The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Clinton Gardner learned in May 1944 that he and other officers would be sent to a special camp to learn the details of...

Lucien Laborde and the rest of the 115th Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

[Annotators Note: Robert Walter was a platoon sergeant in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th...

Theodore Finkbeiner and the paratroopers he was with started heading toward Gela. Whenever they heard shooting they...

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

In May 1943, Earl Ervin Clark and the 87th Mountain Infantry [Annotator's Note: 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...

Norman Ikari’s request for a transfer to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was granted, but he was busted down from...

The Germans issued blankets to the POWs that were threadbare and worthless. Loevsky states that when the Germans knew...

Edward Tipper arrived at Crile General Hospital in Cleveland after his flight from a hospital in England. [Annotator’s...

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