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Oral History Interview with Floyd Mumme, April 12, 2002

Description: Interview with Floyd Mumme, a medic during World War II. He discusses boot camp, being deployed to Saipan, Japanese trying to steal food, working in the Army Medical Corps, and treating wounds in combat.
Date: April 12, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Mumme, Floyd C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Pase, April 12, 2001

Description: Interview with Charles Pase, a marine during World War II. He discusses joining the Marines and training on New Zealand and other Pacific islands. He describes landing on Tarawa, the battle of Tarawa itself, and locating and burying the dead bodies after the battle. He also talks about going to Hawaii for more training before going to Saipan, various guns and artillery he used, encountering natives on Saipan and being in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. He relates ancedotes about having to… more
Date: April 12, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Pase, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carrol Davidson, April 12, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carrol Davidson. Davidson joined the Navy in November of 1944. He served in the Armed Guard as gun captain of the twin 3-inch .50 calibers aboard the SS Howell Lykes (1940). Beginning in February of 1945 they transported troops to New Guinea. They also traveled to Australia and picked up a group of Australian Rangers and delivered them to Borneo. He provides details of his travels over the Pacific, including firing at Japanese pl… more
Date: April 12, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Davidson, Carrol
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Henry Jennings, April 12, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Jennings. Jennings joined the Army Air Forces in September, 1942 and trained at Wichita Falls. He eventually became a flight engineer on B-26 bombers. Jennings recalls several anecdotes about his time in the service.
Date: April 12, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Jennings, Henry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Dittmar, April 12, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Dittmar. Dittmar joined the Navy in 1943 and trained at Great Lakes and shares a few anecdotes from those days. He served as an operating room technician aboard USS La Grange (APA-124) when he was assigned to the ship in mid-1944. He recalls his duties aboard and going to the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Date: April 12, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Dittmar, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Chalke, April 12, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Chalke. Chalke joined the Navy in June of 1944. Beginning in March of 1945, he was assigned as Radioman 3rd Class aboard the landing craft repair ship USS Pandemus (ARL-18). They traveled to Okinawa, Guam, Saipan, Philippine Islands and China servicing landing and small craft. They encountered kamikaze planes and a typhoon during their travels. They returned to the US in December of 1945. Chalke was discharged in May of 194… more
Date: April 12, 2018
Duration: 42 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Chalke, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Partin, April 12, 2003

Description: Interview with John Partin, a diesel engineer in the US Navy during WWII. He answers questions about his life before the service and experiences overseas.
Date: April 12, 2003
Duration: 49 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Evans, Tonya & Partin, John
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Floyd Mumme, April 12, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd Mumme. He discusses boot camp, being on Saipan, Japanese trying to steal food, working in the Army Medical Corps and treating wounds in combat.
Date: April 12, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Mumme, Floyd C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Burrell, April 12, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Bob Burrell. Eleven days after finishing high school in 1941, Burrell was sworn into the Navy and reported to Newport, Rhode Island for boot camp. After boot camp, he was sent down to the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida and was here on December 7, 1941. He volunteered for submarine duty and was sent to submarine school in New London, Connecticut; finishing in May 1942. Burrell describes his experiences at the school including using the Momsen lung… more
Date: April 12, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Burrell, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Pase, April 12, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Charles Pase. He discusses joining the Marines, training on New Zealand and other Pacific islands before landing on Tarawa, the battle of Tarawa itself, locating and burying the dead bodies after the battle. He also talks about going to Hawaii for more training before going to Saipan, various guns and artillery he used, encountering natives on Saipan and being in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. He ancedotes about having tonsilitis during the Tarawa atta… more
Date: April 12, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Pase, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Bounds, April 12, 2001

Description: Interview with John Bounds, a U.S. Navy Seal veteran from McGregor, Texas who served in the Vietnam War. Bounds describes his time in boot camp in San Diego and experiences in Vietnam. He also shares his opinions on the war and the state of things at home in the United States.
Date: April 12, 2001
Duration: 11 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Tiebaso, Miguel & Bounds, John
Partner: Lee College
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["Black Living Legends Speak" speakers series]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the second Black Living Legends Speaks speaker series held in the spring of 1997. The event featured John Briggs, Edison Fowlks, Foster Kidd, Mamie McKnight, Travis Lewis, Ima Runnels and Allison Tucker. The tape includes two tracks of audio that are noisy but with the content of the speakers still maintained enough to be heard and understood.
Date: April 12, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Mrs. Walter Balloon, April 12, 1983

Description: Interview with Mrs. Walter Balloon, from Silver Point, Tennessee and daughter of a preacher. The interview includes discussion from Mrs. Balloon on prominent figures in and around the church, with a focus on her father (Thomas Henry Busby) and G. P. Bowser. The interview also incudes Mrs. Balloon recounting her childhood.
Date: April 12, 1983
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Boyd, R. Vernon & Balloon, Mrs. Walter
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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