Archive - World War II Oral History

Machine Gun Hill, Ohrdruf, and the Death Camp Doctor

A conversation with 90th Infantry Division veteran Darrel Petty

Dec 5 •

November 2024

October 2024

Kassel Wasn't His Only Tragedy

A pilot is heartbroken by the loss of his son

Oct 26 •

It's official: I'm chopped liver

Guess who's missing in action from Goodreads' best books about tanks list

Oct 25 •

From Tulips to Your Ears

Vignettes from a teenager during the occupation of Holland

Oct 18 •

If I only had a methodology

Revisiting some of my earlier work

Oct 16 •

Revenge is a dish served cold-blooded

While ice cream is just served cold

Oct 9 •

"'Quit computin' and start shootin'"

A conversation with four veterans at a battalion reunion

Oct 7 •

September 2024

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