The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...

Darold Rice remembers his first experience with combat as he and his crew were ordered to fire their .30 caliber into...

When they left the village [Annotator's Note: during fighting in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France], Zawada rode in...

Roger Shaw arrived in Bahia, Brazil aboard the SS George Gayle. He had met some associates previously in Bahia, but he...

Monty Joe Boitnott moved from Kasserine to Fondouk where he fought his first battle with his company. Within a couple...

Kelly Kuwayama landed in either May or June 1944 in Italy. They worked their way up the boot of Italy. When they were...

Francis Dolsen was in Montana when he met his crew members. [Annotator’s Note: Another veteran is speaking with the...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off camera prompting the interviewee to answer the interviewer’s questions...

Barbara Butler's first installation was on Leyte. Her living quarters were very close to the beach where General...

William Epperson received two Purple Hearts for being wounded. Epperson felt strongly that women in the service would...

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