The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Frank Buschmeier went to armament school in Denver, Colorado. In Denver, the men were split into training groups for...

There was a good 40 knot tail wind that was with them for several hours. When they got to the coast of Kyushu they were...

During the Battle of the Bulge, glider infantryman Clinton Riddle rode into battle on a tank during the American...

When the war was over, George Linker wanted to throw his rifle down and return home quickly. Instead, he spent a year...

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

Reva Kibort is very angry about the losses she experienced during the Holocaust. She lost her father and mother among...

Lester Hull saw Munich near the end of the war. The war ended when they were a little bit east of the city. Hull saw...

John Pogue experienced his first combat in the Ardennes at an unknown location. He went in by glider. His glider and a...

Howard Anderson was born in December 1922 in North Dakota. He grew up on a farm. His father was a farmer. The family...

Ralph Francis Hogan landed in a farm field after bailing out of his plane. Initially when he landed, he thought he...

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