Interesting People—a monthly WTVP series
hosted by Ed Sutkowski—features
half-hour conversations of thoughtful dialogue with ordinary individuals who
have achieved extraordinary measures of success in the arts, business,
communications, education, science and sports.
"Thus, the task is
not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what
nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees."
Interviews with two World War II veterans and foxhole buddies—Chuck Brown and Al Eskildsen.
Original Air Date(s): 2/26/2009
Biographical Information
Chuck Brown ,
Iwo Jima WWII Veteran
Marine buddies, Chuck and Al, enlisted in the volunteer force of choice since "you went into the Marines because you wanted to be the best…we were the best." Grasp their adventures highlighted in remembrance: journey to Camp Pendleton, training program protocol, elimination of self to that of "team," and insight into the invasion process.
Al Eskildsen,
Iwo Jima WWII Veteran
Iwo Jima comprised only 8 square miles – 33% of the size of Manhattan. According to the Japanese, the island was a symbolic nature; it contained 16 miles of tunnels, 1,500 man-made caverns and sheltered nearly 23,000 soldiers underground. No drinking water existed. Chuck and Al describe their foxhole experience, their fears and trepidations, their steadfast friendship and finally, the applicable statistics of World War II.
[Biographical information as provided by Mr. Sutkowski]
Marine buddies, Chuck and Al, enlisted in the volunteer force of choice since "you went into the Marines because you wanted to be the best…we were the best." Grasp their adventures highlighted in remembrance: journey to Camp Pendleton, training program protocol, elimination of self to that of "team," and insight into the invasion process.
Iwo Jima comprised only 8 square miles – 33% of the size of Manhattan. According to the Japanese, the island was a symbolic nature; it contained 16 miles of tunnels, 1,500 man-made caverns and sheltered nearly 23,000 soldiers underground. No drinking water existed. Chuck and Al describe their foxhole experience, their fears and trepidations, their steadfast friendship and finally, the applicable statistics of World War II.
