The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Fred Whitaker remembers some soldiers were decapitated because the Germans would put wires across the roads. They...

Samuel W. Smith flew for two hours during his check flight. Everything went well. The major complimented his abilities...

[Annotator's Note: Lauren Swinney was a student at Northwestern University and worked as an entertainer for troops...

Walter Halloran flew back to the United States after his tour in Vietnam. It was exciting to return to his family. It...

Vernon Alexander feels The National WWII Museum is important. He has made four trips to the Museum and brought his...

Robert Swan and the other officers in his squadron, Patrol Squadron 44 or VP-44, did everything underground while they...

Thomas Murphy was born in New York City in 1926. His mother died during the birth and he was raised by guardians in...

Harold DeForest was on Leyte on his way back to the 37th Infantry Division when the atomic bomb was dropped and the war...

When John Arch McGill arrived in California, he didn't know much about what he would be doing. He learned that each...

Arthur McHardy returned to the United States through San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. He was...

Oral History