War


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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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
01:43
Frances Buss Buch on working on the CBS TV news program when Pearl Harbor was attacked
01:56
Bill Dana on being sent to witness the concentration camp at Dachau by President Eisenhower
07:08
Dan Rather on reporting on the Vietnam War
10:25
Joseph Wershba on the See It Now "Christmas in Korea" report in 1952 with Edward R. Murrow
12:07
Larry Gelbart on how the Korean conflict was the real backdrop for the fictional M*A*S*H television series
04:27
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Robert Adler

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Robert Adler on early projects he was assigned at Zenith and on Zenith and World War II
05:40

Mary V. Ahern

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Mary V. Ahern on her experience during World War II
02:21

Alan Alda

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Alan Alda on the connection between the Korean War setting of M*A*S*H and the then-contemporary conflict in Vietnam
01:23

Steve Allen

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Steve Allen on being drafted into World War II
01:16

Alex Anderson

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Alex Anderson on his experiences during World War II
01:49

Howard Anderson, Jr.

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Howard Anderson Jr. on his military service 
02:05

Charlie Andrews

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Charlie Andrews on his service in World War II
01:49

Army Archerd

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Army Archerd on serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II
02:22

James Arness

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James Arness on his experience with World War II
03:13

Peter Arnett

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Peter Arnett on reporting from Saigon for the Associated Press during the Vietnam War
13:46
Peter Arnett on competing news outlets in Vietnam during the Vietnam War
04:30
Peter Arnett on covering the Buddhist crisis in Vietnam for the Associated Press
04:55
Peter Arnett on getting stories out of Vietnam, and on television news being late with the stories
03:45
Peter Arnett on government interference in his reporting from Vietnam
07:35
Peter Arnett on appealing to the Kennedy administration when South Vietnam was hampering their reporting from the region
09:23
Peter Arnett on covering the attempted coup in Vietnam
03:53
Peter Arnett on covering the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, and military complaints about the coverage
14:03
Peter Arnett on the reaction of the Lyndon Johnson administration to his AP reporting from Vietnam
09:50
Peter Arnett on how the Vietnam War changed reporting on wars that came after
08:03
Peter Arnett on laying the groundwork for CNN's coverage of the Gulf War
10:46
Peter Arnett on public reaction to his, Bernard Shaw's, and John Holliman's coverage of the bombing of Baghdad from the Al Rashid Hotel
03:49
Peter Arnett on using words rather than images to describe the action on the ground in Baghdad the first day of the Gulf War, and on dealing with Iraqi security
03:21
Peter Arnett on Iraqi security forces attempting to censor his reports from Baghdad
08:57
Peter Arnett on staying behind in Baghdad during the Gulf War after his colleagues from CNN left
02:02
Peter Arnett on CNN and Ted Turner resisting pressure from the George H.W. Bush administration to pull Arnett out of Baghdad during the Gulf War
02:40
Peter Arnett on reporting on the bombing of a baby milk factory during the Gulf War, and on the growing criticism of his reporting from Baghdad
11:05
Peter Arnett on broadcasting, along with Bernard Shaw and John Holliman, from the Al Rashid Hotel the night of the American bombing of of Baghdad which marked the start of the Gulf War
13:08
Peter Arnett on interviewing Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War
19:27
Peter Arnett on getting the tapes of his Saddam Hussein interview back to CNN without censorship from the Iraqi Ministry of Information
03:27
Peter Arnett on the events leading up to his 1997 interview with Osama bin Laden
15:02
Peter Arnett on his 1997 interview with Osama bin Laden
14:19

Bob Banner

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Bob Banner on his service in World War II
02:19
Bob Banner on producing Peggy Fleming Visits the Soviet Union
05:43

Erik Barnouw

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Erik Barnouw on how World War II impacted him and his work
05:08
Erik Barnouw on forming and heading the Armed Forces Radio Services education unit
09:04

Ralph M. Baruch

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Ralph M. Baruch on his family's experiences in World War II in Germany and France
19:08

Joseph Behar

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Joe Behar on getting drafted in World War II
03:32

William Bell

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William Bell on incorporating events of the Vietnam War into the storylines of Days of Our Lives
05:05

Donald P. Bellisario

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Donald Bellisario on early memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
01:44
Donald Bellisario on his childhood town's reaction to World War II
01:50
Donald Bellisario on "Magnum" of Magnum, P.I.  being a veteran of the Vietnam War
03:33
Donald Belisario on Dean Stockwell's difficulty with the Quantum Leap episode "The Leap Home"
02:36

