Richard Rubin: writer
July 20, 2003, Orleans, Massachusetts:
106-year-old J. Laurence Moffitt recalls being shelled and gassed in the trenches.
April 30, 2005, Kewaunee, Wisconsin:
106-year-old Arthur Fiala recalls unusual encounters with French civilians in the Vosges Mountains in 1918.
May 17, 2006, Plymouth, Massachusetts:
107-year-old Hildegarde Schan recalls trying to help wounded and indigent vets at the Veterans Bureau shortly after the armistice.
October 20, 2003, Yakima, Washington:
107-year-old William J. Lake recalls a close encounter with a German sniper in 1918.
July 1, 2004, Carson City, Nevada:
105-year-old Reuben Law recalls how influenza swept through his troop transport while at sea
en route to France in 1918.
November 18, 2004, Charlotte Hall, Maryland:
103-year-old Lloyd Brown recalls an incident of friendly fire while at sea aboard the
USS New Hampshire in 1918.
April 30, 2005, Kewaunee, Wisconsin:
106-year-old Arthur Fiala recalls enlisting, a possible episode of German sabotage at home, and a scare during the ocean crossing in 1918.
More to come soon...