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Clarence Strobel’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was serving in the honor guard for General MacArthur [...
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and was working as slave laborer on the...
Itka Bloch waited a long time to come to America. She likes America very much. She had a choice and picked America. You...
Frank Buschmeier was put into a big room on the first night. All night long guys were coming in and were trying to find...
Henry Armstrong never got concerned about Communism after World War 2. He had faith in his country that we would not be...
Dale LeBlanc went to boot camp in San Diego. Marines who went to boot camp in San Diego were referred to as Hollywood...
John Rogers found dug in tanks that were dispersed throughout [Annotator's Note: throughout Germany]. One time, they...
George Peto produced some paintings and pieces of propaganda that were based on his unit during battle in the Pacific....
One of Elmo Bell's superiors [Annotator's Note: he does not specify who] doubted the effectiveness of the pathfinder...
Norman Hatch does not think of his experiences on Tarawa or Iwo Jima continuously. Rather, his experiences flood back...
It is George Kearney's opinion that the exhibits at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New...
In 1987, John M. Roberts learned that the 106th Infantry Division had an association so he joined it and started going...
Ira Schilling is a proud American and a proud veteran of World War 2 and thinks that the existence of The National WWII...
John Witmeyer recognizes the value of The National World War II Museum and is glad that the museum affords the public...
Once William Garbo returned to G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment, he resumed command of his machine gun...
Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...
Jack Lengsfield says that although he thought about the moral implications of bombing cities, he had no qualms and...
Dr. Kenneth Arrow explains his ideas on the contingent market concept. Contingent markets could have softened the...
Margaret Brewer Henry attended college from 1945 through 1949. She felt like she was well prepared because her...
Dr. Roscoe Brown’s crew chief was Marcellus Smith whose nickname was Chow Hound. He was a very dedicated crew chief....
After the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, Seymour Reitman and his division [Annotator's Note: Reitman was a member of...
On Christmas 1944 [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1944], Morris Eugene Day was in Langendorf, Germany. His unit [...
Paul Arst belonged to a rotary club in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]. One year, the club did a...
Milton Muelder had been stationed in London, England until the Allied troops moved into France, after which he was...
Alfred Anthony Alvarez ended up on a LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP; also known as...
Russell Clark has no regrets about D-Day. [Annotator's Note: Clark was a medic with Company A, 1st Battalion, 116th...
While serving as an officer aboard the USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353), John Treen would correspond with his family and...
He never wants to forget how bad war is, and Francis Resta said he will always protest American involvement in...
Lauren Swinney went to Northwestern University. The nuns had taught her to type when she was in boarding school and...
[Annotator's Note: William Fili was liberated from a prisoner of war camp in Bucharest, Romania on 23 August 1944.]...
Cyril de la Vergne was in the Marine Corps about for two and a half years. It was office work and did not change after...
Stewart W. Robinson recalls the time the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12) was strafed by Japanese fighters and his...
Alan Moskin always says he is one of the lucky ones. He got emotional some time ago speaking and some of the guilt...
Harry Watson remembered that his sub [Annotator's Note: USS Segundo (SS-398)] was subjected to depth charges twice. He...
John Burr wrote letters to his wife. They would get mail sporadically. They wrote letters and would give them to the...
Elmo Bell's 1st Battalion commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Alexander, was always worried about the business...

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