Dick Berg

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Dick Berg on his experiences in World War II
01:33

Walter Bernstein

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Walter Bernstein on being drafted in 1941, serving in public relations during World War II, and writing a musical comedy play for the troops (pre-USO)
02:18
Walter Bernstein on getting transferred to do public relations for the Irving Berlin play "This is the Army" during World War II, controversy over a piece he wrote for The New Yorker, and getting transferred again to write for Yank magazine
02:12
Walter Bernstein on writing for Yank, the official magazine of the Army, and traveling overseas as a magazine correspondent
02:49
Walter Bernstein on the Army being aware of his left-leaning political beliefs
04:21
Walter Bernstein on reporting for Yank magazine from Jerusalem during World War II; on the atrocities against Jews during World War II
02:12
Walter Bernstein on reporting for Yank magazine from combat situations during World War II and interviewing Tito in Yugoslavia without the Army's consent
08:21

Tom Bettag

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Tom Bettag on covering the Vietnam War during his early years at CBS News
03:11
Tom Bettag on the "rules" for reporting on the Vietnam War, and on what he learned from the experience of covering it
07:52
Tom Bettag on trying to land an interview with Saddam Hussein for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
03:41
Tom Bettag on covering the Gulf War for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, and on landing an interview with Saddam Hussein
03:41

Wade Bingham

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Wade Bingham on the types of films he made as a child, and on making training films during World War II
09:47
Wade Bingham on covering the Korean War for CBS News
09:44
Wade Bingham on covering the Battle of Chongju and other battles during the Korean War
04:00
Wade Bingham on covering the firing of General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War for CBS News
12:34
Wade Bingham on his most memorable moments covering the Korean War for CBS News
02:47
Wade Bingham on memorable moments shooting the Korean War for CBS News
04:30
Wade Bingham on Edward R. Murrow bringing See it Now to Korea during the Korean War
10:13
Wade Bingham on competing with other news organizations during the Korean War, and on bringing sound to his footage of it
07:46
Wade Bingham on covering the French involvement in Vietnam, which was a precursor to the Vietnam War
05:50
Wade Bingham on covering the early stages of the Vietnam War for CBS News
07:59
Wade Bingham on shooting a hydrogen bomb test
03:25
Wade Bingham on covering Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Indonesia in 1960
05:45
Wade Bingham on shooting an hydrogen bomb test for CBS News
06:43

Lucille Bliss

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Lucille Bliss on performing at Armed Forces Talent Shows during World War II and auditioning the Marine Corps Band
06:36

Haskell Boggs

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Haskell Boggs on his activities during World War II
03:06

Mili Lerner Bonsignori

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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
00:28

Al Borden

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Al Borden on his experience in World War II and living through the Great Depression
01:24
Al Borden on his service in World War II
01:48

Ed Bradley

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Ed Bradley on the impact of the "boat people" story about Vietnamese refugees, and recognizing the reach of 60 Minutes
02:20

Eric Braeden

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Eric Braeden on growing up in Germany during World War II
04:16

David Brinkley

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David Brinkley on his World War II experience
02:34

Tom Brokaw

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Tom Brokaw on interviewing Mikhail Gorbachev on NBC Nightly News
02:06
Tom Brokaw on being targeted with an anthrax letter in 2001
02:05

Frances Buss Buch

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Frances Buss Buch on working on the CBS TV news program when Pearl Harbor was attacked
01:56

Allan Burns

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Allan Burns on getting drafted in the Vietnam War, but a back injury preventing him from serving
02:09

Charles Cappleman

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Charles Cappleman on the Korean War interrupting his broadcasting career
10:12

Josie Carey

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Josie Carey on the impact of World War II on her family as she was growing up
00:47

Julia Child

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Julia Child on her time in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II
15:23
Julia Child on her time in the OSS during World War II (continued)
06:46

Robert Clary

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Robert Clary on being placed in a concentration camp with this family during World War II
04:48
Robert Clary on being liberated from Buchenwald in 1945
02:21
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"
05:25
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
05:28
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"
02:10

Art Clokey

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Art Clokey on working with film during World War II
11:13

Nick Clooney

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Nick Clooney on how his family was affected by World War II
01:47
Nick Clooney on serving in the Armed Forces Radio Network during the Korean War
06:47

Andy Cohen

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Andy Cohen on announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Watch What Happens Live
00:57

