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Story Archive

This archive contains the treasury of war stories that we've collected from over the past months. You can peruse the list of stories using the navigation at the top and bottom, or type a query into the search box to find something specific. You can also check the Explore by Subject list for topics of interest.

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'Approaching The End of World War II Veterans' - A Tribute To The...

'Oh what a beautiful morning.' I was selected as a Cadet and was...

(1944) I enlisted in US Army Reserve (ASTRP) at age of 17 and was...

1.- I was married on Saturday, the day before Pearl Harbor & was...

1.Not to take the horror from our people in the fronts. There was...

12/7/41 AGE 15 HIGH SCHOOL - PEARL HARBOR CHANGED OUR LIVES -...

1941- Volunteer as air-raid messenger - Age 16 1944 - Drafted into...

4/22/07 - I'm now 75, 1941 I was 10 yrs old! I remember all the...

4/23/7 In 1943 I was shipped to the Pacific, the worst time of my...

90th Division, 3rd Army. We were in Germany going across armaments...

A door slammed open and someone yelled, 'Pearl Harbor was bombed!'...

A few days past VE Day, I was in Winterburg (Vimperk)...

A hot August (1943) sun was blistering my father's car roof as my...

A Memory of December 7th 1941 at 1180 Pelham Parkway in the...

After leaving California in June of 1944, we set sail for Hawaii....

Age 5-9 Climbing trees and practicing identifying airplane...

All collected from my diary dated from 1943-1947 I was just 18 on...

All phases of American life were mobilized during the War. Even...

Although I can't remember the exact date, I clearly remember...

Army 10/43 to 11/45 On December 19, 1944 I was captured in the...

As a child, when the air raid sirens went off, I went to my...

As a young child we moved to Virginia and to Washington D.C. to be...

As an adolescent, I remember the patriotism of my family, my...

As both my parents were at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked they...

At P.S. 212 (Brooklyn) all of us were encouraged to plant Victory...

At perhaps fours of age I was having my afternoon nap when I heard...

Attached is a V Mail letter from my wife, Maggie who died in 2002....

Because we were Jewish we were forced to leave Berlin, Germany in...

Being a war bride was tough going. America was serious about being...


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