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  • Oman, Mort Overseas to the Pacific

    Mort Oman was not aware that a large battle had jut taken place when he arrived in Buna, New Guinea in June 1944.

  • Oman, Mort Phase One in the Philippines

    Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire controller] took part in the landing on Luzon, the Philippi

  • Oman, Mort Postwar

    Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: was assigned to Headquarters Battery, 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire control man] did not collet Japanese p

  • Oman, Mort Reflections of the War

    Mort Oman suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder [Annotator's Note: post traumatic stress disorder; a mental health condition triggered

  • Oman, Mort Searching for Prisoners

    Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire controller] took part in the artillery combat on Luzon, th

  • Oman, Mort Soldier Experience

    [Annotator’s Note: Video begins with interviewee mid-sentence talking about a World War 2 experience.] Mort Oman and his unit were walking down a p

  • Oman, Mort War's End

    At the end of the war, Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire controller] heard the news but did n

  • Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 1

    Onesi was born in Pennsylvania, but moved to Niagara Falls, New York at a young age. He was drafted into the Air Force in 1942.

  • Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 2

    Onesi recalls the aircraft flying in a very tight V formation to protect each other.

  • Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 3

    Onesi and the other waist gunner were taken to a German hospital, he was wounded by a machine gun, but the Germans did not help them at all.

  • Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 4

    Onesi recalls his time in the prisoner of war (POW) camps. If they were not sergeants, they would have been better off.

  • Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 5

    Onesi remembers the first prisoner of war (POW) camp he was in. It was an older camp that the Germans added barracks to.

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