Norman Lear with Emerson College

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Norman Lear on where he was on December 7, 1941 and on his time in the army
03:10

Shelley Berman with Emerson College

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Shelley Berman on the importance of comedy in his life, and on the importance of comedy during World War II
11:34

Dick Cavett with Emerson College

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Dick Cavett on Bob Hope getting booed at a USO show in Vietnam
01:03

Louis Nye with Emerson College

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Louis Nye on material he did about World War II that he performed for G.I.s and for officers
04:27

Henry Colman

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Henry Colman on serving in the Air Force during World War II
03:54

Fred de Cordova

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Fred de Cordova on his experiences in World War II
03:21

Alexander Courage

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Alexander Courage on becoming a bandleader in the Army during World War II and attending the Army Music School
04:44
Alexander Courage on starting to arrange music while he was in the Army
02:34

Richard Crenna

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Richard Crenna on his activities during World War II
01:58

Billy Crystal

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Billy Crystal on performing in a comedy team after college, and on watching the Vietnam War draft lottery on television
03:40

Ann Curry

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Ann Curry on reporting on the war in Kosovo for Today
08:13
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
11:12

Bill Dana

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Bill Dana on being sent to witness the concentration camp at Dachau by President Eisenhower
07:08
Bill Dana on the Leopoldville disaster, the "Cheshire Cats," and visiting Dachau concentration camp

Ossie Davis

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Ossie Davis on his experience during World War II
02:08

James Day

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James Day on his experiences in World War II
05:05

Louis Dorfsman

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Louis Dorfsman on joining the Army during World War II
06:55

David Dortort

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David Dortort on his activities during World War II
03:31

Hugh Downs

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Hugh Downs on getting drafted into the Army during World War II
03:04

Bob Doyle

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Bob Doyle on his experience during World War II
06:20

Betty Cole Dukert

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Betty Cole Dukert on Meet the Press'  coverage of The Cold War
07:21
Betty Cole Dukert on Fidel Castro appearing on Meet the Press
02:44
Betty Cole Dukert on Anastas Mikoyan appearing on Meet the Press
05:30
Betty Cole Dukert on covering the Vietnam War on Meet the Press
11:14

Dominick Dunne

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Dominick Dunne on his service in the Army during World War II
07:03

Barbara Eden

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Barbara Eden on touring with Bob Hope's USO tour in the Persian Gulf
01:35

Ralph Edwards

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Ralph Edwards on his bond, paper, and copper drives with Truth or Consequences during World War II
02:34
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
03:17

George Faber

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George Faber on his experiences during World War II
03:01

Jeff Fager

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Jeff Fager on producing stories in the Middle East in the 1980s for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
04:08
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
02:11
Jeff Fager on producing stories on the Gulf War for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and 60 Minutes
03:01
Jeff Fager on the Abu Ghraib story on 60 Minutes II
09:00
Jeff Fager on the controversial 2013 60 Minutes story on Benghazi
06:31

Jamie Farr

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Jamie Farr on getting drafted during the Korean conflict
00:57
Jamie Farr on keeping in touch with Red Skelton when Farr got drafted in 1957 and the pair entertaining troops together
04:13
Jamie Farr on the premise of M*A*S*H
02:07
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)
01:45

Irving Fein

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Irving Fein on trying to serve as a publicist for a General during World War II
03:40

Les Flory

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Les Flory on commercial television coming to a halt when World War II started and the development of new technologies during the war years
03:12

Horton Foote

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Horton Foote on his activities during World War II, and on bringing his play "Only the Heart" to Broadway
04:41

June Foray

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June Foray on writing scripts for the Office of Civilian Defense during World War II
01:27
June Foray on writing scripts for the Office of Civilian Defense during World War II
01:27

Ray Forrest

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Ray Forrest on his father trying to bring his family to America from Germany, but instead serving in World War I for Germany
01:38
Ray Forrest on his on-air announcement of the start of World War II
01:21
Ray Forrest on being drafted into the TFPL (Training Film Production Laboratory) in World War II
03:04
Ray Forrest on working for the Signal Corps during World War II and then joining the OSS (because he spoke fluent German), and getting into a serious vehicle accident
06:02
Ray Forrest on visiting the TV station and appearing on television in uniform during World War II
01:04

