The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Vernon Tweedt got his artillery training at Camp Edwards [Annotator's Note: in Cape Cod, Massachusetts]. There were...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. One of the last...

Walter Barnes was born in New Orleans and grew up on Webster Street in the Uptown neighborhood. Life was good for him....

The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alexander Vraciu was...

Jack feels that World War II is important enough that they shouldn't take it out of the history books. He felt it was...

Geraldine Nyman only knows one girl from the second graduating class of WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service...

George Bernard Griffenhagen was in Plzen, Czechoslovakia on VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day], 8 May...

Edward LaPorta was born in Italy in 1917. He grew up and was educated in Italy as well. His dream was to be a...

Harley Reynolds and his unit trained for Sicily on an incredibly rocky shoreline. The shore they actually landed on in...

Harold Rosen took part in a simulation that was supposed to help them get ready for their next invasion. He recalls...

Stanley Harvey Bender chose the enlist in the Marine Corps. He liked the dress blue uniform, and one of his father’s...

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