Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
Claude Woodring recalls the D-Day invasion in which he was in charge of a Bangalore torpedo.
Grandy Boswood recalls several close calls during his 50 missions on a B-17 as the radioman and radio gunner.
Joseph Earnhardt recalls his time as an MP in Europe, losing his best friend, and earning a Bronze Star for his actions while moving tanks across a bridge the Germans were shelling.
Robert Paulson recalls several times when he saw fellow soldiers killed, and a harrowing encounter with some Hitler youths.
William Penny describes dangerous missions and injuries he sustained while he was an Army rifleman in France.
Tatjana Zhabko was a female soldier in the Russian Army. As a member of an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, she was in charge of searching for German planes at night, as well as, repairing phone lines under enemy fire.
Hank Williams recalls his time in Europe in a Mine Platoon in which he describes probing for and removing mines, and a run-in he had with some Germans blowing up a bridge.
The journal and letters of Abner Dunham to his family during the Civil War.
Diary kept by Al Hunt describing his time on LCI 226 and LCI 72 during WWII, and landings at Morotai, the Philippines, Tarakan Island, and Borneo.
Excerpts from the Chattahoochee Review of Albert Goldsmith’s time on Saipan and Okinawa during WWII.
