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Oral History Interview with Gerard Noteboom, January 22, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerard Noteboom. Noteboom was a child living near The Hague when his father was taken away by the Gestapo and sent to Buchenwald. From December 1940 to September 1944, his father remained active in resistance groups while interned. Meanwhile, the Dutch underground provided financial assistance to Noteboom's family. Noteboom prudently invested in salt, a valuable commodity that could be easily traded for food. He also activel… more
Date: January 22, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Noteboom, Gerard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William A. Campbell, January 22, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William A. "Bill" Campbell. Born in 1925, he joined the Army in 1934. He describes basic training and living conditions at Miami Beach, Florida. After basic training, he attended aerial gunnery school at Fort Meyers, Florida and was then sent to Boise, Idaho where he became a tail gunner of a B-24 crew. He was then transferred to the 466th Bomb Group of the 784th Bomb Squadron where they flew bombing missions over Germany. H… more
Date: January 22, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Campbell, William A
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Rocelia Madison, January 22, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rocelia Madison. Madison joined the WAVES in December 1943. She received basic training in New York and attended machinist school in Oklahoma. Upon completion, she was assigned to Corpus Christi, where she worked as an aviation machinist’s mate, servicing mostly PBMs and the occasional PBY. She got along well with her crewmates and received equal pay to the men. She married a sailor, Joe Wesley Harmon, and the two were disch… more
Date: January 22, 2015
Duration: 49 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Madison, Rocelia
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam D. Jones, January 22, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sam D. Jones. Jones joined the Army in 1937. He served with the 12th Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston. Jones details his duties caring for the horses and how caissons operated. He discusses camp life and talks about the exercises his unit participated in. Jones tells an interesting story about his last ride before his horse was retired and tells how that horse was given a military burial many years later. He left the Army… more
Date: January 22, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Jones, Sam
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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