The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Brooks was born on 30 October of 1919 in Greeneville, Tennessee. He recalls his childhood during the Great Depression....

Geraldine Nyman thought that Cochran [Annotator's Note: Jacqueline Cochran] was independent. Nancy Love had started the...

Within a week, shipping instructions were posted and George Griffenhagen's name was on the list. They shipped out in...

Edward LaPorta was a member of the 1st Armored Division. The first tanks they had overseas were riveted together. They...

Harley Reynolds recognizes that the invasion [Annotators Note: the invasion of Sicily] was fairly easy in terms of...

After Harold Rosen was wounded, he went back into action. The shrapnel was embedded and it allowed him to serve, but...

James Nerison had an upper bunk in the PT boat [Annotator's Note: PT-305] and he was not able to see out of the boat....

Erwin Blonder was trained as a Forward Observer. He began his military career in 1939. He was required to complete ROTC...

Stanley Harvey Bender was deployed overseas to Melbourne, Australia, departing from San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San...

One afternoon they were taken to a railroad station and put on a train but were not told where they were going. The...

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