The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Philip Sciortino entered the Army and went to Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana] for his...

Mark Brannon was given a 30 day terminal leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time],...

Judah Samet left by train and remembers passing through Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] where ruins were...

Paul Arst adjusted well to civilian life. He met his wife in 1958 while he was attending a meeting in Alabama. A friend...

From late November of 1943 until Guam in 1944 Hershel Williams was engaged in a rigorous training regimen. When...

John Gibbons met his future wife in Kansas before deploying overseas. Gibbons acted as the copilot for the flight...

The navy commander leading the Hornet's [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet, CV-8] air group was responsible for the deaths...

[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...

[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr....

Walter Ehlers' life didn't end with his military service. He spent 29 years working for the Veterans Administration....

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