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Explore over 90 years of military oral history, with firsthand accounts from the First World War through to the present day conflict in Afghanistan. These stories were collected from 2003 to 2006.

Herbert Merrett

Herbert Merrett

"We never had any support when we were going in on jobs. It was just going in, do the job and get the hell out of there."

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Paul  DeLorme

Paul DeLorme

"It was dark, and by this time, the Germans were a little bit slack on their job, not watching, they trusted, they didn’t expect anybody to run away. But we did."

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Hyman Arlin

Hyman Arlin

"Finally I found him and I sent a little note along to each soldier to pass it along to the seventh guy in the line. He jumped up and he scared people, they thought there was an ..."

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Elphège Renaud

Elphège Renaud

"But I know that Tremblay and Fong died, because the guys dragged them away in order to take our positions. But it wasn’t us who found Paul Dugal, it was the Chinese [...] "

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Jacques Catudal

Jacques Catudal

"So I said to myself, I'm a conscript; I might as well sign up for the active army."

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