Garden to Glass celebrates WWII history and local New Orleans food and drink.

As Marines behind the lines ran supplies up to the grunts in the front, one survivor of the night action and a veteran of Peleliu was heard to tell his foxhole buddy about the upcoming fight, “This right here…well…this is gonna be a bitch.” He had no idea how accurate his prophecy would be.

In this clip, Constance talks about how she worked as a draftsman for Higgins, working on the LCVPs and other various ship designs during the war.

Witmeyer describes the fighting in the bocage in Normandy, and how the casualties were so severe that the massive loss of life, especially his own troops caused him to lose his humanity and change from a civilian to a killer.

In this clip, Bethard gives an account of the kamikaze attack on the St Lo during Leyte Gulf.