Interview with Ed Rowan, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Gadsden, Alabama. Rowan discusses his family background, education, work, purchasing an airplane, flying over the the wreck of the Hindenburg, joining the National Guard and flying coastal patrols, becoming a bomber pilot, his B-17 crew, the various missions they flew in the European Theater, fighters, flak, equipment, tactics, leaving the service, and working as an airline pilot. In appendix is a photo of Rowan's civilian plane, his Distinguished Flying Cross citation, his appointment to the Reserves, a list of missions, flight logs, and a fact sheet about the 381st Bomb Group,

Interview with Ernest Hamilton, a veteran of World War II during the Battle of the Bulge, from Florence, Arkansas. Hamilton answers questions and explains his duties while in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge as well as time as a POW in Brandenburg. Hamilton says volunteered to go to Japan after the war was over and soon became involved in the Korean War.

Text describes U.S. role in world affairs and is keyed to map. Map projection is "designed to minimize distortions along the 40th parallel which runs approximately through Tokyo and Washington."

Photograph of a large church in Limburg, Germany, taken from the bridge that divides the town. The river is visible to the left.

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes sitting under a street sign, which reads "Heidenheim 6 km", in Herbrechtingen, Germany. A building and shrubs are visible in the background.

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes sitting on a chair in front of a train car and train tracks.

Photograph of eight unidentified people standing on the balcony of a house in Germany. Other houses are visible in the background.

Photograph of David Stadler and Lt. Albert Gaynes posing together in front of a military truck in Herbrechtingen, Germany.

Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes sitting astride a medium tank in Herbrechtingen, Germany. Train cars are visible in the background.

Photograph of George Holmes, Albert Gaynes, and John Hoyt, who holds a rifle, kneeling by a sign with the patch for company C of the 134th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion.

Photograph of three soldiers, including Lt. Albert Gaynes on the right, posing in Herbrechtingen, Germany, with buildings visible in the background.