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New York War Stories : Your Memories. Your Words.

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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From 1942 - 1945, I served as chief clerk of the Pay and...

From 9/39 I was 7 yrs old to 9/45 I was 13 yrs old. My...

From February 1943 to December 1945 I was a WAVE in the US Navy. I...

From the age of 5-8 I lived with my family in Canto, Ohio...

From: Stephen A. Wise To: Gen. Ricardo Sanchez Cc: President...

Graduated as 2nd Lt. Infanty Ft. Benning 1942 Overseas to North...

Graduated Bayside High School, June 1943. Drafted Aug.1943. U.S....

Greetings Thriteen War Project: My father Harvey F. Olander was a...

Harry Schneider was drafted into the army in 1943, soon after his...

Having been born in 1934 I was only 7 years old when it began. ...

Hearing of the attack, Sunday afternoon, was a shock. I was a...

Here's an excerpt from a memoir I've written for my grandsons,...

How my Mother in Law became a citizen During the War my mother in...

I am 73 - On 7 Dec. 1941, my brother and I were building a stable...

I am 75 years old and lived in Chicago during the war years. My...

I am 85 years old. I served in the Air Force - drafted in August...

I am a February 1943 graduate of Hunter College (Manhattan) my...

I am a French war bride. I lived through the War as a young...

I am a veteran of World War II, US Army, Pacific Theater...

I am a veteran of World War II. I served in the Army from...

I am enclosing reprints of two stories about the war that I wrote...

I am Jewish 1. Shortly after the War (1940) two children who were...

I am the last of four brothers who served during WWII. Two of us...

I arrived in Germany in May of '46 at the age of 18 (I was in the...

I Became a US Citizen in 1962 but I was born in Yugoslavia. We...

I belonged to a German anti-aircraft gun company. The retreat of...

I cam remember air raids and a siren blasting and shades being...

I can remember I was 11 years old and my grandparents who had...

I do not know if my story is what you are interested in. I did...

I don't know if this will be of use to you. I was 11 years old...


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