This collection contains oral histories, photographs, newspaper clippings and columns, and veteran's files collected by Talmage Martin during the writing of his book, WWII: Ordinary Heroes.

The following oral history interviews are missing from our collection: (Volume 1) James Boatwright, Jule Brooks, Hugh Butler, William Clinton, Lincoln DeVillier, Bill Foster, James Griffin, Griffin Harris, Laurel Hoskins, Gil Johnson, Snead Johnson, Lem Norrell, Horace Perry, Earl Reaves, Chester Roush, Charles Thomas, and Hugh Young; (Volume 2) Fred Boggs Franklin, James C. Gibson, and Norman Tant.