The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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After the Battle of the Bulge Tom Quigley was taken out of combat and sent to a hospital due to an injury to his back...

Deploying overseas was the first time Stegmeier had ever left the country and it was interesting for him. When they...

Robert Kelso's unit had pulled up near a railroad track and dug in. He had heard that some of the guys went to a...

After eight weeks of boot camp, James Goodrich was sent to Camp Elliot. Camp Pendleton was not around at that time....

Norman Kleiss could not see if the bombs from the next two planes hit. When he made his run, he lined up on the big red...

Bryan’s preference for aircraft depended on where he was. The P-47 was a great aircraft at low level. The P-51 was a...

Now that Edward Shames was an officer as well, he could tell Lieutenant Nye [Annotator's Note: US Army First Lieutenant...

Wayne Pierce and the 325th Glider Infantry did not make the fight in Sicily. A couple of days prior to entry into that...

Johnny Allegrezza was born in Mississippi in January 1923. He went to school through the ninth grade. His parents...

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