Broadcast date: 11/11/2015
Join the conversation with Edith Ross and her brother, Art Criddle, as they recall their experiences and memories as young children living in Morro Bay during the war. Highlights include the fear that struck the Central Coast as Japanese submarines attacked shipping close to shore, and their recollections of an errant torpedo that blew up Morro Rock.
They also recall their sometimes humorous and always touching interactions with Naval and Army troops who were temporarily stationed in Morro Bay to train for South Pacific amphibious landings and the deadly D-Day Normandy invasion. Afterwards Tom reports from the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia.