The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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While John Witmeyer and his fellow soldiers waited aboard ship to land at Utah Beach on D Day, they did not know that...

Rosemarie Weber was born in Saint Paul's Catholic Hospital in the Intramuros, the walled city in Manila, in the...

Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

After James Weller’s 14 day leave in Paris, he was trucked back to his original base in Czechoslovakia. He received...

Earl Tweed served in Germany on occupation duty as commander of an anti-tank company. He held that command until the...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Schweitzer served in the Army as a combat medic in the 11th Airborne Division and took part...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and was given a preference. He just missed being eligible for OCS [Annotator's Note: officer...

James Shelton Scales was a battalion commander [Annotator's Note: of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

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