WW2: The Big One

Like personal accounts of World War II? You've come to the right place. Since 1992, I've been interviewing veterans and foreign nationals about the war. Enjoy.

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A witness to Pearl Harbor https://t.co/xFBlft3AN5

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Seventy-seven years to the day after he died at Pearl Harbor, sailor Durell Wade will finally be laid to rest.
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Carlton Hudson had close calls in World War II. Now 100, death still isn't ready for him. https://t.co/u0ZIcNPJtu

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'Band of Brothers' member Monroe 'Tex' Combs, 95, dies. RIP, Mr. Combs. https://t.co/OIw2Xydtpo

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A French Jewish spy helped the Allies near the end of World War II. https://t.co/eWOolM2YGE

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Ball turret gunners had 'a ringside seat' to World War II air combat. https://t.co/TIqKvtuj2V

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Long after war, American POW got to know one of his Soviet liberators. https://t.co/RkBfyMzSUd

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Leo Walsh spent three months in the city the second atomic bomb destroyed -- Nagasaki, Japan. https://t.co/mCw7FeAm3y

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Glider pilots had the shortest -- and some of the most dangerous -- missions. https://t.co/SecWFtU9f6

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With seven brothers serving, the Matherne family did its part in World War II. https://t.co/mTsAhkwE7D

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Anderson Wilson's World War II service is no longer a secret. He was part of the 'Ghost… https://t.co/boKKJ5JlqV

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When Stan Shaw's B-29 reached Hiroshima on Aug. 7, 1945, there was no point dropping bombs. https://t.co/bZ9GlfgYIl

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Siblings Marie Jorda Jones and Gerald Jorda saw their country's fall liberation. https://t.co/JCat7qNlSU

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Fighting on Utah Beach was over when nurse Irma Dauphin arrived. But many wounded awaited… https://t.co/tgBgGXDCA3

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There was no good way to get into Normandy, but gliders may have been the worst. https://t.co/0UlSSB1mix

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V-E Day was a time to celebrate — for some https://t.co/lUvnTTC5no

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A young German girl saw her country shattered in World War II. https://t.co/58ftFLaSrb

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When Mervin Medine's unit freed American POWs, he didn't realize one was a childhood buddy. https://t.co/TxkGUi8OGc

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Five bomber missions from going home, Nolan Ruiz instead endured a hellish POW experience. https://t.co/jtKIH8g4D9

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A rendezvous with flag-draped caskets moved Robert Black from home front to the front lines. https://t.co/9IR5XptnXh