Search results

Map is loading...

John Stanley Lee Swarts' most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his crew did not return from a mission. He...

Ray Garcia had contact with the Italian partisans who opposed Mussolini [Annotator's Note: Italian fascist dictator...

In Charlotte, North Carolina, Harold Shook was "just a junior birdman," and at the start of his time there witnessed a...

In June 1943, nearing the end of Maxwell Nelson’s deferment, he decided to join the US Merchant Marine and was sent to...

John A. McCarthy was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His family moved to Lancaster County in Pennsylvania. He was...

[Annotator's Note: Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. served in the Army as the commanding officer of Company E, 2nd Battalion,...

Twenty minutes out of his home base and Barney Old Coyote was in enemy territory. is first mission was to Rouen, France...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...

Wilbur Thomas was an officer in the Army. He recalled times where he had to lead and support hundreds of troops during...

Chester Brewer joined the Army Air Corps and was sent to Midland-Odessa [Annotator's Note: Midland-Odessa, Texas] and...

Wendell Galbraith went overseas at the end of August 1944 from Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia [Annotator's Note: in...

Joseph Kagan remembers the ship [Annotator’s Note: going overseas] was crowded. He was an officer and had a room to...

Oral History