The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Giles Bacon thinks it is very important that The National World War II Museum exists. History is not being taught well...

Galloway notes that as long as he was ahead of the German officers behind him he could sneak into a house. Galloway...

During the last few days of the war there was very little action. Most of the Germans were figuring out a way to...

As far as Yukio Kawamoto could tell, he did not experience too much racism or ill feelings towards him. Most of his...

[Annotator’s Note: Pena begins mid-sentence] William Pena was commissioned as an officer in the army and reported to...

Richard Candelaria credits the 8th Air Force for never having been turned back on a mission by enemy action. Enemy...

Donald Stratton is from Red Cloud, Nebraska. His family was farmers early on in their lives. Stratton had one sister...

Corbin discusses the Battle of the Bulge, the Hammelburg Raid, and the book The Longest Winter [Annotator's Note: The...

As they went out, they saw a lone destroyer or possibly a light cruiser. They went to find the carrier but they did not...

Lieutenant John Marr's first patrol from Timmes' orchard was sent to find any American or other friendly forces in the...

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