The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Once while Frank Mancuso was out with his friends, they began talking about how bad things were getting in Germany,...

Edward Shames participated in the battle of Carentan [Annotator's Note: 10 to 14 June 1944]. Shames says that the...

As a veteran, John Witmeyer believes in the importance and the value of history, especially the history of World War 2...

Wayne Pierce grew up in the small farming community of Polo, Illinois. He was drafted in June 1941 six months before...

As the front moved, Wallace Jeffery and his unit moved. [Annotator’s Note: Jeffery was a radioman in a direction...

Delano Brister's grandfather had a barn on his property that was used once during a military training operation by a...

Martin Carmody was raised in California and was a senior at San Jose State University. His family had lived there for...

[Annotator's Note: There is a video break then the clip starts when interviewee is in mid-sentence.] William McCowen...

Somewhere before Vernon Breen crossed the Rhine [Annotator's Note: Rhine River] and got to Worms [Annotator's Note:...

Richard Asbury flew 126 missions in the war. He only got into fights six times. He thought he was unlucky in...

Louis Conter saw the Second World War as an unconditional victory. Today's world is different. We should try to knock...

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