The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Theodore Van Kirk, known as Dutch, was born in Pennsylvania. He grew up in a very small town and he described himself...

Arnold Horn remembers that they had to help build barracks while they slept in tents. They trained with wooden guns....

Jesse Schraub was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...

Calvin Carithers went to Quantico, Virginia for more training. He then provided instruction for other embassy guards....

Alfred Pierse Murphy and his brother were sent to Maxwell Field [Annotator's Note: now Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base...

Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson is the subject of a book authored by her son [Annotator's Note: Hiding in the Spotlight by...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...

Fred Bergeron was waiting for a battle like Midway. He was very upset at what had been happening to them. He saw the...

The Grumman Wildcat [Annotator's Note: Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft] was a beautiful aircraft, according to...

John Pogue flew into Holland in a glider as a member of a rifle company. He was under fire there as he was in the...

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