Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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U.S. Navy veteran Charles Brooking talks about the experience of being a young man in World War II. The National WWII Museum was proud to collaborate with The HISTORY Channel’s “Save Our History” short-form series, featuring first-person stories from World War II veterans, as part of The HISTORY Channel’s landmark documentary series “World War II with Tom Hanks.” For more information, visit our website: nationalww2museum.org/war/world-war-ii-tom-hanks