Reuven Frank

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Reuven Frank on erection of the Berlin Wall
08:08
Reuven Frank on the Cuban Missile Crisis
04:17
Reuven Frank on NBC's coverage of the Bay of Pigs invasion
01:33
Reuven Frank on the NBC News documentary The Tunnel
21:29
Reuven Frank on the NBC News coverage of the Vietnam War
05:47
Reuven Frank on NBC News' coverage of the anti-Vietnam War movment
02:45

Jonathan Frid

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Jonathan Frid on his experience during World War II
05:22

Murray Fromson

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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
02:07
Murray Fromson on being drafted during the Korean War, and he came to write for "Stars and Stripes"
02:24
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
02:38
Murray Fromson on some of his most striking memories of reporting for "Stars and Stripes" in Korea during the Korean War
04:29
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
06:17
Murray Fromson on being a correspondent in Japan, reporting on Japan and Korea following the end of the Korean War
03:02
Murray Fromson on stopping in Saigon and Cambodia on his way to reporting in Singapore in 1956
03:29
Murray Fromson on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis for CBS News
01:49
Murray Fromson on covering the Vietnam War for CBS News
03:53
Murray Fromson on torture he witnessed while covering the Vietnam War for CBS News, and a court martial trial he covered
04:46
Murray Fromson on the My Lai Massacre and the horrors of war
01:44
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)
03:23
Murray Fromson on how his transfer to the Chicago bureau of CBS News came about due to an experience in Vietnam
05:38
Murray Fromson on Walter Cronkite's visit to Vietnam
01:56
Murray Fromson on what he told Walter Cronkite on his visit to Vietnam
03:15
Murray Fromson on going to Moscow to cover the Soviet Union for CBS News in 1972
02:45
Murray Fromson on what it was like to live in Moscow during the Cold War and to report for CBS News
03:12
Murray Fromson on a press conference with Leonid Brezhnev before his visit to the United States in 1973
04:02
Murray Fromson on the biggest stories he covered while he was in Moscow for CBS News
04:45
Murray Fromson on covering the end of the Vietnam War, including the plane crash of a flight taking orphans out of Vietnam
05:20
Murray Fromson on the parallels between the Iraq War and the Vietnam War
01:19

James Garner

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James Garner on his family and World War II
01:23
James Garner on serving in the Korean War
03:02

Greg Garrison

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Greg Garrison on his experience in World War II
04:00

Larry Gelbart

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Larry Gelbart on touring with Bob Hope during the war, and how Hope was almost a victim of a bombing attack while in Vietnam
01:32
Larry Gelbart on how the Korean conflict was the real backdrop for the fictional M*A*S*H television series
04:27
Larry Gelbart on AfterMASH, the unsuccessful followup to M*A*S*H which he says took the "wrong take" on what should never have been a comedy
01:19

David Gerber

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David Gerber on his experience in World War II
06:12

Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.

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Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. on World War II interrupting and delaying the development of television
02:55
Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. on DuMont Laboratories' activities during World War II
04:55

Lewis Gomavitz

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Lewis Gomavitz on his experience with World War II
03:56
Lewis Gomavitz on his experiences with World War II and on working at an experimental television station
11:56

Julian Goodman

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Julian Goodman on serving in World War II for a short time and contracting pneumonia
02:51
Julian Goodman on NBC news coverage of the Vietnam War
02:15

Hal Gurnee

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Hal Gurnee on directing Tonight Starring Jack Paar from the Berlin Wall
06:16

Earle Hagen

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Earle Hagen on joining the radio production unit of the Air Force during World War II
03:02

Albert Heschong

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Albert Heschong on his activities during World War II and on doing sets for "Pursuit of Happiness"
09:31

Don Hewitt

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Don Hewitt on his experience during World War II
06:38
Don Hewitt on covering the Korean War for CBS News, and on how the technology of the industry has changed
04:48
Don Hewitt on the CBS coverage of the Gulf of Tonkin hearing
00:54
Don Hewitt on how television changed the public's opinion of the Vietnam War
03:08
Don Hewitt on television's coverage of the Gulf War
03:02

Pat Hitchcock

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Pat Hitchcock O'Connell on coming to the United States as a child and her recollections of World War II
01:42

Martin Hoade

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Martin Hoade on his experience with World War II
01:49
Martin Hoade on directing the made-for-television movie Duty Bound, about the Vietnam War
04:32

Hal Holbrook

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Hal Holbrook on going into the Army during World War II
09:39

Stanley Hubbard

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Stanley Hubbard on the pause in the development of television during World War II and his father's early radio stations
02:35
Stanley Hubbard on KSTP's coverage of the Vietnam War
04:52

