The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

Olen Grant was living in a hotel in Austin, Texas when he got a call from Jim Armstrong. It was the first time Grant...

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...

Norman Hatch filmed the battle on Tarawa with black and white 35mm film, but most of the rest of his photographers shot...

[Annotator's Note: Interview begins mid-discussion with brief mention of the Malmedy Massacre, the massacre of 84...

Mancel Kirk survived the war well. He did not get shell shock like some others did. The worst thing he suffered was the...

Sherman was going to hit a target on Formosa. They took off and flew practically at sea level. When they got back to...

Thomas Lusco Sr. was put on the USS Tucker [Annotator’s Note: USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875)] in December [Annotator’s...

Bernie Smith’s husband was United States Army Captain William “Bill” Smith, an officer in an artillery battalion in the...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...

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