The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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One night, the battalion command sent John Witmeyer on a patrol behind German lines. Witmeyer took six other men out on...

Rosemarie Weber went to school in the camp but didn't learn very much. She didn't finish 8th grade. Learning wasn't the...

In early January [Annotator's Note: January 1944] Allen Tillery went to Linda Vista where he boarded the USS Manila Bay...

James Weller pondered whether the accomplishments and sacrifices of the World War II were worthwhile. He sees...

Earl Tweed made friends during the war. That was a big deal. All of them are gone now. Tweed fought in the war to keep...

Thomas Ballew served with the 231st Searchlight Battalion which was attached to the 9th Air Force. Ballew was born in...

Philip Schweitzer's training was heavy on hiking, running and jogging. When they returned from furlough, some of the...

Selwyn Gilmore fit back in when he got home. He did not go to work right away. He regrets not going to college when it...

The Japanese were underneath the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] while the Marines were on it. James Shelton...

Louis Conter arrived onboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) in Pearl Harbor on 5 December 1941 following practice firing and...

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