The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Donald E. Casey was captured by German soldiers [Annotator’s Note: after his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...

Yukio Kawamoto does not think he changed too much during the war. He was born in Berkeley [Annotator's Note: Berkley,...

McKee was born on September 19, 1921 in Southern Oklahoma. As was the case in most births in those days, he was born on...

William Pena remembers how his battalion commander was a gung-ho, brave, and tall man who refused to stay at the rear...

Richard Candelaria went down the hill to a couple of cabins. He did not see anyone near the first one. When he went to...

They had also attacked the smaller fields in the area [Annotator's Note: the Japanese in the Philippines in December...

Joseph Barger was assigned as a machinist’s mate in the engine rooms aboard the USS LST-716. After amphibious training...

The Germans had diverted two divisions to deal with this salient in their rear echelon. They did not know what these...

Butch O'Hare [Annotator's Note: Edward Henry Butch OHare] really invented the Thatch Weave and Thatch's name was...

Lieutenant John Marr was assigned to guide Company C, 1st Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment in that company's...

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