Search results

Map is loading...

June Catherine Elliott Haggerty was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. She grew up in Pass...

Catherine Long had her most memorable experience in World War II when the armistice was signed. She served because of...

Coleen Landry went into law enforcement part-time to help with public relations. It was not easy being one of the first...

The Wagners served for about three and a half years. They got out of the service in 1946 and put the war behind them....

Takea Iguchi was 10 years old when his father was sent to New York to assist the ambassador. They moved to Washington,...

Lloyd Duncan enlisted in the Navy. He had chosen the Navy because he wanted to fly. He was sent to Memphis, Tennessee...

Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...

Bernice Trotter was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1924. She was in the fourth grade when they moved to Tulsa [...

Orrin Welty describes some of the differences between flying the B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2. She...

Carolyn Bridgforth's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...

Frederick Henry imagines he would enjoy military life today, as it is less restrictive than it was when he served. The...

Oral History