Search results

Narrow your search
Narrow your search

Branch of Service

Theater

Refine your search
Sort by:

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Gibian, Richard Flying Missions in Europe
Richard Gibian thought the ground fire was dangerous. When flying to and from a target, pilots flew in an "S" motion to...
Forstall, Earl Training as a Crew Chief
Earl Forstall is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was studying mechanical engineering at Tulane University when the war...
Jostad, Glen The Heydekrug Run
Glen Jostad and other POWs were evacuated from their initial Stalag [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug,...
Richard, Martin 1945 POW Death March
Martin Richard was taken to Gross Tychow, Poland [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft IV, Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now...
Heilbrun, Herbert Flak Damage
Herbert Heilbrun went through the cadets with Lyle Pearson. On 29 December [Annotator's Note: 29 December 1944],...
Brewer, Chester Becoming a Tail Gunner and Deploying to Scotland
Chester Brewer was sent to Las Vegas, Nevada and fired every gun from BB guns [Annotator's Note: air gun that fires...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Enlistment and training in the USAAF
When Grant enlisted he volunteered for the Army Air Corps. He knew that he would end up going eventually and he wanted...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 10
Richard Candelaria thinks it is a shame that the American public did not get to see their 8th Air Force. They were able...
Paschal, Robert Reflections on the War
Robert W. Paschal’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his plane was shot up on a mission. He fought...
Beckman, Kenneth Second Tour of Duty and Postwar
Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...
Pritchett, James Operation Varsity and Aftermath
The drop zone for Operation Varsity was near Wessel, Germany, and James Pritchett described how General Montgomery's [...
Sacks, John Becoming a Combat Airman
[Annotator's Note: Segment begins with Sacks and the interviewer discussing the interviewee referring to his notes...

Pages