The brave men and women who served so long ago recall their triumphs and their horrors, many for the first time since returning home. For them, these are among the greatest stories of their lives and they tell them with unfailing modesty, a mark of true heroism. It captures the stories of tremendous battles - above, below and on the waters of the vast Pacific Ocean. Madison's Jerry Hansen served on the USS Bunker Hill, which suffered a kamikaze attack, killing nearly 500. "I had nightmares for about 20 years," he says. The atomic bomb played a role for many. A common reaction was that of Wesley Scott of Milwaukee who says he wishes another way to the end the war could have been found, but he believed by using the new weapon, thousands of ground troops, pilots and sailors - Japanese and American - were spared. Scott had been in an anti-aircraft unit preparing for the invasion of Japan.