Roy Huggins

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Roy Huggins on his activities during World War II
04:10

Alan Jaggs

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Alan Jaggs on his service in World War II
02:15

Lucy Jarvis

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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
12:47
Lucy Jarvis on producing the documentary The Kremlin  for NBC News
04:24
Lucy Jarvis on the technical difficulties of filming inside the Kremlin and NBC destroying unused footage
02:33
Lucy Jarvis on her crew for The Kremlin  and it being NBC first major color broadcast
01:16
Lucy Jarvis on filming The Kremlin  during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
07:33

Herb Jellinek

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Herb Jellinek on The Day After
05:02

Joseph Jennings

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Joseph Jennings on his activities during World War II
01:01

George Clayton Johnson

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George Clayton Johnson as serving as a cartographer for the Army
10:16

Charles Floyd Johnson

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Charles Floyd Johnson on Magnum, P.I. being a show about Vietnam veterans returning home
01:20

Loren Jones

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Loren Jones on having been privy to the development on the atom bomb
01:12

Hal Kanter

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Hal Kanter on his experience of World War II with Bob Hope
05:05

Sidney M. Katz

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Sidney M. Katz on his experience as an editor and filmmaker in World War II
02:55

Bob Keeshan

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Bob Keeshan on his experiences in World War II
03:08

Lynwood King

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Lynwood King on his experiences in World War II
05:30

Jeff Kisseloff

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Jeff Kisseloff on the truth of the Alger Hiss story emerging in his oral history research
09:54

Jack Klugman

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Jack Klugman on being drafted in War World II
01:13

Ted Koppel

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Ted Koppel on his first television appearance in 1966 - covering the Vietnam War
11:25
Ted Koppel on being the first Western journalist to reach Baghdad when Iraq invaded Kuwait
01:25

Steve Kroft

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Steve Kroft on how his service in Vietnam prepared him to become an journalist
01:43

Mort Lachman

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Mort Lachman on writing for Bob Hope's USO shows
02:42
Mort Lachman on traveling to Vietnam with Bob Hope
02:48

Perry Lafferty

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Perry Lafferty on his activities during World War II, including working for Armed Forces Radio
07:45

Rita Lakin

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Rita Lakin on the first time she saw television, and on her experience with World War II
03:17

Angela Lansbury

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Angela Lansbury on her recollections of the outbreak of World War II
13:53

Ring Lardner, Jr.

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Ring Lardner, Jr. on his experiences during World War II
03:16

Peter Lassally

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Peter Lassally on how his German family was affected by World War II
02:57

Gene LeBell

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Gene LeBell on getting drafted during the Korean War and joining The Coast Guard
06:38

Norman Lear

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Norman Lear on his experience with World War II in the Air Force
02:28

Jim Lehrer

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Jim Lehrer on his experience growing up during World War II
01:38
Jim Lehrer on covering the Vietnam War
01:15

Richard Lewis

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Richard Lewis on his experience during World War II
02:20

Frank Liberman

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Frank Liberman on his experience with World War II
05:16

William Link

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William Link on his family's experience of World War II
02:33

Jay Livingston

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Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on how World War II affected them
00:36
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on how World War II affected them
00:36

James L. Loper

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James L. Loper on how World War II affected his family
01:06

Sidney Lumet

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Sidney Lumet on his experience during World War II
04:03

Stewart MacGregory

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Stewart MacGregory on getting into radio in New York and the onset of World War II
09:24
Stewart MacGregory on his experiences in World War II
08:25
Stewart MacGregory on becoming a cryptograph specialist in World War II
04:34

Robert MacNeil

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Robert MacNeil on his experience of World War II
08:54
Robert MacNeil on covering the Belgian Congo Crisis
08:57
Robert MacNeil on covering the rise of The Berlin Wall
05:31
Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis
08:35
Robert MacNeil on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis
06:28
Robert MacNeil on covering the Cold War in East Berlin
07:05

Abby Mann

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Abby Mann on writing the Playhouse 90 classic "Judgment at Nuremberg"
15:23
Abby Mann on writing Playhouse 90: "Judgement at Nuremberg"
17:10

Delbert Mann

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Delbert Mann on entering World War II, his recollections of Pearl Harbor, and joining the Air Force
08:53

Martin Manulis

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Martin Manulis on his experience during World War II
05:10

Peter Marshall

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Peter Marshall on his service in World War II
03:44

Leslie H. Martinson

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Leslie H. Martinson on his experiences in World War II
04:59

