Search results

Map is loading...

Being Captured

Curtis Winfred Wise had no trouble adjusting to civilian life. He did not use the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I...

After securing Ngesebus they went back across to Peleliu. It was James McEnery's birthday the day they made their...

Since Alfred Dearman did not participate in World War 2, his most memorable experience was being at Sugamo Prison [...

Church had different responsibilities on Guam. His first assignment was to handle anything to do with recreation....

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...

The drill instructor Steve McMurray had for basic training was a small, compact, mean man from Mississippi who was "as...

Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior was born in Gramercy, Louisiana in September 1923. He attended Lutcher High School in...

Alvin von Frisch was born in Giessen, Germany in 1920. He began his education there but he, his mother, two sisters,...

Claire Maddox was born in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1924 [Annotator's Note: April 1924]. He had two older brothers. It was a...

Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...

Oral History