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 Carl and Helen Greber about their experiences serving during World War II. Helen Greber gives her account of serving in the U.S. Navy Women's Reserve program as a secretary in Hawaii. Carl Greber shares his experiences serving in the European theater during the war,…
Video oral history interview with Ralph Baringer about his experience as a sergeant first class for the 102nd U.S. Army Infantry Division in the European theater during World War II. Included are his stories of training as an Army engineer, fighting on the Siegfried Line, crossing the Elbe and Rur…
Video oral history interview with John Gocsik about his experience as a combat engineer for the 202nd U.S. Army Battalion in the European theater during World War II. Included are his stories about training, travelling overseas, training in Ireland and England, and fighting on Omaha Beach, the…
Video oral history interviews with Robert and Patricia Watson about their experiences serving in World War II. Robert Watson's interview concerns his service as a member of the 22nd U.S. Marine Battalion and includes stories about combat at Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa, Japan; camping on the island…
Video oral history interview with Herbert Somnitz, private first class, U.S. Army, about his experience serving as a tank commander and clerk in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are his stories of his time training at Fort Knox in Kentucky and serving as a clerk after the war…
Video oral history interview with Archie Smith, staff sergeant for the U.S. Army's 778th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion in the European theater during World War II. Included are his stories of service in Verdun in France and the North African country of Sudan, and in the Battle…
Audio oral history interview with Franklin Pohorence about his experience as a member of the U.S. 224th Army Repair division during World War II. Included are his descriptions of landing on Normandy during the Allied D-Day invasions, returning home, and riding on Liberty ship freighters. Recorded in…
Audio oral history interview with Fred Ladd about his experience as a storekeeper second class for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are his stories serving on the supply ship USS Rainier. Recorded December 6, 2003 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history…
Audio oral history interview with Carl Amato about his experience as a U.S. Army engineer in the European theater during World War II. Recorded November 26, 2003 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history course in the Department of History at Bowling Green State University. Interview conducted…
Audio oral history interview with Joseph Whisler about his experience as a motor machinist mate first class for the U.S. Navy in European theater during World War II. Included are Joseph's stories about training, transporting tank landing ships down the Ohio River, and sailing between Africa and…
Audio oral history interview with George Willets about his experience as a radioman third class for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are George's description of his job, bootcamp, and role on Navy ships. Recorded December 8, 2002 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War…