Bob May

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Bob May on continuing to work with Olsen & Johnson when he was drafted into the Army during World War II
02:56

David McCallum

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David McCallum on his memories of bombs falling in England during World War II
03:44
David McCallum on the concept of a Russian agent and an American agent working together on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
01:15

Bob McGrath

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Bob McGrath on volunteering for the draft during the Korean War and serving in Germany
02:09

Jim McKay

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Jim McKay on his experience of World War II
03:37
Jim McKay on his interview with Fidel Castro and on the Cuban Missile Crisis
03:58

Ed McMahon

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Ed McMahon on his activities during World War II
04:14
Ed McMahon on flying fighter planes as a Marine in the Korean War
01:27

Barney McNulty

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Barney McNulty on his experience of World War II
07:00
Barney McNulty on traveling with Bob Hope on his USO Tours of Vietnam
17:16

Bill Melendez

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Bill Melendez on his experiences during World War II
03:19

Burt Metcalfe

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Burt Metcalfe on how M*A*S*H related to Vietnam
01:47

Sig Mickelson

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Sig Mickelson on CBS News' coverage of the Korean War
02:05
Sig Mickelson on a dust up between CBS News and the Eisenhower White House over a scheduled interview with then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
09:58

JP Miller

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JP Miller on how the great depression and World War II impacted him
05:06
JP Miller on getting hurt while fighting in World War II

Vic Mizzy

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Vic Mizzy on serving in the Navy's welfare recreation office during World War II - working on films and writing shows
03:53
Vic Mizzy on composing songs that became hits during World War II
01:52
Vic Mizzy on playing the organ for the Navy during World War II and falling ill
08:36

John Moffitt

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John Moffitt on how The Ed Sullivan Show did not reference the Vietnam War
00:39

Paul Monash

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Paul Monash on his experience during World War III
02:05

Bill Monroe

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Bill Monroe on covering the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis for NBC News
03:37
Bill Monroe on NBC News' coverage of Vietnam
01:14
Bill Monroe on NBC News' coverage of the Vietnam War, and on covering the Lyndon B. Johnson administration
07:40

Thomas W. Moore

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Thomas W. Moore on his experience with World War II
03:06

Priscilla Morgan

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Priscilla Morgan on her brother's experience in World War II and joining the WAVES
08:10
Priscilla Morgan on her experiences in the Navy WAVES
04:49

Pat Morita

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Pat Morita on his family being placed in an internment camp during World War II
04:46
Pat Morita on starring in Farewell to Manzanar, which portrayed the Japanese internment camps
07:19

Tad Mosel

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Tad Mosel on growing up in the Great Depression and his experience in World War II
04:03

Roger Mudd

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Roger Mudd on CBS coverage of the Vietnam War
01:55

Frank Nastasi

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Frank Nastasi on his service in World War II
00:37

Anne Nelson

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Anne Nelson on CBS Radio during World War II, and on content concerns
03:12

David Newell

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David Newell on how World War II impacted his family
01:51

Bob Newhart

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Bob Newhart on his time in the service during The Korean War
02:06

Agnes Nixon

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Agnes Nixon on a topical story about the Vietnam War on All My Children
01:42

Fess Parker

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Fess Parker on his experience during World War II
02:58

Arthur Penn

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Arthur Penn on his experience with World War II, and on meeting Fred Coe and Lester Shorr
09:20
Arthur Penn on putting on plays while touring around Europe during World War II
06:16

Don Pike

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Don Pike on engineering cameras for bombs during World War II
06:45

Abraham Polonsky

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Abraham Polonsky on his experience with World War II
01:46
Abraham Polonsky on being involved with the OSS during World War II
10:15

Tom Poston

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Tom Poston on his service in World War II
02:33

Jacques Pépin

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Jacques Pépin on his family's experience with World War II, and on food rationing during the war
03:19

Ward Quaal

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Ward Quaal on the country entering Word War II and on announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor
06:37

Sterling Quinlan

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Sterling "Red" Quinlan on his experience with World War II
05:29

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

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Arthur Rankin Jr. on World War II delaying his career
06:33

Sumner Redstone

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Sumner Redstone on code breaking during World War II
04:45

Tim Reid

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Tim Reid on the "Who is Gordon Sims?" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati
03:50

Del Reisman

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Del Reisman on his service during World War II, and on his education
10:23
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
01:11

