Even though Veterans Day has passed, you will want to check out Veterans Remember, an ongoing video project to collect and 
document the memories and experiences of U.S. military veterans in Mesa County. There are currently ten interviews with World War II veterans available, with nine men and one woman relating their stories of the time they spent during the war. These interviews are such a fascinating and valuable resource in our local history, and the stories they tell will inspire you to learn more about veterans’ experiences.
Here is some reading material on the subject:
Eyewitness to Infamy : an oral history of Pearl Harbor by Paul J. Travers
“The Good War”: an oral history of World War Two by Studs Terkel
Never Will We Forget: oral histories of World War II by Marilyn Mayer Culpepper