The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Van Barfoot first served with the 1st Infantry Division after he enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia. With the 1st...

Ferrier did not like the way they were awarding flight orders to the crewman. Ferrier made his boss well aware of that...

Mr. Mack [Annotator's Note: Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., or Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics for its...

In primary training they flew the PT-19. It was an open cockpit aircraft. Basic training was BT-13's and BT-15's. Her...

Onesi recalls the aircraft flying in a very tight V formation to protect each other. They bombed their targets during...

Richard Ford was wading through the water on Omaha [Annotators Note: on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944]. An LCI driver came...

Masaji Inoshita asked for early retirement [Annotator's Note: early release from the Army]. He was told that he was...

Robert Murphy served in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. He was a pathfinder and had...

Robert L. Williams thinks it very important that museums and memorials commemorating World War 2 continue to tell the...

Gerald Wayne Lux met his wife Alice at a dance during college. [Annotator’s Note: Alice Lux participates in this...

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