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Oral History Interview with Frank Schroeder, January 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Schroeder. Schroeder joined the Army Air Forces and completed gunnery school and airplane mechanics school. Around 1943, Schroeder served with the 2nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron as a detached service with the 13th and 7th Air Forces. They traveled over Johnston Island, Eniwetok, the Philippines and Truk Lagoon.
Date: January 27, 2012
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 01 second
Creator: Schroeder, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Elton Porter, January 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elton Porter. Porter joined the Navy in late 1943. He completed Sonar School and Gunnery School, and volunteered for submarine service. Porter served as a Messman and Gunner’s Mate aboard USS Haddo (SS-255) around late 1944. He participated in their eighth and ninth war patrols, traveling through Pearl Harbor, the East China and Yellow seas. Porter received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: January 27, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: Porter, Elton
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Raymond L. Morrison, August 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Raymond L. Morrison. Morrison joined the Army in 1944. He trained at the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He also attended forward observer school at Camp Maxie, Texas. From there, Morrison was sent to Europe and attached to the Headquarters Battery of the 322nd Field Artillery, 83rd Infantry Division. He tells stories of working as a forward observer in Belgium. Morrison also speaks about his unit's role in th… more
Date: August 27, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Morrison, Raymond L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Neal Siebenbruner, June 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Neal L. Siebenbruner. Siebenbruner quit school in 1943 to join the Army Air Forces. After basic training, he attended gunnery school at Laredo, Texas and shares anecdotes from his training days. He also trained at Tonopah, Nevada and in Hawaii. Siebenbruner also shares anecdotes about some of his combat missions in the Pacific. He flew 40 combat missions and served in the 11th Bombardment Group (heavy), 431st Bombbardment Sq… more
Date: June 27, 2012
Duration: 57 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Siebenbruner, Neal L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clyde Moore, July 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clyde “Bert” Moore. Moore was born in Norman, Indiana 2 October 1923. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and attended boot camp in San Diego, California. After boot camp, he was assigned guard duty at the Bremerton Navy Yard. Following this assignment he underwent training for special weapons at Camp Pendleton. He tells of spending 57 days aboard ship awaiting the invasion of Guam and vividly describes combat i… more
Date: July 27, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Moore, Clyde
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert D. Molleston, February 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert D. Molleston. Molleston joined the Navy in 1943 and trained at Farragut, Idaho. From there he went to radio school and aerial gunnery school before he was assigned to Air Group 6 and shipped to Hawaii aboard the USS General E.T. Collins (AP-147). In March, 1945, Molleston and his unit boarded the USS Hancock (CV-19) at Ulithi. Molleston reads from his diary he kept in his flight log book (May through June, 1945). It d… more
Date: February 27, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Molleston, Robert D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert E. Neff, March 27, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert E. Neff. Neff begins with a description of his life growing up during the Great Depression. When Neff finished high school in Illinois in 1940, he worked as an apprentice carpenter. On a lark, he took the test to get into Army Air Forces as a cadet. He passed the test and entered the USAAF in October, 1942. He trained as a navigator and was commissioned in Hondo, Texas in late 1943. From there ,Neff was assigned as a … more
Date: March 27, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Neff, Robert E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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