The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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They [Annotator's Note: Vernon Tweedt's family] had a Philco radio. When he heard the news [Annotator's Note: of the...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. At Tarawa [Annotator’s...

Alexander Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero [Annotators Note:...

The local principal got him to come up there and then teachers started asking him to speak to their classes. The...

[Annotator's Note: Geraldine Nyman was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, and transported...

Harley Reynolds notes that a few of the wounded men were dragging behind. They made it to the trench area. They had men...

Harold Rosen was born in Dallas, Texas in April 1925. His father owned his own business so the depression did not hit...

[Annotator’s Note: Chatting and explanation of interview process from 00:00:00 to around 00:03:40.] Stanley Harvey...

The 24th [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1941] was the same; no water and no food. They could barely talk. On the...

Richard Duchossois did not witness any outbursts of anger by American servicemen. Their job was to win the war. They...

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