Ed Resnick

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Ed Resnick on shooting the atomic bomb tests in Las Vegas for KTLA
06:09
Ed Resnick on the logistics of shooting the atomic bomb tests, which were broadcast live on KTLA
06:12
Ed Resnick on the crew of KTLA's broadcast of the atomic bomb test
02:41

Gene Reynolds

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Gene Reynolds on his service in the Navy in World War II
00:55
Gene Reynolds on M*A*S*H  in regards to Vietnam
01:57

Larry Rhine

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Larry Rhine on his experience with World War II
07:08

Hank Rieger

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Hank Rieger on serving in World War II and having his first experience with public relations during the war
06:20

Heino Ripp

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Heino Ripp on being in the newsroom on D-Day
02:21

Geraldo Rivera

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Geraldo Rivera on reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan 
13:47

Phil Roman

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Phil Roman on his experience in the Korean War
02:22

Andy Rooney

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Andy Rooney on his experience in World War II, and on writing for Stars and Stripes
12:56
Andy Rooney on his work at Stars and Stripes during World War II
12:15
Andy Rooney on the CBS Radio coverage of World War II, and on going to Normandy in the wake of D-Day
09:31
Andy Rooney on his editors at Stars and Stripes and on encountering Ernest Hemingway
05:14
Andy Rooney on covering the end of World War II for Stars and Stripes
02:11

Stanley Rubin

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Stanley Rubin on serving in the Motion Picture Unit during World War II
01:24

Maria Elena Salinas

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Maria Elena Salinas on covering the Iraq War from Baghdad
23:28

Isabel Sanford

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Isabel Sanford on her experience with World War II, and on her early memories of television and movies
04:33

Edgar J. Scherick

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Edgar Scherick on getting drafted into the Air Corps as a meteorologist during World War II
01:00

Bob Schieffer

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Bob Schieffer on covering the Vietnam War as a newspaper reporter
04:31
Bob Schieffer on covering anti-Vietnam War demonstrations for CBS News
03:04
Bob Schieffer on covering the Vietnam War as the Pentagon correspondent for CBS News
02:51
Bob Schieffer on covering George W. Bush and the Iraq War as CBS News Chief Washington correspondent
03:43

Bob Schiller

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Bob Schiller on his five-year service during World War II
00:38

Max Schindler

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Max Schindler on covering the protests of the '60s
04:00
Max Schindler on directing coverage of the Vietnam War for NBC News
07:21

Reese Schonfeld

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Reese Schonfeld on UPI's coverage of the Vietnam War
05:34

Daniel Schorr

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Daniel Schorr on his experiences during World War II
01:45
Daniel Schorr on his experiences during World War II
05:11
Daniel Schorr on going to Moscow for CBS News in 1955, and on getting in with Edward R. Murrow
07:46
Daniel Schorr on interviewing Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow on Face the Nation
07:33
Daniel Schorr on covering Nikita Khrushchev's trip to the United States in 1959 for Eyewitness to History
04:10
Daniel Schorr on how CBS News portrayed Nikita Khrushchev, and on negotiating his Face the Nation interview
03:36
Daniel Schorr on being expelled by Moscow by the KGB, and on covering various stories for CBS News
02:18
Daniel Schorr on covering the construction of the Berlin Wall for CBS News, and John F. Kennedy's visit to Germany
04:21
Daniel Schorr on covering various stories in Eastern Europe in the early 1960s
05:42
Daniel Schorr on doing a CBS documentary on East Germany, and on clashing with William S. Paley
06:43

Robert Schuller

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Robert Schuller on Hour of Power  expanding into Russia and meeting Mikhail Gorbachev
05:38

Sherwood Schwartz

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Sherwood Schwartz on serving in the U.S. Army and writing for Armed Forces Radio during World War II
09:02

Ralph Senensky

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Ralph Senensky on serving in World War II
02:23

Mel Shavelson

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Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope entertaining the troops in Vietnam, and on the politics of the time
07:03
Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope's travels around the world entertaining soldiers during World War II
02:46
Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope's travels around the world entertaining soldiers during World War II
02:46

David Shaw

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David Shaw on his activities during World War II
01:28

Jack Shea

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Jack Shea on entering the Army in 1952 and making training films
01:56
Jack Shea on editing Bob Hope's USO shows
03:19
Jack Shea on music director of Bob Hope's television specials, Les Brown, and entertaining troops at USO shows
05:42

Sidney Sheldon

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Sidney Sheldon on serving in the Air Force during World War II and writing plays
03:37

