Voices of WWII

Since 2011, the Friends of the National World War II Memorial has been interviewing WWII veterans and other members of the "Greatest Generation" at THEIR Memorial. These video interviews are archived in the database below to preserve the legacy and lessons of the extraordinary men and women who served on the battlefront and the home front during WWII.

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Midway Atoll

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Morocco

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Netherlands

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Palau Islands

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Papua New Guinea

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Philippines

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Solomon Islands

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Tarawa Atoll

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Tunisia

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Wake Island

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Air War in Europe

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Alsace

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Anzio

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Attu

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Bataan Corregidor

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Battle of the Bulge

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Buna

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Coral Sea

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Germany

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Guadalcanal

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Guam

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Huertgen Forest

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Iwo Jima

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Kwajalein

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Leyte Gulf

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Luzon

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Manila

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Midway

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Murmansuk Run

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New Guinea

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Normandy

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Okinawa

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Pearl Harbor

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Peleliu

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Philippine Sea

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Po Valley

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Remagen Bridge

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Rhineland

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Rome

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Saipan

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Salerno

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Sicily

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St. Lo

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Tarawa

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Tinian

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Tunisia

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Wake Island

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Peter Fertello

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Ken Vickerman

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Austria

John Senneff

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Air War In Europe

Countries

England, France, Germany, Italy

Ed Maresh, Sr

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Attu

Countries

Marshall Islands

Bill Youngberg

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

France, Germany

Jesus "Jimmy" Arroyo

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Japan

Michael Prochaska

Marine Corps

Pacific

Battles

Tinian

Countries

Marshall Islands, Saipan, Iwo Jima

Herbert Dunagen

Army

Pacific

Battles

Pearl Harbor, Okinawa

Countries

Philippines, New Guinea, Japan

Grady M. Grimm

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

France, Germany, Belgium

Everett Hampton

Marine Corps

Pacific

Battles

Saipan

Countries

Rex A. Davis

Navy

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England, Italy

William J Novelli Part 1

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

Belgium, England, France, Germany

Samuel Young

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Callan Saffell

Navy

Battles

Countries

Judge William Webster

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Harold Shaw

Army

Pacific

Battles

New Guinea, Manila

Countries

Bernard Visser

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Iwo Jima, Okinawa

Countries

Japan, Midway

Andrew Abugelis

Pacific

Battles

Marcus, Wake, Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands

Countries

Sonia Evans

Battles

Countries

Fiske Hanley

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Tinian, Okinawa

Countries

Solomon Islands

Bernie Hauf

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

France

Walter "Wally" Lambert

Navy

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy, Invasion of Sicily, Invasion of Italy

Countries

France, North Africa, Italy

Thomas Johnston

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Philippines

Congresswoman Kaptur

Battles

Countries

William Bonelli

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Itlay

Ruth Foster

Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES)

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

France, Holland, Belgium, England

Arthur Mearns

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Saipan

Countries

Saipan

Les Lortz

U.S. Army

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Richard Singer

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

W. Jack Myers

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Antwerp

Countries

Holland

Joe Turek

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany

Wilbur Hart

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

China-Burma-India

Milton C. Guion

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

France, Belgium, Germany

Harvey Malone

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Tarawa, Guam

Countries

Japan, Marshall Islands, Philippines, Tarawa Atoll

Earl Paph

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Guadalcanal, Guam

Countries

Mariana Islands, Solomon Islands, New Zealand

Henry C. Robertson

Army

Home Front

Battles

Countries

Matthew B. Thorp

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Germany

Countries

Belgium, England, France, Germany, Holland

Warren Holmgreen

Army Air Corps

Home Front

Battles

Countries

Peter DuPre

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England

Paul Goodman

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Philippines

James Gau

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Pearl Harbor, Guam

Countries

Mariana Islands

Ziggy Zemrowski

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Italy

Robert L. Goldsmith

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

England, Germany, France

Lester Stillwell

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Germany

Earl Morse

Battles

Countries

Henry Vendryes

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany

Lindy Kernan

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Guam

Countries

Harry Parsakian

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England

Earl Rice

Marine Corps

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Martin Stallone

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Belgium, France

Jed Alexander

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Shanghai

Richard Rush

Marine Corps

Battles

Countries

Douglas Morrison

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England, Germany

Irvin Barnard

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

France, Germany

Louis “Jack” Haddaway

Navy

Battles

Countries

Harold Rundberg

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Philippines

Edward Wootten

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Air War in Europe, Battle of the Bulge

Countries

France, England, Germany, Holland, Belgium, CzechosloJapan, Papua New Guinea

Dan Dougherty

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

James Riffe

Army

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Japan

Joseph Stephes

Navy

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Burt McKenney

Battles

Countries

Antonio Gimenez

Battles

Countries

Frank Smothers

Army

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Philippines

William Bates

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Guam

Countries

Frederic Klopp

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy, Air War in Europe

Countries

England

Michael Moss

Army

Battles

Countries

Philippines

Joe Mantegna

Battles

Countries

Russ Reickert

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Marshall Islands, Guam, Hawaii

Chuck Splickerver

Battles

Countries

Jack Sheehan

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Air War in Europe

Countries

Germany, France

E. Music

Battles

Countries

John Skeans

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

France, Belgium

Adam Earnhardt

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa, Witnessed Nagasaki Explosion

Countries

Japan

Madison Solders

Battles

Countries

Clyde Freshour

Battles

Countries

Bob Dole

Battles

Countries

Edward Howland

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Belgium, England, France, Germany, Holland, Luxemburg

George Klein

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy

Countries

England, France, Germany, Italy

Carl and Helen Norton

Home Front

Battles

Countries

James Henderson

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Frank Masterson

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Japan, Palau Islands, Okinawa

Henry Mont

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Japan

Eric Zipp

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy

Countries

England, Germany

Gordon "Bud" Hardwick

Atlantic

Battles

Bombing of Cologne

Countries

Germany

Richard Fehr

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Midway

Countries

Philippines, South Pacific

Joseph Melgarejo

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Edwin Lamm

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Herbert Davison

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany

Bernard Trescott

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy, St. Lo, Rhineland, Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge

Countries

England, Germany

Julius W. Becton Jr.

Army

Pacific

Battles

New Guinea

Countries

Philippines, New Guinea

Clement Lipsey

Battles

Countries

David Evens

Battles

Countries

Joe Rolison

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Saipan, Guam

Countries

Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Guam

Gerry Mathiason

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau Islands

JB Teasley

Navy

Battles

Countries

Price Roop

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Panama

Robert Weiss

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

France, Germany, Austria

Howen Jarns

Battles

Countries

Charles Perry

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan

David L. Demichei

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Iwo Jima, Saipan

Countries

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