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 was born in 1939 and remember only a few moments and events...

I was born in 1942 when we were already at war. My father did not...

I was born in 1943. One of my first memories was of the end of the...

I was born in Brooklyn, NY 1/14/26 Graduated from Thomas Jefferson...

I was born in Freeport, New York in 1929. By the time WWII began...

I was born in Harrisburg, PA, in 1937, so my earliest memories of...

I was born in June 1938, so memories of the war years are rather...

I was born in Liverpool, England in 1932. I am now a resident in...

I was born in London,England and was 12 when the war started in...

I was born in November 1942, and life changed for me because my...

I was born May 5th, 1940. I remember red cents and ration books. I...

I was born on May 9, 1931 and I'm the last generation of sandlot...

I was in Co. F., 347th Infantry, 87th Division. We attacked the...

I was in elementary school when WWII started (just 2 months before...

I was in grade school during the war - an only child of German...

I was in High School (James Monroe) in the Bronx from Jan. '41 to...

I was in my junior year at Purdue University on Pearl Harbor day....

I was in the first group of women - other than those hand picked...

I was in the last year of high school when Pearl Harbor was...

I was in the Military 41-42 - WAC, which later became Regular...

I was just 13 on 12/7/41 but remember the day vividly. My Mother...

I was lucky, my first real memory of WWII was the attack on Pearl...

I was married just before the start of World War II. I don't...

I was nine to thirteen years old during WWII. I had three uncles...

I was on the Banford in KMT-26 convoy on November 26, 1943 when...

I was on the original crew of the U.S.S. Wisconsin (BB64) - the...

I was only 12 years old when FDR died. My mom, sister and I had...

I was only 8 years old when Pearl Harbor happened I remember scrap...

I was only a child during the years above however I do...

I was seven years old at the beginning of the war, yet today I...

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