The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Nose art on B-25 Mitchell bomber; flying woman in swimsuit and text "Paper Doll"; Lt. L. A. Mesna, Bombardier. ETO....

Photograph. A man dressed in American colonial dress posing on steps. Personal caption on photo reverse:"Jailer (silly...

Children pulling a cart in a city square in Alsace, France in 1945.

Photograph. Rows of tents on a dirt field. Personal caption on reverse: "Calas staging area / Sept. 1945." Provence-...

A U.S. soldier Patterson carrying some unidentified items in postwar Germany. "Patterson."

The Reichstag after the Allied bombing of Berlin, Germany in April 1945.

A train car being unloaded with Christmas mail. It is called the 'Santa Claus Express'. "ETO-HQ-44-19568. Lapidus. 1...

German forest with 8 inch Howitzers positioned within the trees. "Neuendorf, Germany." Circa 1945

Photograph. View through barbed wire fence of German POWs relaxing in a sunny field. Personal caption on photo reverse...

U.S. soldier on balcony in postwar Germany.

Photograph. American soldier Clayton A. "Danny" Danielson standing beside truck on snowy road in "Belgium 1945 Jan."...

Officers of the 5th Armored Division during WWII. Lt. Col. Entrekin.

Oral History