World War II Oral History

Three stories, and a rabbit hole

Nick Paciullo's squad, a medic in Normandy, and Lieutenant Tarr's platoon

Dec 15 • Aaron Elson

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"No, no, we're not going to take the eye. We can save it"

When I learned of my grandfather's skill as a surgeon, it reminded me of a particular interview

Dec 4 • Aaron Elson

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November 2025

Once Upon a Bubble

WW2 veterans could tell you a thing or two about the Depression

Nov 28 • Aaron Elson

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Veterans Day, 2025

More of my conversation with Major Clegg "Doc" Caffery

Nov 11 • Aaron Elson

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A legendary commando, More on Whitside, and an old shrimp boat

History in a conversation at a tank battalion reunion

Nov 8 • Aaron Elson

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The tale of the telegram

And other stories from a tank battalion reunion

Nov 1 • Aaron Elson

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October 2025

Prehistoric podcast studio found

My co-host and I revive the Kassel Mission Chronicles

Oct 24 • Aaron Elson

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'Mission 34 to Politz'

A tragic day for the 492nd Bomh Group

Oct 16 • Aaron Elson

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The dressing-down of doom

Battalion exec humiliated in front of the troops

Oct 8 • Aaron Elson

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My grandfather was grandfathered

And I call myself a historian. I never even knew he was a hero in World War 2

Oct 5 • Aaron Elson

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September 2025

More on the story of Dot and Eddie

The tragic consequences of an intersection of lives

Sep 21 • Aaron Elson

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Where there's wool, there's a way

"The Longest Yarn" makes its U.S. debut

Sep 2 • Aaron Elson

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