Search results

Map is loading...

The kamikazes were day and night [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, code-named Operation Iceberg, 1 April...

Troops were leaving Mortai [Annotator's Note: Maluku Islands, Dutch East Indies now Indonesia] to invade the...

Kenneth Wieland's most memorable experience of the war was coming home. He had served because all the other guys his...

The talk among the men about their home life was very interesting and mostly wholesome, according to Richard McEwen. He...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of...

The first time Willie Roy Hebert had ever been on a ship was when he was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana...

Roger Shaw wanted to ship out on a vessel that traversed the Mississippi River frequently. This would better enable him...

Charles A. Waller believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...

Bailey has seen the Okinawan civilian jumping off of cliffs on television. It puzzles Bailey how two Okinawan women...

After leaving the Wahoo [Annotator's Note: USS Wahoo (SS-238)], James Allen was transferred to the USS Sperry (AS-12)....

Richard Nummer experienced the brutality of war on Iwo Jima. He and his buddies witnessed Japanese soldiers lying with...

While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

Oral History