November 15 2024 · Wartime Memories
The Stranger
By Chaplain RobinsonIn 1949, my father had just returned home from the war. On every American highway you could see…
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By Chaplain RobinsonIn 1949, my father had just returned home from the war. On every American highway you could see…
Photo of KARL M. WEST, PVT 253 INF 63 DIVThe Story of Karl Marion WestWritten by Leslie Nelson based on…
by E.C.WoodwardPublished by U.S. Legacies June 2004I joined the navy while still in high school in Minnesota. …
By Jodi L. SeversonAlbert Benjamin Skinner was born on May 13, 1919 in the small town of Cumberland, situated in…
On Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, 23-year old J.W. "Bill" Simpson wasn't…
His Honorable Discharge states his military occupation as a Trooper (Expert: M-1 rifle). To Merrill's Marauders in Burma…
Steve was born in Ohio in 1913. He had three brothers. His mother was a school teacher and his father…
This photo of Don McKee was taken at a veterans' cemetery in the mid 1990s, while delivering a speech during…
By Jim KirbyI joined the 2nd Bn. 184th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division as a replacement after having been chosen to…
Christmas 1952 at HQ 148 Field Bakery Coy., Fayid, Egypt. The Christmas tree was manufactured from a desert bush.Photograph…
I was a POW January 6, thru April 29, 1945. There was a lot we missed out on in those…
Being in Patton's Third Army was a mixed blessing. Everybody knew about the swashbuckling, profane, theatrical General
Attack on Nennig© 1992 Frank P. DowningOn the 14th of January our battalion received orders that on the following day…
Union City, Pennsylvania, Yankees at Fredericksburg
By Charles J. Jefferson © (1997)Above Picture: A Marine keeps a battery pack dry as he wades through a muddy…
By Joan McNulty PulverDecember 7, 1941 has a major effect on many Americans.This story shares the memories of a…
This is a WWII story by Milton J. Long about his connection to the Liberation of Stalag VIIA. During that…