NPR reveals remarkable stories of valor, bravery, and survival from the deadliest conflict in history with this vast panorama of interview, memories, and first person accounts from fronts in Europe, the Pacific, and at home. Harrowing, heartbreaking and deeply personal, this collection offers an intimate, engaging way to learn more about the war that changed the world.
Contents:Introduction by Neal ConanVoices from the WWII MemorialReflections on Germany, Poland, and WWIIThe London BlitzPearl Harbor: A Personal HistoryHearing Voices: A Japanese-American in a WWII CampA Mother-in-Law’s WWII SagaWWII Heroes Recall the Doolittle RaidPearl harbor: A Personal History Part 2The Kitchen Sisters: War & SeparationStoryCorps: My Mother’s Story: Dot the WelderWar in the PacificUnbroken by WarArtists of Battlefield Deception: Soldiers of the 23rdFemale WWII Pilots: The Original Fly GirlsA Tuskegee Airman’s Harrowing WWII TaleRemembrances of D-DayThe “Mad Piper” of NormandyKate Nolan, WWII Combat NurseWWII Combat Cameraman: ‘The Public Had To Know’WWII Veterans on the Battle of the BulgeStoryCorps: Joseph RobertsonHolocaust Survivors Honor Camp LiberatorThe Greatest GenerationRemembering the Final Days of World War IIPilot Remembers Fateful Bombing Mission Over NagasakiThanks, Grandpa Tommy, for Saving the World
