The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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In October 1944, John Baldori was sent overseas and served in the Mediterranean [Annotator’s Note: under US Army...

After they [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow newly liberated prisoners of war, or POWs] got through the...

Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad...

John Marr landed in water up to his armpits on D Day after the jump [Annotators Note: into Normandy] and immediately...

Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He is 84 years old. He...

William V. Cross [Annotator’s Note: with the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division] went through Dachau...

Pete Brock was born in April 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters. His...

There was some rivalry between the Coast Guard and the Navy but they got along fine. There was also a time when a...

[Annotator's Note: Curt Simmons served in the Navy in the Armed Guard as a gunner aboard merchant ships in the North...

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