The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Joseph Armanini tells a story about how the tail of a B-17 [Annotators Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...

Gerard Halpern graduated from high school in May or June of 1943. He applied to City College and started classes there...

After the war, Oscar Johnson remained single and never had children. He did not marry until 1986. He feels his wife [...

Ralph Crump [Annotators Note: For the first 22:26 of this interview the interviewer and interviewee chat about family...

Deen was supposed to follow Bill Thompson [Annotators Note: during the invasion of Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. He was...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

David Roderick experienced a lot of shelling and artillery and snipers when he landed. D Day began at 6:30 in the...

Joe Crandall experienced the most difficult combat when his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion...

The Japanese hit their fuel supplies and it caused a lot of damage [Annotator's Note: on Wake Island on 8 December 1941...

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