(norm hatch) i was lucky enough to get the only film of the enemy fighting against u.s. forces taken during the whole war. here's one of them. here's a squad of them. (norm hatch) i'm proud to say that that film of mine has been used probably in every film on the pacific made. (dramatic music playing) i'd like to know where the rest of the squad went. what's this? (machine gun firing) whatever it is, it ain't healthy! let's get outta here! (thomas doherty) because so many americans knew the second world war not in a full combat experience -- they'd certainly seen newsreels and combat reports of the time. that was a close one! they would no longer accept a backlot rendering of the war. so there is a movement toward what you'd call verisimilitude in the post-war era. (thomas doherty) these films often incorporate some newsreel footage. (gunfire and explosions) (leonard fribourg) i received orders to report to the studios. they'd made arrangements with the marine corps to get all the footage out here that they could look at that had been taken during combat in world war ii.

next to ed is major norm hatch. and individual who helped a ground breaking position during world war ii. he was the first combat cameraman sent in by the marine corp. that is what we are going to be talking about this morning. >> i'm a member of the band of brothers. if you read it, you know we won the war almost single handed. to go back before pearl harbor, and i was in the navy engineering school in virginia. and a few of us knew that we were going to get into this thing before it started in europe, and we were a little antsy about what we were going to do and we knew that we were going to have to go sooner or later. we all decided to join the rcaf, royal canadian air force. go up to canada hamilton ontario. and we made a pact with ourselves that all four of us would get in. that we all would come back. we would all come back to virginia prior to pearl harbor and some time in des des or later part of november 1941. we got in the car and went up to canada. one of the guys had a heart monitor. so we decided that w

next to ed is major norm hatch. united states marine corps retired. an individual who held a ground-breaking position during world war ii. he was the first combat cameraman sent in by the marine corps. if you have seen a picture of combat on tarawa, you've seen a picture of combat in iwo jima and moving pictures throughout. norm had a piece in that. that's what we're going to be talking about this morning. i've asked both of these gentlemen to start off today's panel by talking a little bit of how it all started for them, where they were at the beginning of world war ii and how they got enlisted into their various services and also caught up in the units they are with. so ed, i'm going to begin with you if you could tell wrus it all began. >> all right, sir. thank you. incidentally, i'm a member of the band of brothers. if you read it, you know that we won the war almost single handed. and i'm a big hero. if you don't believe it, read the book. and i thank you and in fact, i'm delighted to be here this morning with you people. at my age, i'm delighted