'Valor in History' Veterans Speak Out

Interviews support EA's latest edition of Medal of Honor Rising Sun

Electronic Arts, in conjunction with the pending release of Medal of Honor Rising Sun, has released six interviews with World War II veteran in what they are calling "Valor in History" movies. Some information on each of these gentlemen is listed below. The interviews recount events from World War II and can be found at the links following the brief situational biography of each one of these veteran soldiers.

Don Jensen, Ships Detachment, USMC

As the Japanese attack began on that fateful day, December 7th 1941, Jensen went to report to his duty station. On the way he came upon an un-attended 50. caliber anti-aircraft gun, which he and a sailor manned and did their best to shoot at and down the attacking enemy aircraft. Jensen and the sailor manned the gun until after the two enemy attacks had subsided and went through many a can of ammunition, which was brought to them from one of the airplane hangers on Ford Island. Don forgot how many cans of paint they burned off of the gun as they shot it for such a prolonged period of time.

http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d10431.htm

Captain Robert Prince, 6th Ranger Battalion, U.S. Army

Formed 6th Rangers with Col. Mucci. Led 6th Rangers, with Mucci, on the Cabanataun POW Camp raid. This story is embellished in the best-selling book GHOST SOLDIERS and is soon to be a major motion picture release entitled THE GREAT RAID. Captain Prince worked closely with the Pilipino Guerillas who supported the raid and liberation of the prisoners.

http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d10434.htm

Bill Landsford, 2nd Raider Battalion, USMC

Took part in the LONG PATROL, 32 days behind enemy lines on Guadalcanal, this raid was led by the infamous Col. Carlson. Landsford was a machine gunner by trade, using a 1919A4 Browning LMG. He also worked with native guides on special reconnaissance missions throughout the Solomons (The Canal and Bougainville). In 1944 he was transferred to the 5th Marine Division and was part of legendary John Basilone's machine gun squad. Bill went to Iwo Jima with Basilone and was not far from Basilone when he was killed, on the first day of the landings on Iwo Jima. Landsford retired from the Corps after the war and became a well-known writer for television (Bonanza, Little House of the Prairie, High Chaparral, and Chips).

http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d10435.htm

Frank Dunning, Royal Artillery, 153rd Regiment

Frank Dunning arrived in port, at Singapore, as it was under attack. Working as a messenger-delivering messages to and from the city and to outposts surrounding the city, as the city was overrun, Frank was ordered back to his HQ where he was told the British forces were to surrender. From there he marched into captivity and was sent to work on the railways as slave labor. He was liberated in 1945 and now resides on a farm in the English countryside at the ripe old age of 93!

http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d10433.htm

Roy Roush, 2nd Marine Division

Roy is the Lloyd Bridges of the Marine Corps! He first saw combat on the island of Tulagi, then Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian. Roy was a BAR gunner. He shot from the hip! While on Saipan he was detailed to search for the elusive rebel Japanese Captain Oba. Oba was a wanted war criminal who killed three Marines after the island forces had surrendered. It took 8 months to find Oba and his "rebel" army who hid in the hills of Saipan, eluding the Marines until their final surrender. Roush joined the Air Force after the war and became a jet fighter pilot during the Korean War.

http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d10436.htm
 

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