The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Kenneth Barnette was drafted into the Army at age 18 in March 1943. He was sent to Fort Barkley in Abilene, Texas for...

Walter Barnes was sent to pick up some German prisoners. When he got to the enemy troops there were about a dozen of...

Alexander Vraciu and the other members of his squadron [Annotators Note: Fighting Squadron 16 (VF 16)] were in their...

They made several convoy trips to Port Darwin on the northern coast of Australia. The Japanese moved closer to their...

One time, Geraldine Nyman was on a trip going back east and had to land at the closest airport. Nyman was able to get...

The 20th Engineers was the first unit to go into Bizerte. George Griffenhagen and his fellow engineers spent the first...

When Edward LaPorta landed in Oran all he could see was the German fortress which had two giant spotlights shining out...

Harley Reynolds thinks he was crazy to have assaulted that pillbox by himself. Only four hours before he had learned...

James Nerison was sent home because it was his turn. After a year, men in his outfit were sent home for a 30 day...

Frank Pomroy begins the interview by talking about the living conditions on Guadalcanal. Living conditions were as...

Erwin Blonder remembers Marty Higgins [Annotator's Note: US Army Captain Martin J. Higgins] sending a sergeant and 35...

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