Search results

Map is loading...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

Robert Louis Curl was born in 1925 in Warrior, Alabama. He had two brothers and one sister. All his siblings were older...

Dean Whittaker was born in March 1925 in Los Angeles, California. He was the second oldest of five children and his...

Walter Broll and the Grace Abbott left Bari, Italy and headed for the ocean. Broll and the deck crew secured the...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Theodore Vallas was happy to know that his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-7)] was going into battle and that he...

Melvin Abadie spent two weeks in Pearl Harbor. He was assigned to the USS Appalachian (AGC-1). He was not connected to...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

Norman Ikari believes that it is important that kids learn about World War 2 and American history. This history is long...

Although he didn't like it at first, in time Lewis M. Lee, Sr.'s diagnosis of battle fatigue didn't bother him, even...

James Lee's most memorable experience of World War 2 is the attack itself [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

C. Charles Collie received a commission as an ensign in the Navy and assignment to a ship [Annotator's Note: the...

Oral History