Search results

Map is loading...

When John Votrobeck arrived at the base [Annotator's Note: in Freemantle, Australia], he was assigned to Submarine...

Thomas Francis Schicker was told he was ready to go overseas. At Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps...

Ervin Markwald [Annotator’s Note: drafted into the Army at age 18] did 17 weeks of basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas...

Another frightening experience Gravois had was during the Battle of the Matanikau River. For the battle they [Annotator...

Samuel Malta had difficulties after his discharge from the service. He did not like taking orders from civilians. He...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the invasions of the Marshall and Gilbert...

Alfred Raymond Mosher lost about 30 or 40 pounds while he was a prisoner. Mosher remained in the Navy for an additional...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade does not know how World War 2 changed him. After he left the service, he wanted to go back to...

John E. Johnson went aboard the USS Liddle (ADP-60) in New York in September 1944, and sailed through the Panama Canal...

They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

Paul Harless was born in Corryton, Tennessee in December 1921. His father worked in various jobs during the Great...

Richard R. Ruess was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1918. His parents had two daughters that were killed in...

Oral History