The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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In the first days of June 1944, W. P. “Bill” Allen assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank]...

Ensign Earnest said that as he was heading down, he lost elevator control; the stick was loose in his hand. Ensign...

On the night of 6 December [Annotator's Note: 6 December 1944] Lou Brissie was called and told to have his men ready to...

Billy Grieves watches movies like Run Silent, Run Deep religiously. He feels that they are more Hollywood than reality...

The Germans repaired Kalil's mouth and jaw. He did not mind it. He remembers the worst part was them cutting him open...

Zawada was in the camp for about a week before the American army liberated the camp [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war/...

Richard Ford left Bampton and went through Tidworth, England. They were there in the winter of 1942 to 1943. They were...

Towards the end of the war, they [Annotator's Note: the British officers] were telling them [Annotator's Note: Masaji...

Robert Shoens' squadron had about four to six planes available. When they went back to Berlin on the eighth [Annotators...

Robert L. Williams was amazed that he was able to find his friend Joe's grave. Williams had Joe's Army serial number...

Oral History