Disclaimer: The following transcripts may contain language that can be considered offensive. The language has been retained to give an accurate historical record of their remarks.

 Art Buell

"I could hear a noise. It sounded like explosions, so I looked out the porthole and I saw smoke rising. My first thought was, God, it must be the Army holding maneuvers because there was nothing scheduled."

 Ernie Mettenet

"We were young - 17, 18, 19 years old. Uh, didn't think too much of the past; concentrated more on future."

 Richard Burt

[ Richard Burt: ] I'd do anything I can now to get the word out, and I wish...I hope other people would be doing the same. But let's face it - we're dying at a thousand a day now. We're just not gonna be here very long.

Art Buell	Gene Jacobsen
Richard Burt	Leslie Lund
Laurene Buswell	Ernie Mettenet
Norma Day	Chase Nielson
MJ Eschler	Ken Potts
Thomas Harrison	Robert Shaffer
Douglas Howard	Louis Slama
Allan Jackson	Bill Taylor

 Ernie Mettenet

"Within weeks, mid-January, all of the real estate that the
Germans had taken during the Bulge had been retaken."

 Louis Slama

"People don't realize you had 80,000 casualties in three
months. 80,000 casualties... That's unbelievable."

 Don Breinholt

"We turned onto another dirt road and went up about 400 - 500 yards, and there was a great big huge compound fencing with barracks on the inside of it that way. We had no idea what it was."

Bill Christensen	Bill Shanley	Bob McGregor	Brit McConkie
Calvin Gould	Crit Killen	Frank Mjaatvedt	Ernie Mettenet
Don Brienholt	Gladys Brienholt	Epifanio Gonzales	Jim Powell
Jim Tazoi	Joel Shapiro	Lee Tucker	Louis Slama
MJ Eschler	Norm Tanner	Pat Patterson	Richard Burt
Shig Matsukawa	Spencer Felt	Steve Poulos	Walt Stewart
Heber Butler	Ray Matheny	Don Buswell	Gil McLean

Bill Wassmer

"This country was worth fighting for.  If it took my life, it was going to take my life, and I didn’t think I was ever going to come back anyway when I went over."

Glenn Parkin

"Well we got about a day out of Pearl and we picked up speed again realizing that something else is coming on, but where?  Well that was Midway."

 Gene Jacobsen

"I thought the Americans would be there before the end of the year. I really thought they would be. In fact I thought the war would never last that long. I made up my mind that I was going to make it through."

Lavell Bigelow	Cal McPhie
Orson Blackett	Mont Mickelson
Emmett "Cyclone" Davis	Chase Nielsen
Dr. Byrne Fernelius	Eugene Nielsen
Max Gollaher	Glenn Parkin
Joan Gould	Elwin Petersen
Thomas Harrison	"Gunny" Keith Renstrom
Douglas Howard	Jack Russell
Edmond Press Hyatt	Robert Shaffer
Ora Mae Hyatt	Bill Taylor
gene jacobsen	roy tew
Woody James	Judge Raymond Uno
Bill Johnson	George Wahlen
Glen Lewis, Jr.	William Wassmer
Leslie Lund	Carl Workman

Ted Nagata

"Topaz was divided into 42 blocks. There were about 225 people per block and the bad thing is there was only one latrine and one shower facility for all 225 people."

Norma Day

"There was a sign that said, 'A slip of the lip can sink a ship.' So you see we really weren't supposed to talk about what we were doing there."

Gayle Macey

"One time my husband was being transferred from California to Florida and the trained stopped in Ogden and he sent me a letter later and he said, 'Oh I wish I could have gotten off that train. If I would have had fifty dollars I would have got off that train and I would have come home and taken a risk of getting thrown in jail.' He said, 'They wouldn't let me off of the train. They kept me on the train.'"

Don Buswell	Jean Fernelius
Norma Anderson Day	Laurene Buswell
Gladys Breinholt	Dean W. Hurst
Ted Nagata	Gayle Greetham
Kimiko Tazoi	Verna Van Etten
Mary Sellers Gray	Barbara Tanner
Howard Randle	Gayle Macey
Ora Mae Hyatt	Judge Raymond Uno
Mont J. Mickelson	Allen Jackson
Roy Tew	Pat Patterson
Ray Matheny	Douglas Howard
Emmett "Cyclone" Davis	Thomas Harrison
Joan Gould

Max Gollaher

"I never was able to say anything to anybody. I just thought, well, if you're a GI, you're a GI and you went through the same thing I did."

Douglas Howard

"It took a good 50 years before I could talk to my kids or to anyone about the experiences of the war, and many of it I'm still not talking about very much. But the kids would look at some of the pictures and ask me what happened here and what happened...They were pictures that I had and briefly would talk about, but that's it."

Louis Slama

"My kid says, 'Dad, you know, you have to leave a legacy for your grandkids too,' so when I started actually talking about my experiences, my load started to drop. I felt like all those years, you know, I couldn't talk about it because...The other guys talked about; I just joined in with something else."

Arnold Randle	Alden Rigby
Dr. Charles Edwards	Charles Greenwood
David W Meyer	Don Hammill
don pickett	eugene england
ed lueders	gail halvorsen
george thompson	howard clements
jack tueller	jimmy manuel valdez
j m. heslop	john henry dinkleman
john jack call	john whiteman
kay flinders	kenneth dale berry
kenneth porter	lawrence stimpson
leo w hardy	lorus bud haacke
mark heyrend	mont mahoney
ned baker	neil holbrook
nell stevenson bright	newell moy
nick flores	paul huber
ralph gates part 1 ralph gates part 2	ralph holding
ralph wadley	ray brim
roberta windchief	robert donald blegen
robert erickson	robert hemingway
robert lewis	roger johnson
roy stapp	spencer hatch
stan nance	swithen chandler
sydney montague	theodore mahas
thomas mccormick hill	tom demery
tosh kano	warren mcallister
wat misaka	werner sommerfeld
willard white	william davis