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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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It was Sunday evening, December 7th, 1941 and I was taking a bath...

It was the winter of 1944-45 at the USA 124 General Hospital in...

John told me he wanted to join the Navy and knew he would be...

Later this year I will be eighty years old, but I still feel like...

Leonard A. Parker, WWII US Merchant Marine Cook, 1942 -45 Born...

Life, General, didn't change much. We had meatless meals four...

Long overdue Recognition! I had a 30 year career as a school nurse...

Memories World War II Years My husband was in the Army for 5...

Mike Welsh was a hero in WWI baring a Purple Heart and...

My uncle, Hefin, was in the Royal Engineers in the British Army...

My 'Small World' story as attached. I know it is long but I...

My boyfriend went into the Army Air Force 1942 - stationed in...

My brother and I were born in the frenetic pre-World War II era in...

My brother enlisted in the Navy at 18 so he wouldn't be drafted in...

My brother Jimmy had been in an auto accident before the war - he...

My brother was one of the first to be drafted in our NJ town of...

My congrats to your management and Mr. Burns for undertaking a...

My dad enlisted in World War I. He was trained in the south. He...

My Dad Lieutenant Col. Henry A Klaussman was a NYC Fireman who...

My dad was 4F because of hearing loss. Nonetheless he felt he had...

My Dad was an MD with the Army Medical Corps. He was stationed at...

My dad, a German refugee, arrived in Southhampton, England...

My experience started with induction into the Army of the United...

My family and I were listening to the radio that Sunday morning...

My father 1st Lieutenant Bruce W. Wright served as a pilot in the...

My father a veteran of WWI, served on a sub-chaser and a floating...

My father arrived in the US in 1936, at the age of 29, from...

My father enlisted in the Regular Army in September 1940. He was a...

My father Frank Kassed was born on 12/7/12. He enlisted in the...

My father joined when he was underage (16) and after foster care...


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