Search results

Map is loading...

Chris Carawan was born in 1926 in Washington, North Carolina into a family of seagoing people. His father was a sea...

When the Japanese ceased the bombing [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...

They got on three different ships to haul the First Marine Division on August 25th [Annotators Note: 1944]. They...

Asked what he thought about the Japanese at the time, Frederick Stent said he thought they were "foolish" to be...

In late 1945, the USS Sagittarius (AKN-2) returned to Norfolk, Virginia and Frank M. Heuer Sr. left the ship in...

Aboard ship, Wahlen's platoon leader would talk to his men about what to expect when they landed [Annotators Note: on...

William Pierce recounts the lack of success for the 37mm gun in Europe. He discusses a Marine Medal of Honor recipient...

While Robert Brant was an Air Traffic Controller, he witnesses many plane crashes on Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

Robert J. Ferris was born in January 1922 in Pittsford, New York. He had one older brother. His father worked as a...

At the 68th Field Hospital, Holly Rees was carried into a Quonset hut and laid on the floor, where he waited while more...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. first encountered Japanese assault troops soon after Devereux [Annotator's Note: then US Marine...

Nimocks Foyle Ladner was seventeen when he joined the Navy. He did not want to crawl through the bushes and see the...

Oral History