The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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The artillery in the Hurtgen Forest was tree burst artillery which prevented men from digging foxholes in the cold...

John J. Witmeyer, known all his life as JJ, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1921. He lived in only two different...

Monroe S. Wolyn would not return fire if it was anti-aircraft fire. If it was enemy fighters, however, they would...

Carl Nygren remembers Washington, D.C. was a segregated town. Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt,...

Charles Dragich was on a “hell ship” [Annotator’s Note: unmarked Japanese ships used to transport Allied prisoners of...

Marvin H. Gohlke was on a combat patrol. They were supposed to get an object or area. He was on the extreme left flank...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks bomber pilot John Paul how he managed his crew.] The military is not a...

Pearson Riddle has received continuous medical care for some of his postwar medical problems induced by his prisoner of...

Gerald West didn't think often of the Raiders after the war. In recent years the numerous reunions and meetings West...

Bernard Marcus drove to Pasadena to meet with a gentleman [Annotator’s Note: William Clyde "Bill" McFadden an executive...

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