Directed by John Giannini
Aldo Giannini fought in the Battle of Tarawa, endured a shrapnel injury, and witnessed the loss of 3,250 U.S. lives. Nearly eight decades later, he wonders if winning the island was worth the price.
Up Next in World War II Experience: Season 2 - Pacific Theater
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Bataan Death March
Directed by Jesse Collier Sutterley
Within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, bombs rained down on U.S. and Filipino forces in the Philippines. After months of vicious fighting, Allied forces surrendered on the island only to be met with a brutal march to P.O.W. camps dotted across th...
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Remembering Port Chicago
Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin
In California's Bay Area, a painful memory lingers of the Port Chicago disaster of WWII, when hundreds of the Navy's first Black Sailors perished, and the White officers in charge were protected by the chain of command.
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Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the ...
Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin
While Merchant Marine veteran Paul Goercke rests with his family in his plot at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, he is survived and remembered by his pioneering American Legion Post 448, the only predominantly LGBTQ post in the nation.
