The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Earl Williams recounts his experiences as an assistant crew chief assigned to a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...

Clarence Herbert Weatherwax was at home on the morning of the attack. He heard a loud explosion but did not know what...

On the battleship, J. W. Childs said, it was mandatory for a sailor to wear his white hat if he went outside of his...

On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...

Firman Balza lost track of time until mid-afternoon. He heard that his division officer, Mr. Crow, had been killed by...

Perry Smith was born at West Point, New York in 1934 while his father was serving as an instructor at the US Military...

Surviving the aerial attack on his B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber], Earl Williams and...

Firman Balza believes that the Japanese lost the war that first day, but it took the United States three and a half...

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