The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Bloody Ridge had other names but that night it was officially named Bloody Ridge. It was the one spot that the Japanese...

Abe Milkis was born in 15 January 1924 in Philadelphia. He had one brother and one sister. His brother, Harry, was a...

Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

Neil Cox thought he was blessed because he was raised on a farm. He grew up working hard and shooting guns. One soldier...

Harley Harned boarded a converted luxury liner for transport to Europe. [Annotator’s Note: Someone comes into the...

George Kearney was living on Magazine Street [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana] when he went to work for...

James Gaffney discusses the details of the type of torpedo used on the PT Boat on which he was assigned as a crewman....

Bernard Friedenberg passed through Camp Lucky Strike on his way home after the war. He remembers passing the Statue of...

John McConn has a vivid memory of the attack on the Siegfried Line because of his terror about mounting a direct attack...

Manfred Klepper and his mother got off the airplane and entered the Moscow terminal [Annotator's Note: they had...

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