William Carl served in military from Apr 1943 to Oct 1945. He was on a trip to Normandy when the incident took place. Continue reading
Ray was 19 years old when he participated in the Normandy Landings. He lost his great grandfather on the Gold Beach. Continue reading
"The orders were – No one goes across Pegasus Bridge until you are wounded or dead. I was lucky enough" : Fred Walker Continue reading
The Duke of Windsor shares his memories of the young Winston Churchill, the first of which predated World War I. Continue reading
Read Sergeant Robert F. McRae's diary account of the 1944 Mount Vesuvius eruption from his position with the 340th Bombardment Group in Italy. Continue reading
Joseph J. Mrosko speaks about his experience as an official Marine Photographer in World War II as well as the experience he had going into the military and what bootcamp was like for him Continue reading
Mickey’s first person account details events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack and what caused the United States to join the war after months on the sidelines. Continue reading
Dick Skancke, a security guard for the Manhattan Project, tells what it was like to be onsite at the Manhattan Project, and how the civilians didn't really like the guards. Continue reading
Photographer Joe Rosenthal remembers taking the picture of the marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima. Continue reading
Below are exerpts from an e-mail received from the daughter of USMC PFC Robert Hall Ayers who served on Iwo Jima at the time of the invasion of the island in February 1945. “…My dad’s unite [sic] was attached to the 5th Amphibious Corps during this assault. He has never … Continue reading
