A World War II veteran explains his time serving as well as what happened when he was captured as a prisoner of war. He narrowly escaped death several times and was treated even more unusually cruel in the war camps because he was Jewish.
A World War II veteran who served in France from 1944 until the conclusion of the war recalls his experiences. He discusses the hard times he went through such as sleeping in the freezing cold and not being able to shower for weeks.
A World War II Veteran recalls a battle in which he and his peers came face to face with German soldiers at a time when they couldn’t get their guns to shoot.
A World War II veteran gives an account of various war stories including one in which his friend and peer gets caught in some trouble with a Japanese Marine as he courageously rushes to his friend’s aid.
A veteran of World War II talks about what it was like to be an African American soldier enlisted in the army during this time.
Testimonies from African American veterans chronicles how they were treated during World War II. They explain that they were supposed to be “forgotten” after the war.
A woman recalls where she was when John F. Kennedy was assassinated as well as how she and the coworkers around her reacted.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy on Friday, November 22, 1963 shocked the nation. JFK was riding in a presidential motorcade with First Lady Jackie Onassis, the governor of Texas, and the governor’s wife when he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. Scroll through the photo gallery to relive the … Continue reading
Hear a phone call between President Lyndon B. Johnson and J. Edgar Hoover where they address open investigations, the status of FBI informants, and three civil rights volunteers who disappeared from Mississippi in 1964.
A resident of Abbottabad, Pakistan recalls what he saw when the U.S. military began their operation to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and explains what happened to locals ran toward the compound.
