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  • Drop Zone Oral History Project
    History of airborne and paratrooper units told through personal accounts.
    www.thedropzone.org
  • Private Art
    WWII letters depicting a country's devotion to their GIs and the men's affection for the homefront. A tribute to the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion.
    www.private-art.com
  • World War II Oral History
    Collection of personal recollections of the war.
    www.tankbooks.com
  • Rutgers Oral History Archives
    Records the personal experiences of the men and women who served on the homefront and overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War.
    fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm
  • Korea 1935-1955: An Eye Witness
    Young Sik Kim's account of his life from 1930 to 1955. Contains photos and excerpts from declassified American, Chinese, and Russian documents.
    www.kimsoft.com/korea/eyewit.htm
  • Second World War Experience Centre, The
    Includes personal memorabilia such as diary extracts, letters, photographs, and audio reminiscences of men and women who lived through World War II.
    www.war-experience.org
  • George Rarey's World War II Air Force Cartoon Journals
    Sketchbook journal from "Dad" Rarey, of the 379th Fighter Squadron. Includes text contributed by surviving members of the squadron.
    www.rareybird.com
  • D-Day, Normandy, and Beyond
    Honoring the men and women who liberated Europe. Features personal stories, photographs, poems, letters, maps, and more.
    www.normandy1944.info
  • Staff Sgt. Bill Heller
    Photos and memoirs from Staff Sgt Heller's time in the 3rd Signal Company 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army for the years 1943-1945.
    www.warfoto.com
  • World War II Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division
    Photos and memoirs of S/Sgt. Bill Heller 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Signal Company from 1943-45.
    www.warfoto.com
  • Murray, John Thomas
    Murray's account of his service in the New Zealand 7th Anti-Tank Regiment and imprisonment in Stalag XVIIIA plus stories from other prisoners.
    www.angelfire.com/nd/domneal/powar.html
  • Captain George Duffy's POW Page
    POW of both the German and Japanese military.
    www.usmm.org/duffy.html
  • Marshall Stelzriede's Wartime Story
    Experiences of a navigator with the U.S. Eighth Air Force in WW2 Europe.
    www.stelzriede.com/warstory.htm
  • Memories of War
    Records the personal stories and pictures of World War II veterans. All vets are encouraged to tell their story here.
    www.memoriesofwar.com
  • Edward Ardizzone: Diary of a War Artist [pick] [read review]
    From the Imperial War Museum. Images and entries from Ardizzone's diaries, as well as historical background.
    www.iwm.org.uk/online/ardizzone/ardizz.htm
  • Our Stories: Recollections of Women from WWII
    Project which is collecting firsthand accounts from women who lived through the war.
    www.storiesbywomen.net
  • Diary on the U.S.S. Essex CV-9
    Featuring stories, video clips, and contributions relating to Jack "Weary" McKnight's service aboard U.S.S. Essex CV-9 from April 27, 1943 to December 16, 1945.
    www.sinclair.edu/sec/his103/103d01.htm
  • WW2 True Story
    Life in wartime England, by Tom Fletcher.
    www.macksites.com/PART1.htm
  • Capture of the U-Boat U-505
    First hand account describing the capture of a German Uboat.
    u505.dnsdata.com
  • Patrick O'Rourke, Royal Scots Grey, 1917-1996
    WWI memoirs of the mounted Cavalry.
    homepage.eircom.net/~scotsgreys
 


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