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Veterans who participated in the Memory Project archive were asked to share details on specific events from their wartime service.

Click on the links below to view profiles of those veterans who participated in each of the following: Theatre of War, Campaign, Operation, or Battle.

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A
AfricanAirborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) Development
AleutiansAntwerp
Anzio BridgeheadArnhem
Atlantic 
B
BarbarossaBattle of Britain
Battle of the AtlanticBattle of the Bulge
Battle of the St. LawrenceBehind Enemy Lines
Bergen-op-ZoomBerlin Bombing Operations
Bernhardt LineBiscay Ports Bombing Operations
Bomber CommandBombing of Dresden
Bombing of PennemundeBornholm Raids
BoulogneBreskens Pocket
British Commonwealth Air Training PlanBurma
C
CaenCalais
Cap Gris NezCarpiquet
Carribean ShippingChambois
CleanserClose Air Support
Coastal CommandCode Breaking
Coriano RidgeCrimean Peninsula
Crossing of the Savio River 
D
D-Day - Normandy LandingsD-Day - Omaha Beach
Defence of BritainDelfzijl
Dieppe (1942)Dunkirk
E
Eastern FrontEl Alamein
ElbeufEnglish Channel Operations
EuropeEuropean
F
Falaise PocketFighter Command (UK)
Fighter Sweeps "Rhubarb Missions" France and English ChannelFlorence
Forêt de la LondeFortress Europe Bombing Operations
France 1940 
G
German Ports Bombing OperationsGerman POW Transport
Gothic LineGreece
Gustav Line 
H
Hill 195Hill 262 ("The Mace")
Hitler Line (Liri Valley)Home Front (North America and Carribean)
Husky 
I
Indian Ocean ShippingItaly
J
Jubilee 
K
Kapelsche VeerKiska
L
Leopold CanalLiberation of Belgium
Liberation of Dieppe (1944)Liberation of Rome
Liberation of the NetherlandsLiberation of Westerbork Concentration Camp
Libya  
M
MaltaMarket Garden
MediterraneanMiddle East
MoerbruggeMonte Cassino
Murmansk Run 
N
NeptuneNijmegen
NormandyNorth Africa
North Sea OperationsNorthwest Europe
Norway 
O
Occupation of AustriaOccupation of Germany
OkinawaOldenburg
Ortona & The Moro RiverOverlord
P
PacificPacific Command
Pacific OceanPacific Ocean Shipping
PalestinePierres Noires
PolandPrisoner of War
R
RavennaReichswald
RhinelandRimini
RouenRuhr Bombing Operations
S
SalernoSan Fortunato Ridge
ScheldtScientific Research
SicilySicily Landings
Sinking of U-1209South Africa
South American ShippingSouth of France
Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia Shipping
Spitsbergen RaidsSt. Lambert-sur-Dives
Suez CanalSuffield Experiments
T
TobrukTorch
TotalizeTractable
Transport Triangle Run
V
VeritableVerrières Ridge
W
Walcheren IslandWatervliet
Winter LineWoensdrecht
Z
Zutphen