Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Judge Frederick Stephen Ellis, a U.S. Navy veteran, talks about his experience with kamikaze attacks while serving on an LST in the Pacific Theater during 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