The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Samuel W. Smith was sent to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. They had to have college training. They were the...

Eugene T. Leavy was discharged in October 1947. With the Status of Forces Agreement of June 1947, Leavy was able to...

Lauren Swinney was born in LaSalle, Illinois and grew up in Gary, Indiana. During that time, Gary had the Carnegie...

Arthur Seltzer matured very quickly as a result of the war. He was 18 when he was drafted and 19 on Omaha Beach. He...

Walter Halloran was excited to see the Russians arriving to liberate his and his fellow prisoners of war. The Soviets...

Vernon Alexander and the 103rd Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Alexander was a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion...

Robert Swan did not select going into patrol planes. Everybody asks for fighters when they go through flight school....

[Annotator's Note: Harold DeForest served in the Army as a gunner on a 60mm mortar in Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th...

Planning for the raid on Cabanatuan [Annotator's Note: Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines]...

Arthur McHardy was born Angus, Scotland in October 1924. He vaguely recalls growing up in Scotland. He was only five [...

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