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Oral History Interview with Richard Ford, October 25, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Ford. Ford joined the Army Air Forces in October of 1942. He served as a pilot with the 315th Troop Carrier Group, 310th Troop Carrier Squadron. They participated in the Battle of Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Varsity across the Rhine and transported cargo and evacuated released allied prisoners of war until after V-E Day. Ford returned to the US after the end of the war.
Date: October 25, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Ford, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Cecil D. Bettes, September 25, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cecil D. Bettes. Bettes joined the Army after finishing high school in Houston, Texas, in 1943. After basic training, Bettes was shipped to Italy and assigned to E Company, 2nd, Battalion,339th Regiment, 85th Infantry Division. He describes the death in combat of a close friend. In Italy, Bettes was wounded severley and sent to the hospital. Instead of allowing himself to be shipped to France, he broke out of the hospital an… more
Date: September 25, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Bettes, Cecil D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ray Phillips, October 25, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Phillips. Phillips transferred to the Navy Department after working as a civilian stenographer in the Department of the Interior. He worked in Naval Intelligence for six months, focusing on Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. He was transferred to ACORN-14, stationed on Tarawa. There he worked for Captain Tate, a rough character who would ride his Jeep from island to island during low tide, never revealing what he… more
Date: October 25, 2012
Duration: 40 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Phillips, Ray
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Al Adkins, May 25, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Al Adkins. Adkins joined the Marine Corps in the fall of 1942. He served with the 6th Marine Division, 22nd Marine Regiment. They participated in the Battle of Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. On Guadalcanal, they formed the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, participating in the Battle of Guam until they disbanded in September of 1944. Continuing on with the 22nd Marines, Adkins served in the Battle of Okinawa. He returned to the … more
Date: May 25, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Adkins, Al
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gilbert Esensee, March 25, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gilbert Esensee. Esensee was born in Fredericksburg, Texas, on 6 August 1925, into a family of eight children. In 1944, he joined the Army and took basic training at Camp Roberts, California. He was then sent to La Havre, France, where he joined the 29th Infantry Division, 175th Infantry Regiment. Esensee was involved in combat action along the Roer River, where he was wounded. He also tells of German soldiers swimming the Elbe R… more
Date: March 25, 2014
Duration: 44 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Esensee, Gilbert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Galvin, August 25, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Galvin. Galvin joined the Navy in October of 1942. During boot camp at Great Lakes he was selected to complete Field Medical School at Camp Pendleton. He traveled aboard a Dutch freighter with Merchant Marines picking up and delivering troops. He traveled to Pago Pago in Samoa, New Caledonia, picking up wounded soldiers and delivering them back to the U.S. He continued this work on the SS Lurline. After getting into troub… more
Date: August 25, 2014
Duration: 44 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Galvin, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Imogene Hill, September 25, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Imogene Hill. Hill joined the Navy in September 1943 and received basic training in New York. Upon completion, she was assigned to San Diego as a telephone operator. She was discharged in January 1946 and later married Raymond Hill, a member of the Air Force stationed at Kelly Field. She lived with him in Morocco while he was stationed abroad between 1955 and 1957. When they returned to the States, she became a telephone ope… more
Date: September 25, 2014
Duration: 33 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Hill, Imogene
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wilbur Vantine, March 25, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wilbur Vantine. In June, 1943, Vantine joined the Merchant Marine. He delivered aviation fuel to Milne Bay in New Guinea on his first voyage and bombs to New Caledonia before returning to the Merchant Marine Academy in New York and earning a commission in the Navy Reserve in April, 1945. Once he graduated, Vantine was assigned to a liberty ship and went to Liverpool. He was in New York on VJ Day. In 1957, he became a Panama … more
Date: March 25, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Vantine, Wilbur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Paul Weiblen, November 25, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Weiblen. Weiblen signed up to be a flying cadet in the Army Air Forces when he was almost finished with high school. In May 1945, he was inducted into the Army and trained as an artilleryman. He was still in training when the war ended and was sent to Germany with occupation forces in November, 1945 and worked in a medical dispensary around Nuremburg. Weiblen managed to visit the war crimes trial at Nuremburg one aftern… more
Date: November 25, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Weiblen, Paul W
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Andrew Bardagjy, July 25, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Andrew Bardagjy. Bardagjy joined the Army in 1943. He served as a mortarman with the 103rd Infantry Division, 411th Infantry Regiment. He deployed to France in September of 1944. They battled through France, capturing St. Dié, and into Germany by December. Bardagjy was captured by the Germans and placed into a prisoner of war camp near Fallingbostel, where he remained through April of 1945. He shares details of his experiences in… more
Date: July 25, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Bardagjy, Andrew
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, January 25, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Jean Adams. Adams recalls visiting her brother in the Philippines before the war started. On the way, she visited Japan. She was evacuated back to the US before hostilities started in the Philippines. After the war started, Adams joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and was in the Inspector General’s office in Des Moines. She recalls meeting Eleanor Roosevelt and had some interaction with Oveta Culp Hobby.
