The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.

Interview with George Gace, an member of the United States Army serving in post-World War II Germany. Gace describes his time at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas followed by his deployment to Germany where he spent most of his two years training.

Interview with James N. Hall, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Burkburnett, Texas. Hall discusses joining the Air Force from college, basic training, classification, flight training, the P-47, fighter tactics, deplyoment to Le Culot Airfield in Belgium, his first mission, briefings and intelligence, Air Support Parties, close air support, flak, bomber escort, air-to-air encounters, casualties, logistics, German civilians, crash landings, V-E Day, and return to civilian life.

Interview with Luther Victory, an aerial gunner and POW for the US Air Force during WWII. He describes life in the military and being captured by the Germans.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Speaking at 8 p.m. Thursday in Agricultural Hall auditorium at Oklahoma State University is Dr. Hans Schmidt, director, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, West Germany."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Trio Fontenay singing group"

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 50 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 50 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 50 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.