Video oral history interview with Willard and Beulah Miller about their experiences during World War II. Willard Miller describes his time serving in an Allied occupation force in Italy, while Beulah Miller describes her experiences on the U.S. home front during the war. Recorded in the fall of 2003…
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 Lester Arnold about his experience serving in a U.S. Army field hospital in Naples, Italy during World War II. Included are his accounts of sailing across the Atlantic Ocean under threat of German U-boats, working in Naples and North Africa, and selling surplus…
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…
Video oral history interview with Donald Rhoades about his experience as an aviation machinist mate in the U.S. Navy on the home front during World War II. Included are his stories of servicing planes for night-landing training on carriers in Florida, and living with his family during the war. …
Video oral history interview with Leland Kessler about his experience as a top turret gunner for the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II. Included are his stories of joining the Air Corp, minimal training as a gunner, bailing out over the Irish Sea, and his mission bombing over Germany that…
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 interview with Ernest Wolke about his experience as a technical sergeant for the U.S. Army in the 385th Battalion in the European theater during World War II. Included are his stories of combat in Germany, basic training, and serving as a military police officer for an American…
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…
