The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Richard Keller grew up in Hahnville, Louisiana. He started first grade in 1924 and graduated in 1935. From there,...

When they [Annotator's Note: Jack Yusen and the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)] arrived at Pearl Harbor the men looked...

[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with someone off camera talking about Orville Bethard seeing kamikaze aircraft...

Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade does not know how World War 2 changed him. After he left the service, he wanted to go back to...

[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward went overseas with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division on 16...

After graduating high school, Harlan Twible got a job then started college with the money he earned. During his...

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels was part of a Marine machine gun crew during the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan.] He says...

Robert "Bob" Rickel had to kick a bomb out of the bomb bay from a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...

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