The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Monroe S. Wolyn was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...

Carl Nygren was born in March 1927 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was a colony town. They had a radio. There were...

In Busan, South Korea, the USS Hulbert [Annotator’s Note: USS Hulbert (DD-342)] was waiting for Charles Dragich [...

Marvin H. Gohlke did not plan to be a hero. His goal was to do what he had to and to survive. The 94th Division [...

[Annotator's Note: John Paul enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942 and was called to active duty in February 1943.]...

The worst camp Pearson Riddle stayed at was every camp following his experience in China. The worst camp he stayed in...

Gerald West spent 1944 in an OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, the pre-runner of the CIA] training...

In early 1954, Bernard Marcus was visited by a colonel with the Signal Corps in Washington. The officer had been told...

Earl Tweed enlisted in the 29th Infantry Regiment in a heavy weapons company. He trained on all the various weapons...

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