The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotators Note: during the attack on...

Lionel Lopez would have followed his captain anywhere. He was half-Indian. He was a fighting man. Lopez carried an M1 [...

William Stewart is 88 years old. He was born in April 1929 in Glendale, California. He has one brother. His father...

William V. Cross did not suffer from post-traumatic stress [Annotator's Note: post traumatic stress disorder; a mental...

On the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), Pete Brock saw combat in the late stages of the Okinawa campaign [Annotator’s...

Kaare Allan Johnson was born in May 1924 in Staten Island, New York [Annotator's Note: Staten Island is one of the five...

Perrett was awarded the European Campaign Ribbon [Annotator's Note: Europe/Africa/Middle East Theater Ribbon] with two...

Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...

Wanda Damberg has informed her children that she does not want any of them to own Japanese cars. They own cars from...

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