The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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In 1940 Holloman had attempted to volunteer for the Canadian Air Force. He filled out the application and his father...

Leonard Spivey did very well in his training and was qualified to continue training as a navigator. Spivey went to...

[Annotators Note: Franklin Denius was an artillery forward observer in Battery C, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th...

Freddie Ohr went from Corsica Italy to Medina, Italy. They flew out of there on a short steel runway. They flew all of...

Karr grew up in West Virginia in a little town called Mannington. His father and his relatives worked in the oil fields...

James Livaudais received replacements prior to the Battle of the Bulge. [Annotator’s Note: in December 1944] One...

After 16 months on Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan], Howard Cain was ordered to pack his things and prepare...

Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...

[Annotator's Note: James Muri served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers in the 22nd...

James Crane experienced a great change in the Merchant Marine. He was concerned about making the first convoy, but he...

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