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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Edward Matheny Jr.

Battles

Countries

Norm Witwer

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Alan Pigram

Battles

Countries

Edgar Scray

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Austria, Germany

Harlan Rogers & Hobie Weisman

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England

John Senneff

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Air War in Europe

Countries

England, France, Germany, Italy

Kenneth Rothwell

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan

Dick Neff

Army

Pacific

Battles

Iwo Jima

Countries

Clyde Freshour

Battles

Countries

Victor Koerner

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany

Carlos Almeida

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau Island, Philippines, Solomon Islands, China-Burma-India

Henry Buxnan

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Philippines

Ralph Windler

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Rhineland, Normandy, St. Lo

Countries

Belgium, France, Germany, Holland

Robert Adams

Battles

Countries

Edward Buss

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany, Austria, France

Cecilia Houston Campbell

Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)

Home Front

Battles

Countries

John L Parker

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

France, Belgium, Germany, Austria

Dorothy Marmon

Navy

Home Front

Battles

Countries

Cuba

Clem Igel

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy, Alsace, Rhineland, Battle of the Bulge, Germany

Countries

France, Germany

William W. Wagman

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Invasion of Southern France

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Italy

Marvin Davis

Army Air Corps

Home Front

Battles

Countries

Leon Palmer

Navy

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Ralph Murphy

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Marshall Islands

Sigmond Alman

Navy

Atlantic, Pacific

Battles

Countries

Kenneth Alberding

Army Air Corps

Home Front

Battles

Countries

Elmer Witzig

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy

Countries

France, Germany

Daniel Pistilli

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Italy

Carl Harlow

Marine Corps

Battles

Countries

Aldrold Mainer

Battles

Countries

Harold Silverman

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Panama

Roland Clay Jr

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England

Guy Prestia

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Richard Abbott

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan

Uzell Smith

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England

Russell Schouster

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Iceland

Price Roop

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Panama

Gene "Dick" Durlauf

Marine Corps

Pacific

Battles

Iwo Jima

Countries

Japan

Dieter H. Protsch

Hitler Youth

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany, Poland

Kenneth Williams

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Italy, North Africa, Philippines, Japan

Ron York

Navy

Pacific

Battles

New Guinea

Countries

Island Hopping

Lloyd Smith

Marine Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan, Marshall Islands, Philippines, Guam

Ernest Roberts

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy

Countries

France

Martin Stallone

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Belgium, France

Hy Kreitzman

Army

Atlantic

Battles

St. Lo, Battle of the Bulge

Countries

England, France, Germany

Ralph DeVies

Battles

Countries

Thomas Ross

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Jesus "Jimmy" Arroyo

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Japan

Harold Rundberg

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Philippines

James O. Miller

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Rome, Po Valley

Countries

Algeria

Clarence L. Wagner

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Joe Iverson

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

France, Germany, Austria

Clifford Morrison

Pacific

Battles

Saipan, Guam

Countries

Japan

George Steitz

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Normandy

Countries

Belgium, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Germany, Holland

Edgar Wilhelm

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

England, France, Germany

John Harley Ruth

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

China-Burma-India

Ray Burke

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Anzio, Rome, Po Valley, Air War in Europe

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England, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco

Troy Andrew

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Tarawa

Countries

Marshall Islands, New Zealand

Edward R. DeMeter

Army Air Corp

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Earl Rice

Marine Corps

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Philip Adinolfi

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Italy, Morocco

Henry Sienkiwkz

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany

Richard Francati

Navy

Battles

Countries

George Arnstein

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Ardennes Campaign, Battle of the Bulge

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Frank Rinella

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Italy

Margaret McKenna

Navy

Battles

Countries

Ken Young

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Japan, Philippines, New Guinea

Ellsworth O'Bryan

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Okinawa

Countries

Philippines, Guam

Hal Vogelsang

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland

James Clark

Coast Guard

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

John Landry

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Anthony Vallee

Army

Battles

Countries

Lawerence Shawden

Battles

Countries

Rupert Starr

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

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Germany, Poland, Russia

Bill Youngberg

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Battle of the Bulge

Countries

France, Germany

Jack Grayson

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Philippines

Christopher Spagnola

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Charles Edward McGee

Army Air Forces

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany, Italy

Thomas Jordon

Battles

Countries

Regina Benson

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Okinawa, Japan

Samuel F. Phillips

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan, Guam, Mariana Islands, Manus Island

Lindy Kernan

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Guam

Countries

Helen Winiecki

Navy

Home Front

Battles

Countries

Harlan Rogers & Hobie Weisman

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany, England, France

Lorman Ziges

Army

Pacific

Battles

New Guinea

Countries

Sammuel Darby

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany, France, Holland

Leighton Andrews

Marine Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Germany

Peter DuPre

Army

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

England

Nathanial Robinson

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan, Philippines, New Guinea

Jack Fedell

Army Air Corps

Pacific

Battles

Air raids on Japan

Countries

Guam

Paul Andersen

Navy

Battles

Countries

Antonio Gimenez

Battles

Countries

Ray Westberg

Merchant Marine

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Howard Pippin Jr.

Army Air Corps

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

France, Italy, European Theater

Robert Bradshaw

Army

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Japan, Philippines

Jack McNevin

Marine Corps

Pacific

Battles

Countries

Gwen Hughes

Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)

Battles

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Joe Garza

Marine Corps

Battles

Countries

Mike Aguirre

Army Air Corps

Battles

Countries

John Burns

Navy

Pacific

Battles

Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Philippines

Countries

Monroe Guisbond

Air Force

Atlantic

Battles

Countries

Italy, Algeria, Germany

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