The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Wiley was put into a shack and slept the night there. That night he met the Chief of the tribe and was taken to a...

After paratrooper John Marr unexpectedly landed in deep water after his jump into Normandy on D Day, his first priority...

Lloyd Rogers joined the service in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had basic training in St...

In Warrenpoint, Ireland, Holly Reynolds always had more than one date. Reynolds saw a show in Washington DC called Back...

Constance Negrotto was born on 8 August 1924 to Ralph and Inez Hinkel. When she was five years old, the family moved to...

Winnecken Gerhard was captured by the Americans. He still had a rifle grenade in his pocket after being searched. He...

James Gulotta landed in the Philippines on Leyte on the Ormoc Peninsula. This is where he did most of his fighting....

Luna Kaufman had no difficulties after the war with nightmares. She was fortunate. She never felt that she was...

[Annotator's Note: Donelson Houseman served in the Army as the 81mm mortar platoon leader in Company D, 1st Battalion,...

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