Video oral history interview with Robert Wright about his experience as a techinical surgeon in the U.S. Army's 500th Airborne Division during World War II. Included are his stories parachuting into France during the Allied D-Day invasions, parachuting into Holland, and moving across Europe aiding…
Video oral history interview with Mack Miller about his experience serving as a private first class in Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, U.S. Marines in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are his stories of basic training, operating mortars, combat on Peleliu, and being…
Video oral history interview with Henry Zappitelli and Frederick Smith about their experiences serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Zappitelli describes his time moving across Europe from Omaha Beach in Normandy, France to Belgium building bridges as an engineer, and meeting with his…
Video oral history interview with Joseph Hrusch about his experience in the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are his stories of the U.S. home front at the outset of the war; combat experience in the Philippines and Okinawa, Japan; and serving in…
Video oral history interview with Mary Martin about her experience working at the Wright-Patterson Air Field near Dayton, Ohio during World War II, as well as her husband Pat Martin's combat experience in New Guinea during the war. Recorded in the fall of 2003 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II…
Video oral history interview with Billy Allen about his experience serving as a medic in the U.S. Army's 291st Infantry Regiment, Company C, 75th Medical Battalion in the European theater during World War II. Included are his accounts of basic training, medic training, driving an ambulance during …
Video oral history interview with Edward Calmer about his experience serving in the U.S.'s 391st Army Air Corp B-26 Squadron during World War II. Included are his accounts of working as a mechanic in the B-26 Squadron and coming home from the war. Recorded in the fall of 2003 for Dr. Walter…
Video oral history interview with Bill Mahoney about his experience serving in the U.S.'s 37th Army National Guard in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are his stories of camp life in the Pacific and combat in Guadalcanal, the Philippines, and Bougainville Island. Recorded in the…
Audio oral history interview with Pete Simon about his experience as a T-5 tank corporal for the U.S. Army in the European theater during World War II. Included are his stories of being drafted, engaging in combat, and returning home. Recorded in the fall of 2003 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War…
Class presentation by Raymond Lepore about his experience as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot for the Army Air Corp escorting fighters in the European theater. Recorded for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history course in the Department of History at Bowling Green State University. Mr. Lepore is…
Video oral history interview with Myron Emmel about his experience as a U.S. Army Air Corp corporal working as a repair crew leader on the P-38 Lighting twin tail fighter plane in the European theater during World War II. Recorded in the fall of 2000 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history…
Audio oral history interview with Leslie Hallock about his experience as a communications corporal in the Army in the European theater during World War II. Included are stories about training at Camp Perry and his experience moving through France and Germany. Recorded July 28, 2002 for Dr. Kathren…