Search results

Map is loading...

Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...

Already in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor was attacked, Ralph Griffith was ordered to his wartime position on...

Leon J. Neiman was at a pool room when he heard the bomb had been dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

Donald E. Casey served as a second lieutenant and navigator during World War 2. Prior to the breakout of war, Casey...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

Jack Dye was still in the Navy when the war was over. They took their load of fuel to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...

Arley Jett was born in 1922 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He grew up in Canoe, Kentucky and near Cincinnati, Ohio....

Alvin Callender was born in 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Before he joined the military, he was a student at...

Medary G. Boudreaux was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in June 1921. Prior to the war, he attended Commercial High...

Charles Magnifico was born in 1923 in Jersey City, New Jersey during the Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...

Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...

Remi Kidder was sent to San Diego, California for his basic training. He was used to hard work and discipline so that...

Oral History