Search results

Map is loading...

Harold C. Cook entered the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Martha Tolles went to Florida in June [Annotator’s Note: of 1944] with her husband. They got a month off and went back...

Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...

Harry Walker Wellford attended the Navy V-12 program [Annotator’s Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to...

Life on the ship was boring. Raymond A. Reed was on 15 different ships in 35 different countries. He was a lucky Seabee...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Some days after eliminating the machine gun position, Romus Burgin and his fellow Marines faced another machine gun...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

Paul Amrod joined the Army because his siblings had set the example, and his love of country obliged him to do his part...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Walter Jacobs thought that the Japanese were not normal people. They were fanatics. They were good at sneaking around...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

Oral History