Search results

Map is loading...

Gerald Claassen was born in Buffalo Center, Iowa in December 1920. His father died at the age of 26 when Claassen was...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga assisted with ground support for the infantry and tank divisions [Annotator's Note: as a Republic P...

James Eyre Wainwright was sent to Kearns, Utah and then to Santa Ana [Annotator's Note: Santa Ana, California] for...

Frank Ramsey fought in the war because it was something to do. He thinks the United States is a great country. The war...

William Colgan was born in Quitman, Georgia. In 1930, when Colgan was only 10 years old, his father died, leaving his...

Samuel Lombardo did not think much of the German people. He felt they were negligent in allowing Hitler's [Annotator's...

William E. Burrus was born in Birmingham, Alabama in February 1926. He had one brother and two sisters. His father...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] What...

As a "lowly naval officer", Milton Muelder knew his opinion that the plans in place were "no damn good," and decided...

Murray Stein was injured during the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive...

Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...

Following the Battle of the Bulge, Carrol Joy and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: the 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th...

Oral History