Search results

Map is loading...

Bruce McCormick was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and lived there until 1939 when they moved to Chesapeake, Virginia....

In 1954, John Kreutzberg was drafted once more, this time into the Army. He was married at the time, so his wife went...

During the 13 months that Richard McEwen was in combat, he described the Japanese activity where he was as a "backup...

Jack Linscott remembers that the Liberty ships [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ships] were not...

Joseph Brannan was changed by the Second World War. He had started college prior to the war, but was not enthusiastic...

On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Earl Wergin [Annotator's Note: with the USS...

Arthur L. Eads [Annotator's Note: as a 1st class shipfitter for the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion] was stationed...

Schneider recounts that after the Marshall Islands raid in early February 1942, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) participated...

The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...

Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...

Sam L. Miller was discharged from the Navy as a Yeoman 3rd Class [Annotator's Note: at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard...

Arthur Killam kept up with some of the guys he served with in the US Navy during the war but never went to any of the...

Oral History