The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Charles Scheffel did not know what to do when people start shooting at him but he realized that he had to do something...

John Weinart crossed the Rhine River and headed into southern Germany. They would frequently ride on tanks. Weinart...

Norman Cook was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in November 1923. His father was a bookkeeper before the Great...

Vejtasa could see the Lexington on fire but still recovering planes. The Yorktown was also burning but recovering...

At Lohr, they lost their 1st tank from a German Panzerfaust. Baum says they did not have time to think about it, they...

Fortunately, the boat Michael Mervosh was in did not get hit [Annotator's Note: by Japanese artillery fire during the...

David Paul Spencer could hear the testimony. It was all in German so he could not understand everything that was going...

Frank Buschmeier and his crew had been to Berlin. It was high time to have an easy mission. The guys were told it was...

Jones believes that the raid was important and worth the risk and cost. After the raid the men just kept on going.Jones...

Theodore Van Kirk recalls his first combat mission in Europe in B-17s [Annotator's note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

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