John Silva

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John Silva on how World War II affected his family; on becoming a radar officer in World War II
06:58
John Silva on the technological innovations he learned about as a a radar officer in World War II
01:14

Garry Simpson

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Garry Simpson on serving in the Navy as a test engineer
01:41
Garry Simpson on showing civil defense films during World War II and NBC not broadcasting television during the war after 1942
03:21

Abby Singer

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Abby Singer on his time in World War II
01:02

Doris Singleton

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Doris Singleton on her husband, Charlie Isaacs, volunteering for service in World War II
00:39

Howard Smit

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Howard Smit on his experiences during World War II
01:31
Howard Smit on participating in making training films for World War II
03:08

Bob Smith

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"Buffalo" Bob Smith on his experience with World War II
01:45

Howard K. Smith

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Howard K. Smith on censorship he faced at CBS radio in Berlin during World War II
00:35
Howard K. Smith on leaving Germany and arriving in Switzerland on December 7, 1941
01:29

Sid Smith

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Sid Smith on joining the Marine Corps College Program during World War II; on transferring to the Navy
02:29
Sid Smith on directing Bob Hope's Christmas Specials and other Bob Hope Specials, including USO Shows
02:20

Sanford Socolow

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Sanford Socolow on getting drafted into the Korean War and serving in the public information office and the First Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet group
06:06
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)
05:13
Sanford Socolow on CBS's coverage of the Vietnam War
03:55
Sanford Socolow on the friendship between Frank Stanton and Lyndon Johnson and whether it influenced CBS news coverage of Vietnam
04:17

Frank Stanton

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Frank Stanton on CBS News' coverage of Vietnam
01:07

Ben Starr

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Ben Starr on serving in World War II as an Air Force Navigator and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross
12:54

Fred Steiner

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Fred Steiner on his experience of World War II, composing music for propaganda
01:01

Jerry Stiller

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Jerry Stiller on serving in World War II
02:47

Brandon Stoddard

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Brandon Stoddard on developing The Winds of War  and War and Remembrance 
13:46

Gale Storm

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Gale Storm on her involvement with the war effort during World War II
01:11

George Takei

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George Takei on being confined to an American internment camp during World War II 
13:09
George Takei on Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek's commentary on American society at the time
05:32

Stanford Tischler

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Stanford Tishchler on serving in World War II as a film editor
03:21

Robert Trout

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Robert Trout on how his family was impacted by World War I and attending the Presidential inauguration in 1916
06:28

Clint Walker

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Clint Walker on serving in the Merchant Marines during World War II
01:33

James Wall

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James Wall on his service during World War II
12:48
James Wall on going overseas to serve during World War II
08:03
James Wall on dancing to boost the morale of the troops during World War II
03:13
James Wall on segregation in the Army during World War II
10:28

Mike Wallace

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Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes' coverage of the Vietnam War
10:32
Mike Wallace on being sued for libel (and beginning his battle with depression) by William Westmoreland after he interviewed him for his special The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception
04:39

Joseph A. Wapner

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Joseph Wapner on learning of President Roosevelt's death during World War II
01:19

Ruth Warrick

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Ruth Warrick on World War II
04:01

Matthew Weiner

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Matthew Weiner on season six of Mad Men  and using the news events of 1968 as a backdrop 
11:22

Bob Weiskopf

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Bob Weiskopf on his service in World War II while working for The Fred Allen Show
01:33
Bob Weiskopf on his wife almost going to an internment camp during World War II
01:06

John Wells

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John Wells on crafting the stories of China Beach using real life stories from Vietnam veterans 
04:17

Joseph Wershba

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Joseph Wershba on his experience with World War II
03:03
Joseph Wershba on the See It Now "Christmas in Korea" report in 1952 with Edward R. Murrow
12:07
Joseph Wershba on 60 Minutes story on The Gulf of Tonkin incident
04:14

Av Westin

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Av Westin on being in Berlin when the Berlin Wall went up
05:17
Av Westin on various major news events in his career
11:02

Betty White

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Betty White on her experience with World War II
01:50

Andy Williams

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Andy Williams on his brothers being drafted into World War II and singing in other groups until his brothers returned
00:42

Ethel Winant

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Ethel Winant on her experience during World War II
03:41

Perry Wolff

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Perry Wolff on his experience in World War II and writing a novel about it
02:39

Bud Yorkin

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Bud Yorkin on his service in World War II
01:38

Frederic Ziv

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Frederic Ziv on how his company was affected by World War II
03:07

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