Date: January 25, 2016
Duration: 56 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Adams, Jean
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Goodman, February 25, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Goodman. Goodman graduated from Virginia Military Institute in May of 1942 in Electrical Engineering. He served as a Communications Officer with the Signal Corps Company. Goodman traveled to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, India and Iran. In Iran, his job was to establish a link between the US and Russia in preparation for a supply route. Working with Morse Code, he encoded and decoded messages in a radio room. His was a t… more
Date: February 25, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Goodman, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Dyches, June 25, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Dyches. Dyches joined the Marine Corps in April of 1944. He served with the 4th Marine Division, 24th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company G. Dyches traveled to Maui for additional training. He participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. On his fifth morning on the island he was seriously wounded from an exploding grenade thrown into his fox hole. Dyches spent over a year and a half in various hospitals recovering from his wounds … more
Date: June 25, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Dyches, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Storey, April 25, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Murry Storey. Storey joined the Navy in 1939. He served with the deck crew aboard USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). They were with USS Enterprise (CV-6) task group west of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. They docked in Pearl Harbor on 8 December, and Storey describes the overturned ships and casualties that he witnessed in the harbor. He discusses their involvement in the Doolittle Raid. Storey does not go into great detail abo… more
Date: April 25, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Storey, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jay Rutherford, June 25, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jay Rutherford. Rutherford joined the Navy in early 1943. He served as a Boatswain's mate aboard USS Harris (APA-2). In April, they traveled to the Aleutians, participating in the Battle of Attu. In December, after the Battle of Tarawa, they went to Pearl Harbor. While there, Rutherford had unexpected blindness, was treated and remained in service aboard the Harris. They participated in the Battle of Kwajalein in January 1944. Th… more
Date: June 25, 2019
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Rutherford, Jay
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold E. Clay, February 25, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold E Clay. Clay joined the Marine Corps April of 1943. He served with the 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment, participating in the Battle of Peleliu. In October of 1944, Clay transferred to the 6th Marine Division, 29th Marine Regiment, serving in the Battle of Okinawa. He served occupation duty in China after the war ended. Clay returned to the US and received his discharge in February of 1946.
Date: February 25, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Clay, Harold E
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Ott, June 25, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Ott. Ott joined the Navy in 1944 upon graduating high school and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion of gunnery school and air/sea rescue training, he was assigned to a rescue boat stationed at Elba. There he was part of an eight-man crew that recovered B-29 and seaplane crews attempting to land at Kwajalein and Elba, respectively. When the tower notified them of a crash, Ott’s boat rushed to the scene… more
Date: June 25, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
Creator: Ott, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alvino Mendoza, April 25, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvino Mendoza. Mendoza was born in Round Rock, Texas on 1 March 1926, and briefly tells of his life before entering the US Navy. After completing boot training at Camp Wallace, Texas he was assigned as a seaman aboard USS St. George (AV-16). His battle station was loader on an anti-aircraft gun. Mendoza describes his experiences during the Battle of Okinawa in which the St. George, as well as USS Curtiss (AV-4), were hit by kami… more
Date: April 25, 2017
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Mendoza, Alvino
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Redding, July 25, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Redding. Redding joined the Navy in June of 1944. He was assigned to the 81st, 91st and 8th Construction Battalions, and served with a pontoon outfit, ferrying supplies from ship to shore. In January of 1945 he traveled aboard a troop ship to Hawaii for additional training, then on to Ulithi, Eniwetok and Okinawa. They remained on the coast of Okinawa through August, transporting Red Cross supplies, Sherman tanks, and howi… more
Date: July 25, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Redding, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Bishop, September 25, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Bishop. Bishop joined the Marines late December 1942. He served with K Company, Third Battalion, First Marines. He shares his experiences through the Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu campaigns. He was injured at Peleliu and returned to the US in late 1944. He assisted at West Point and Annapolis, teaching beach landings. He continued his service after the war ended, receiving his discharge on 22 January 1946.
Date: September 25, 2020
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Bishop, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Michael Natt, July 25, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Michael Natt. Natt joined the Army Air Corps in April of 1941. He served with the 95th Bomb Group as a waist gunner in a B-17. In August of 1944 on a bombing mission over Romania his plane was shot down and Natt was wounded. He was taken prisoner by German soldiers and survived an 8-month imprisonment in Stalag Luft III and a 90-day forced road march during the bitter cold winter. After being liberated, he was honorably discharge… more
Date: July 25, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Natt, Michael
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001

Description: Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. It includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date: April 25, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Tom Schicher, October 25, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tom Schicher. Schicher joined the Marine Corps in March of 1944. He served as a rifleman and mortarman, and deployed to Hawaii as a replacement. They traveled to the Russell Islands and Guadalcanal practicing maneuvers. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. After the war ended, he was assigned to occupation duty in China. Schicher returned to the US and was discharged around 1946.
Date: October 25, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Schicher, Tom
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Franklin Dentz, March 25, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Franklin Dentz. Dentz joined the Army Air Forces in January of 1944. He completed training for radioman in an infantry company. He additionally learned Morse Code and the 32 bugle calls. In 1944 he traveled to England and was assigned to the 17th Airborne Division in the 194th Glider Infantry Regiment. Dentz provided radio communication for platoon radiomen. He provides some details of his training in England. He flew in a Horsa … more
Date: March 25, 2009
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Dentz, Franklin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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