Walter Broll was present during the German bombing attack on Bari Harbor in Italy on 2 December 1943.

In the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.

For Jack Vessey, the march through Rome following that city’s liberation was one of the greatest days of the war.

Opal Grapes was one of more than 59,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. Her recollections highlight the highs and lows of nursing wounded men.

R.V. Burgin and his fellow Marines were dug in on Walt’s Ridge during the Battle of Cape Gloucester.

Colonel Jimmie Kanaya, 442nd Regimental Combat Team medic, became a prisoner of war in Germany after his family had been put behind barbed wire at home in the States. He went on to be a decorated three-war veteran and friend of The National WWII Museum who passed away November 7, 2019.

In this clip, George Wichterich describes his experiences on Hill 314 during the Battle of Mortain in August 1944.

Joe Boitnott served on a machine gun crew in the Army’s 34th Infantry Division in North Africa and Italy.

Four months after Pearl Harbor, and at only 15 years old, Joe Crain joined the US Navy. In this Oral History clip, he explains his involvement on Omaha Beach in 1944.

In this clip, Weiss discusses her experience at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

DiSabatino was selected by Army officers at NYU and after being interviewed was assigned to Los Alamos.

Dr. Roscoe Brown served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot in the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force.