The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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In late May 1945, because Frank Finklang did not have enough points to go home, he was transferred to 346th Bombardment...

At Fort Snelling [Annotator's Note: near Bloomington, Minnesota], Donald Draxler and his father enlisted in the Army....

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling in the background throughout this segment.] Albert Castaing and his crew...

Hawk arrived in England and took a C-47 across the English Channel to France. His aircraft landed on an airstrip on the...

William Disanza worked in the office for Falcon Buick. His job was to be the follow up guy. He would contact the...

He was asleep in his bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, CA38] early in the morning of...

Milosevich was informed that he had a daughter while he was still aboard ship to England. He thought about his child...

Kenneth Beckman's first mission [Annotator's Note: Beckman was a navigator in the 366th Bombardment Squadron, 305th...

Lynn Compoton had just played football against USC when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Compton woke up to hearing people talk...

John Noack and the crew sat around and talked during Christmas. The day after all of the enlisted men were separated...

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