The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Vejtasa doesn't know of anyone being lost during the attack. The farther away they got from the scene, the worse the...

They were supposed to leave around 4 p.m., but they were delayed because the area around Schweinheim had not been...

Willard Ashford [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the 134th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam] was preparing to invade...

[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

David Paul Spencer heard about the end of the war through the paper. Spencer remembers that he had to go through...

Frank Buschmeier and his crew were the oldest and most experienced after three missions. Buschmeier and his crew flew...

When they left the ground they were going a little under 80 miles per hour. The ship was making about 20 knots and...

Arnold Horn was born in July 1919 in Luling, Louisiana. He is one of seven boys. Five of them served in World War Two...

Jesse Schraub was transferred to an infantry unit when the Army Specialized Training Program [Annotator's Note: Army...

Calvin Carithers was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas in November 1927. He went to school. When he was old enough, he...

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