World War II was a defining event for the United States in the twentieth century. Our country fought wars in both the European theater of operations and the Pacific theater. At home, nearly the entire country was involved in one way or another in the production of materiel for the war. This volume contains ninety reminiscences of that war from people now living in Umatilla County, Oregon, or who lived here during the time of the war. Thus, the reader will find here participant accounts of the Normandy landing, the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine with Patton, the battle of Iwo Jima...
World War II was a defining event for the United States in the twentieth century. Our country fought wars in both the European theater of operations a...