The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Rosemary Fagot was born an American citizen, but she had never been to to the United States until she enlisted in the...

Tom Quigley jumped on a train and made his way with the other soldiers down to central England to a military base at...

On 9 June [Annotator's Note: 9 June 1944, during the Normandy invasion], they sent out platoons into a couple of fields...

One night, the battalion command sent John Witmeyer on a patrol behind German lines. Witmeyer took six other men out on...

Rosemarie Weber went to school in the camp but didn't learn very much. She didn't finish 8th grade. Learning wasn't the...

In early January [Annotator's Note: January 1944] Allen Tillery went to Linda Vista where he boarded the USS Manila Bay...

James Weller pondered whether the accomplishments and sacrifices of the World War II were worthwhile. He sees...

Earl Tweed made friends during the war. That was a big deal. All of them are gone now. Tweed fought in the war to keep...

Thomas Ballew served with the 231st Searchlight Battalion which was attached to the 9th Air Force. Ballew was born in...

Philip Schweitzer's training was heavy on hiking, running and jogging. When they returned from furlough, some of the...

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