Videos

This 1944 RCA film followed two brothers who enlist and apply their amateur radio skills to wartime communication during World War II. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring…

100 year-old World War II veteran John “Lucky” Luckadoo, discussed his time as a bomber pilot in the 8th Air Force, when he flew 25 combat missions over France and Germany. This event took p…

The World War II correspondence between Richard and Patricia Nixon - he serving with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific and she part of the war effort in San Francisco - recently was made pu…

World War II veteran David Roderick talked about landing on Utah Beach on D-Day - June 6, 1944 - and the casualties in the following days. He also reflected on liberating Paris on August 25,…

World War II French resistance member Nicole Spangenberg discussed life under Nazi German occupation and how and why she chose to fight back. She also discussed the role of other famous fema…

U.S. Navy veteran Harlan Twible recounted being a young officer on the USS Indianapolis after it was sunk in shark-infested waters by two Japanese torpedoes. The crew had just delivered atom…

World War II veteran Benjamin Schleider discussed his experiences with the 6th Armored Division in the European theater, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Schleider served a…

World War II veteran Clinton Gardner shared stories of his experience in the European theater of the war. Injured during the D-Day invasion, he would rejoin his division after recovering and…

World War II Army veteran Eugene DiSabatino talked about his assignment to the Manhattan Project, which included being stationed at Los Alamos and accompanying the second bomb to Japan. This…

World War II veteran Norman Hatch talked about his time serving as a cameraman for the Marine Corps. Mr. Hatch supervised part of the team that recorded the second flag-raising on Mount Suri…

World War II veteran Norman Hatch talked about his time serving as a cameraman for the Marine Corps. He captured footage during the November 1943 Battle of Tarawa that helped the Marines win…

Harold Berkman served in the U.S. Army’s 80th infantry division during World War II, including time under the command of General George Patton. He recalled his experiences fighting in the Ba…

James Salerno joined the Marine Corps before the attack on Pearl Harbor and served through the end of World War II. He discusses his time in the Pacific theater, including fighting in the ba…

World War II veteran George Morgan talked about his assignment with a Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU), considered the forerunner of the Navy SEALs. Mr. Morgan reflected on his training i…

World War II Army Nurse Corps veteran Opal Grapes talked about providing medical care to American soldiers who were wounded on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and how she learned to keep her emotions u…

World War II veteran Elmo Bell was with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 505th Infantry Regiment on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He talked about parachuting into Normandy after his plane was hit by enem…

World War II veteran John Raaen was with the U.S. Army’s 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion on D-Day - June 6, 1944. He described how his company was diverted from Pointe du Hoc to Omaha Beach, a…

Gemma Birnbaum, associate vice president of the National World War II Museum’s Media and Education Center, talked about the museum’s collection of interviews with veterans, its mission, and …

Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) talked about growing up in Hawaii, witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor, and how that event affected native Hawaiians and led to the Senator’s service in the Arm…

Crewmen of the USS Arizona who survived the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, spoke to National Park Service interviewers about their experiences in the attack and their impr…