Fred Hollis, Reaction to Pearl Harbor
In this clip, Fred Hollis describes how he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In this clip, Fred Hollis describes how he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In 1942, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) became the first independent US intelligence agency. It only lasted for three years and three months but it became the basis for the modern Central Intelligence Agency.
Curator of Oral History Joey Balfour offers some suggestions for interviewing friends or loved ones at home.
Between May 13 and May 15, 1945 the 8th Air Force conducted Operation Revival. The target was Stalag Luft I and the objective was to evacuate nearly 8500 Allied POWs via stripped-down B-17s, along with some C-46s and C47s.
Walter Broll was present during the German bombing attack on Bari Harbor in Italy on 2 December 1943.
Travel to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans to explore, remember, and reflect on World War II through exclusive access to the Museum’s campus.
Masters of the Air is a story of life in wartime England, in bombed-out London, and in the tiny hamlets these brash young Americans completely transformed. In East Anglia, many airmen fell in love with British girls they met in the local pubs, and over 45,000 American servicemen brought home English brides after the war. The beautiful countryside and stately manor homes give way to the remains of air bases, some of them with their control towers still visible on the skyline.
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