CENTURY OF WAR by Art Giberson

Despite all the great accomplishments mankind made during the 20th century-invention of the automobile, the airplane, nuclear-power, space flight, putting a man on the moon and numerous advancements in medicine and science-the 20th century, in all likelihood, will be recalled by future historians as a century of war.

From World War I in 1917-1918 to Desert Storm in 1990-1991, American military personnel-conscripts and volunteers-placed their lives on the line in the name of freedom. The personal story of each of these warriors is different-yet they are the same. These are the stories of a century of war and the heroes who fought them. These are personal stories that need to be preserved for future generations.

Originally conceived as a World War II newspaper series, veterans interviewed included Soldiers, Marines, Airman, Navy and Coast Guard Sailors. They had served as infantrymen, aviators, submariners, combat photographers, cooks, supply technicians, gunners and engineers.

Included in the group were several former prisoners of war-one of which spent the entire war as a POW in Japan. Another participant was a member of the Women's Royal Australian Air Force who later migrated to the United States as a war bride. A World War II widow tells of the cruel circumstances of her husband's death at the hands of the enemy while he was being held as prisoner of war.

The World War II series was so well received by the newspaper's readers that it was decided to extend the series to include Korea, the Cuban Missile Crises, Vietnam and the Gulf War. They too proved to be an equally big hit with readers-particularly military history buffs. Each of the separate war story sequences received praise from numerous veterans groups and received several journalistic citations, including top journalism awards from the Navy and Department of Defense.

The men and women interviewed for the Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm sequences, like their War World II counterparts, served in every field. They ranged in rank from private to generals and admirals-regular military, Reservists and National Guardsmen. These were and are America's finest-the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers, who gladly go in harms way to ensure that freedom will prevail.

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