The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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An interesting thing happened while Kanaya was there. They had a patient that needed a blood transfusion every day....

The judges at the essay contest [Annotators Note: in New York] were distinguished writers and figureheads. Erickson...

Joseph Motil landed on Utah Beach and one of the German tanks was already coming to meet them. Motil went back in 1964...

Mann went to the enclosure where the camp prisoners were located. The prisoners were rejoicing about their liberation....

Charles Scheffel was wounded twice in Sicily, once in the arm and a fragment in his leg. Scheffel went back to the aid...

On the morning of the battle, Vejtasa was flying CAP. Jimmy Flately and Johnny Leppla were flying escort for the...

The end of the war was approaching. Baum went to the command platoon, to Abrams, to get permission to rejoin the troops...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps on a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were living...

Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...

Theodore Van Kirk remembers receiving word that President Harry Truman had approved the plans to drop the bomb and to...

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