The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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[Annotator's Note: Carl Peterson served in the Army as a mortar man in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment...

They proceeded on and went to the Rhine River, in the town of Remagen. Troops ahead of them had secured the Remagen...

Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...

[Annotator's Note: Daniel Farley served in the Army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] On 9 June [...

George Kays was with the 136th Field Artillery [Annotator’s Note: 136th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry...

Louis Black took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944...

After Leonard Gaj made his jumps and went through strenuous training, he was told he would be given a furlough [...

Robert Harris was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1922. The years of the Great Depression were tough. It hit hard in...

Earl Erion was at a rehabilitation camp in England after D-Day. That was prior to being sent to Glasgow for his trip...

Calvin Moret was born in the first house built on the square. His family would be the only black family in a...

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