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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I really remember nothing of the war itself. My first memory at...

I registered for the 'draft' on my 18th birthday (April 2nd, 1943)...

I regret that my Dad isn't alive as he had many WWII stories that...

I remember air raid drills. I grew up in Nutley, New Jersey when...

I remember clearly the blackouts. I was about 10 years old. My...

I remember German Army coming through (town) village and...

I remember hearing about the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. I was...

I remember how excited we were as a family with the rise of the...

I remember little because I was 10 years old but our community was...

I remember Mayor LaGuardia reading comics to the children when...

I remember ration books and stamps. I was very young and one of...

I remember rationing during WWII. We had tokens that we carried in...

I remember the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. I was nine years old....

I remember the rationing of food, gasoline, clothing, the 'lights...

I sailed December 4th, 1941 on a small passenger ship heading in...

I served aboard a USNavy Destroyer during WW2 as a Signalman. We...

I served as a flight engineer on Coronado Flying Boats for the...

I SERVED FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO OCTOBER 1945. I WENT OVERSEAS JULY...

I served in the 70th Infantry Division in Alsace Lorraine area...

I served in the Navy from Jan 1943 to December 1945 on a troop...

I served in WWII as a member of the 102nd Cav. Recow Squadron. I...

I served on the U.S.S. Cleveland from 1942 to 1946 where the...

I still remembering lining up and our principal telling us we were...

I used to write to a great # of soldiers. I got dates like that -...

I vividly remember as a teenager accompanying my Dad to the bus...

I was 10 years old when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and only...

I was 13 in 1941 and l7 four years later when the war ended. The...

I was 13 months old when my mother received the news that my...

I was 13 years old. My brother-in-law and brother were in Europe....

I was 13, a freshman in High School at the movies Sunday afternoon...

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