World War II shaped the kind of person, musician, and composer Dave Brubeck became.

In this clip, Fred Hollis describes how he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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.

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.