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Al Currier was born in what is now Eastpointe, Michigan in October 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [...

David R. Saunders recalled when they announced that the war was over. Everyone was hooping and hollering. When he...

Theodore Pavlovich was born on 19 August 1923 in Leith, Pennsylvania, one of seven children in a close-knit family. His...

Being Captured

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. Thinking about the war, he says that during it he...

On 11 June 1945, Kenneth Dwight Wells and his company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment...

Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr. knew most of the men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133...

Gerald V. West was born in Glens Falls, New York in October 1919. His family owned a farm of about 140 acres and West's...

Robert Philips came home, took advantage of the G.I. Bill and went to the University of Oregon [Annotator's Note: in...

Peter "Pete" Behr's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the landing at Leyte [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Brian Thacker thought it was unpleasant to receive the Medal of Honor [Annotator's Note: the Medal of Honor is the...

Kenneth E. Stevens [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division] watched...

Oral History