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.

Hart describes how as a civilian he was rescued by American paratroopers in the Philippines, and the debt he feels he owed the country that saved him.

In this clip, Renstrom gives a chilling account of the Japanese and civilian suicides at Marpi Point on Saipan.

In this clip, Hawk describes his actions near the Norman town of Falaise which resulted in him being awarded the Medal of Honor.

In this clip, Spencer speaks about his time in combat near the end of the war. In one firefight, Spencer was wounded by German grenades and describes those actions in detail.

In this clip, Erwin Blonder talks about how his unit was cut off by the Germans in France and isolated for days. 

In the bloodiest of battles 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.

Richard Hamilton’s life as an Agricultural Statistician was interrupted by World War II. Within two years Hamilton was known as a decorated PT boat captain nicknamed “Dickey Dare.”