The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

Map is loading...

Blurry image of Tactical Sergeant Barney Major in Nottingham, England. Circa early 1944

A "monument to General John J. Pershing opposite the LaFayette Monument." Paris, France. 1945.

Photograph. Cargo ship loading or unloading lumber at an unidentified dock. ETO. No date

Photograph. German concentration camp guard killed by prisoners in newly liberated camp. Probably Dachau, Germany. 1945

A group of German soldiers receiving orders, sitting in a village next to a thatched hut and a woodpile on an unknown...

Bombed bunker on city street; graphiti on bunker points directions to 'St. Raphael' and 'Frejus'. "Abere Ecke, France...

Solider James McWillie standing in front of the gate of the Jardin de Tuileries = Tuileries Garden in Paris. "2-24-45...

Photograph. Trailer hitch on a captured German dental trailer. Stamped caption on photo reverse: "6095-R-A4-5 July 45...

A group of three men and one woman sitting in the snowy woods, around a woodpile sharing drinks and food. "Zum Andenken...

Photograph. John Janik standing outside with a uniformed lieutenant. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Lt. Horton and...

Sheldon James and two other men posing on German Mark V. panzer tank (near Dachau), Germany. 1945

Oral History