The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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John Noack’s navigator wrote a letter home in code. Noack was allowed to write two letters home per month. They were...

Clinton E. Riddle was born in Loudon County, Tennessee in February 1921. He was the only child in his family and grew...

During World War 2, Douglas Holmes Blair was assigned to the USS Hampden County (LST-803) as the fire control man and...

Courtland Claus could see buildings just beyond the dock when he arrived in India. He saw a stagecoach going by. It was...

The Japanese commander of the camp, stood up on a platform and spoke in Japanese with an interpreter, and says, "The...

Norman Mineta, his mother, father, and two sisters moved to Evanston, Illinois rather than living in Chicago where his...

James McEnery is a Catholic, Irish-American from Brooklyn. He considers anyone from his background who is not...

Lowell Brueland saw that Germany had its last big gasp during the Battle of the Bulge. His squadron [Annotator’s Note...

Richard Baile's crew all thought alike. They were optimistic. None of them thought they would be shot down. Baile does...

Robert Fitz crossed the Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean] 11 times during his service with the Navy Armed...

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