Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
PFC Charles C. Coats served in France during WWI, in which he earned a Silver Star in 1919. Originally enlisting in Indiana in January of 1918, Charles arrived in St. Nazaire on May 16, 1918, and was assigned to the Army Signal Corps.
Curtis Banker shares his memories of growing up in rural NY during the depression, being in the Army during WWII (43rd Infantry Division, Pacific Theater), the Korean War (73rd Heavy Tank Battalion), and spending the Cold War in Germany, and the many lif
Floyd Bradley (Battery F, 341st Field Artillery) gives a detailed account of his time in the Army during WWI, both stateside and in France. Floyd was from Conde, SD, was a PFC, and after the war, married Esther Chenoweth (referred to in the diary as E.C.)
Floyd Bradley (Battery F, 341st Field Artillery) gives a detailed account of his time in the Army during WWI, both stateside and in France. Floyd was from Conde, SD, was a PFC, and after the war, married Esther Chenoweth (referred to in the diary as E.C.)
The journal and letters of Abner Dunham to his family during the Civil War.
After 27.5 years in the Army, Emmitt Tesch finally retires.
The devoted Emmitt Tesch remains in the Army and works harder than ever, and along the way finds a lot of friends from his past.
Master Sergeant Tesch continues his travels of the world and studies while working for the Army.
Bob Jenkins, former Marine and son of WWII veteran Lew Jenkins, recalls being on the 39th floor in tower one of the World Trade Center Twin Towers when the U.S. came under attack on September 11th.
