Search results

Map is loading...

Opal James Grapes was born in Franklin County, Virginia in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She grew up on a farm...

In July of 1944, John Witmeyer and his men were some of the first American troops to cross the Seine River in France....

[Annotator's Note: Donald Beeghly served in the Army as a pointer on a 90mm antiaircraft gun in the 142nd and 143rd...

At Fort Benning, Georgia, Thomas J. Blakey went through communications school after he qualified [Annotator's Note: as...

Gerard L. Azemar and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 3188th Signal Service Battalion] were assigned to communications for...

Edward G. Willette's son talked with someone familiar with that particular battle [Annotator's Note: battle at the Mark...

Young people do not know history. Charles R. Smith feels it is very important and should be a part of their lives. Kids...

The most dangerous time William Blackwood can remember during his service was when he was in London during the V-1 and...

Heywood Mason was born in August 1925 in Georgia [Annotator's Note: on Susina Plantation near Beachton, Georgia], where...

Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...

After D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Bernard Knese had a 30-...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] which hit a mine not far the...

Oral History