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Oral History Interview with George O'Brien, December 9, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George O'Brien. O'Brien volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in April, 1944 and trained to be a gunner at Harlingen, Texas. He went overseas to New Guinea in February 1945 and joined the 5th Bomb Group, 72nd Bomb Squadron. He was a nose gunner on a B-24. Soon, he went to Samar with his unit. He started flying combat missions in May over the Philippines. O'Brien flew on about 20 missions bombing refineries, airfield… more
Date: December 9, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: O'Brien, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Ley, February 9, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Ley. Ley was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1925. When he completed boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, he then trained as a radio operator. In April 1943 he completed his training and was assigned to the USS Murphy (DD-603). In March 1944 they took on provisions and sailed to Londonderry, England. On 5 June 1944 the ship put to sea to lay a smoke screen during the Normandy landings. On D-Day, the ship … more
Date: February 9, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Ley, John J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mark Clement, September 9, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mark Clement. Clement was born 20 February 1925, graduated from high school in 1941, and joined the Marine Corps at age seventeen. He completed the Special Operations Capability Specialist (SOCS) training, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in mid-1944. Clement served with the 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, and participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. He shares vivid details of his combat experiences. Clement … more
Date: September 9, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Clement, Mark
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mack Roberson, November 9, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mack Roberson. Roberson was born in Three Rivers, Texas in 1926. After attending Schreiner Institute in Kerrville, Texas for several semesters, he joined the US Marine Corps and received boot training as San Diego. Upon completion, he accepted an assignment to train for honor guard duties. In 1944, he was aboard a troop ship bound for Okinawa and he tells of some of his experience aboard ship. He recalls observing kamikazes … more
Date: November 9, 2015
Duration: 58 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Roberson, Mack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Willard LaCounte, June 9, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willard LaCounte. LaCounte was drafted into the Army in September, 1943 and trained as an antiaircraft artilleryman at Camp Haan, California. In late 1943 he was assigned to the 118th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion as a jeep driver in an industrial section of England and recalls defending it against German air raids. He landed at Normandy one day after the invasion. His unit eventually set up in Holland and shot down bu… more
Date: June 9, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: LaCounte, Willard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Vincent Wayne, June 9, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Vincent Wayne. Wayne joined the Army around late 1942. He served with the 98th Infantry Division. He was deployed to Hawaii. In 1944, they shipped out to Saipan and helped take over an airport with little resistance from the Japanese. After the war ended, they traveled to Honshu, Japan and were stationed at Osaka College. Wayne speaks about his time in Japan after the war and what he witnessed. Wayne and his squad were assigned t… more
Date: June 9, 2019
Duration: 48 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Wayne, Vincent
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Ashbaugh, July 9, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Ashbaugh. Ashbaugh joined the Navy in April of 1944. He completed Electrician School. He served as Fireman 1st Class aboard a landing craft tank, the LCT-60. He traveled to Bougainville and Manus. Ashbaugh continued his service after the war ended, and participated in the nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, for which he provides vivid details. He served for a total of nine years in the Navy.
Date: July 9, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Ashbaugh, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Baldwin, August 9, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Baldwin. Baldwin was learning to fly through the Civilian Pilot Training program when he was called to active duty in January, 1943. After basic training, he went to flight training. He graduated and was commissioned in March, 1944. Baldwin was sent to France in November, 1944 and attached to the 36th Fighter Group, 23rd Fighter Squadron and began flying combat missions in a P-47. He flew 51 combat missions before the war… more
Date: August 9, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Harter, December 9, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Harter. Harter was drafted in December of 1942 into the Army Ordnance Corps. He went to the Ordnance station in Aberdeen, Maryland. His outfit was the 534th Ordnance, Heavy Tank Company. From there they went to Indio, California, and practiced tank maneuvers in the desert. He went to Normandy, where his outfit’s job was to put devices on front of the tanks so they could go through hedgerows so the infantry could foll… more
Date: December 9, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Harter, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Lazarich, May 9, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Lazarich. Lazarich joined the Coast Guard in August 1942 and trained at New York. His first assignment was aboard a patrol boat in New York Harbor. He then went to gunnery school in Florida before shipping out to New Guinea to serve aboard an Amry tug boat. He also participated in the campaign to liberate the Philippines and recalls being in a minefield off Borneo. He also went to Okinawa and eventually Japan before returing… more
Date: May 9, 2016
Duration: 41 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Lazarich, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Virginia Cumberland, August 9, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Virginia Cumberland. During World War II, Cumberland worked in a factory in Indiana as a tool and die maker. She also speaks some about a brother of hers that was in the service and stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas and served overseas in France.
