Video oral history interview with Charles Thomas about his experience as a private first class for the U.S. Army and Air Corp during World War II. Included are stories of his time in a military stockade for missing his ship to Europe, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, transferring to the Air…
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 Hyman Tasham, Sylvia Miller, and Alvin Miller about their experiences during World War II. Tasham descibes his service with the U.S. Army Air Corp working as an aircraft and radio machinist in the European and Pacific theaters, specifically in Burma. Sylvia Miller…
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…
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 Daniel Kraft about his experience as a landing boat operator for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. Recorded on November 28, 2003 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history course in the Department of History at Bowling Green State…
Audio oral history interview with Ella Harton about her experience as a citizen of Glasgow, Scotland during the German blitz of Britain during World War II. Included are her stories about the aid raids and the reception of American soldiers. Recorded on November 30, 2003 for Dr. Walter Grunden's…
Audio oral history interview with Clifford Duncan about his experience as a captain in the U.S.'s 540th Army Engineers during World War II. Included are his stories about General George Patton and combat in North Africa, Italy, Europe, and the Burma road. Recorded in the fall of 2003 for Dr. Walter…
Audio oral history interview with Leslie Dibert about his experience as an engineer in the U.S. Army's 411th Engineer Battalion in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are his descriptions of working on landing boats at nine different bases. Recorded December 12, 2003 for Dr. Walter…
Audio oral history interview with John Damman about his experience as a U.S. Army technician sergeant fourth grade in the European theater during World War II. Included are his descriptions of his part in the German occupation force and fixing cable lines across Germany. Recorded December 9, 2003…