Date: August 9, 2017
Duration: 24 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Cumberland, Virginia
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lindsey Wilcox, August 9, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lindsey Wilcox. Wilcox joined the Navy in November 1942 and received training on Treasure Island as a machinist. He was assigned briefly to the Aleutian Islands before boarding USS Indianapolis (CA-35) as a fireman, first class. He describes the Indianapolis as a beautiful ship, complete with ice cream parlor and shops. He was aboard the Indianapolis from Tarawa through Okinawa and saw components of the atomic bomb loaded ab… more
Date: August 9, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 36 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Wilcox, Lindsey
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Luther Sagebiel, July 9, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Luther Sagebiel. Sagebiel completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin around 1941 and acquired his pilot license. He joined the Army Air Forces in January of 1942. He volunteered to take glider pilot training, which he provides vivid details of his experiences. He did not pass the test though and did not serve as a glider pilot. He worked in California as an air inspector, checking the mess h… more
Date: July 9, 2009
Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Sagebiel, Luther
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gerald Parascandolo, August 9, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerald T. Parascandolo. Parascandolo was born in Brooklyn, New York on 7 January 1925. He was drafted into the Army in August 1943. After a brief period at Fort Custer, Michigan, he was sent to Fort Hood, Texas for 16 weeks of basic training. He initially trained for tank destroyer duty in North Africa, but when the fighting ended there, he was sent to Camp Hale, Colorado for mountain training with the 10th Mountain Division… more
Date: August 9, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Parascandolo, Gerald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edgar Howard, July 9, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar E. Howard. Howard was born 26 April 1924 in Nashville, Indiana. After one year in ROTC at Indiana University, he was drafted into the Army in April 1943. He was assigned to the 69th Infantry Division at Camp Shelby, Mississippi as a tech sergeant. His duties during the year that he was stationed there involved training replacement personnel. His division shipped to Cheltenham, England in February 1944 where he was reas… more
Date: July 9, 2009
Duration: 31 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Howard, Edgar E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Peter N. Karegeannes, November 9, 2009

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Peter N. Karegeannes. Born in 1923, he joined the Navy in 1943. He subsequently volunteered to be a Corpsman in the Marine Corps. He was assigned to the 5th Marine Division, 26th Regiment, 2nd Battalion serving with Headquarters Company and later with Fox Company. After receiving medical training in handling casualties on the front lines, he was sent to Iwo Jima. He landed on Red Beach in the thirteenth wave on the first day of the battle. He describes the d… more
Date: November 9, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Karegeannes, Peter N.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Utah Hamilton, April 9, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Utah Hamilton. Hamilton joined the Navy in December, 1941 and trained in Virginia. Afterwards, he was assigned to the USS Southampton (AKA-66). Hamilton was aboard during the invasion of Iwo Jima and recalls seeing the flags raised and watching the beach get cleared of debris. At Okinawa, he participated in the decoy landing. When the war ended, Hamilton shipped a lot of occupation troops to Japan. He returned to the US in N… more
Date: April 9, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Hamilton, Utah
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Stephen Carlson, February 9, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stephen Carlson. Carlson joined the Navy in 1941. He attended the US Naval Reserve Midshipman’s School and was commissioned in November of 1942, and traveled to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In December he went aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41). They supported the liberation of the Aleutian Islands in May of 1943. In November, they bombarded Makin. In September of 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, they assisted in defeating the Jap… more
Date: February 9, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Carlson, Stephen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hichael Nedeff, December 9, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hichael Nedeff. Nedeff was born in 1925 in West Virginia. In 1943 he entered the Navy. After basic training, Nedeff shipped overseas and was assigned to USS LST-610 at Hawaii. Nedeff recalls transporting Army personnel to Angaur, going ashore and seeing an Army field hospital. He also was present unloading materiel at Leyte during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. At Lingayen Gulf, USS LST-610 was damaged by a Japanese suicide boat … more
Date: December 9, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 36 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Nedeff, Hichael M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas F. Jordan, February 9, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas F. Jordan. Jordan joined the Navy on 8 December 1941. He was assigned to the USS Wichita (CA-45) and worked as a deck seaman. Jordan describes convoy duty, traveling in foggy conditions, and a collision between two British ships. He mentions an incident detailing how the ship was segregated. Jordan discusses taking part in the invasion of North Africa and trading fire with French ships at Casablanca. He then describes… more
Date: February 9, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 42 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Jordan, Thomas F.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Redman, March 9, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Redman. Redman joined the Navy in May of 1941. He served on the deck force aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41). From May to 7 December, they escorted convoys back and forth across the North Atlantic. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, they transferred to the Pacific Fleet. Redman completed diving school and worked with the ship’s pumps. He became Seaman First Class, Coxswain, and later became head diver and Gun Captain. Aboa… more
Date: March 9, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Redman, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Riggs, June 9, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Riggs. Riggs joined the Army Air Forces in May of 1942. He completed Weather, Forecaster and Observer schooling by the spring of 1944. He served as a weather forecaster in the 12th Weather Squadron stationed in North Africa and Italy. He was discharged in November of 1945.
Date: June 9, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Riggs, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Bremyer, August 9, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Bremyer. Bremyer applied for a commission in the Navy in early 1942 and went on active duty in May. His first duty assignment was in Florida conducting anti-submarine warfare. From there, he reported for duty at the Fleet Post Office in New Orleans. He eventually ended up working in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington composing regulations for secret message delivery. Then, Bremyer worked for the S… more
Date: August 9, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Bremyer, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Eli Escobar, March 9, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eli Escobar. Escobar was drafted into the Army in May 1944. When Escobar arrived in France in November, 1944, he joined Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division. In January, 1945, Escobar got captured by German troops near Haguenau. He spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. He was liberated in late April and returned to the US. Escobar was discharged in November, 1945.
Date: March 9, 2004
Duration: 47 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Escobar, Eli
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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