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Oral History Interview with Stan Martin, October 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stan Martin. Martin was born in New Zealand, and joined the Territorial Army, the New Zealand Navy, around 1941. He worked as a Radarman, and served at radar posts around the Port of Auckland and Wellington. He was later assigned to the Royal Navy, and served aboard a British ship. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He became involved with the 2nd Marine Division Association and helped these veterans reconnect with those w… more
Date: October 2, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Martin, Stan
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Benzinger, October 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Benzinger. Benzinger joined the Navy in June of 1944. He completed Radio School. He was stationed as a Radio Technician at the Navy Pier in Chicago and worked with all Navy communications equipment. He graduated from Navy Pier just as the war ended and continued on with his service. He worked in a receiving station on Leyte Gulf in the Philippine from September of 1945 through May of 1946. He was discharged in June of 1946. more
Date: October 30, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Benzinger, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Iverson, October 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Iverson. Iverson joined the Navy in July of 1943. He completed radio school, and served with the Hospital Corps. Beginning in the spring of 1945 Iverson worked as Pharmacist Mate 2nd Class aboard the USS Tranquility (AH-14). In August, they picked up surviving crew from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Palau Islands and transported them to Guam. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: October 2, 2006
Duration: 49 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Iverson, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Harold Garty, October 14, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Harold Garty. Garty joined the Marine Corps in July 1941, receiving basic training in San Diego. He was assigned to the antiaircraft division of the 4th Defense Battalion, stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. He was peeling potatoes at the mess hall when the first air raid started. Throughout the war, Garty’s battle station was loading fuse pots, and he describes in detail the teamwork involved in firing a… more
Date: October 14, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Garty, Richard Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Hotova, October 19, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Hotova. Hotova was born in November 1918. He describes conditions during the Great Depression. He left high school at 15 years of age and joined the National Guard in 1939. He was assigned to the 242nd Coast Artillery. Hotova applied for flight training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He did not qualify for advanced flight training and was assigned to aircraft mechanics school at Keesler Field, Mississippi. After four mo… more
Date: October 19, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Hotova, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lorraine Mannering, October 20, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lorraine Mannering, nee Ungaretti. She discusses life prior to World War II and life on the homefront during the war. Her husband, drafted into the Army in 1941, served with the 18th Engineers constructing the Alcan Highway in Alaska. He also served on the Aleutian Islands of Attu, Adak, and Shemya. During the war, Lorraine continued her work in the insurance industry in San Francisco, California. She discusses rationing, sh… more
Date: October 20, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Mannering, Lorraine
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert E. Mills, October 4, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert E. Mills. Mills joined the Marine Corps in 1939 and trained at Parris Island, South Carolina. After training, Mills was assigned to 4th Defense Battalion and sent to Cuba in 1940. Late in 1941, Mills was transferred out to Pealr Harbor and describes the Japanese attack. He manned a machine gun until he ran out of ammunition, then went aboard a small vessel and rescued folks from out of the harbor. Shortly thereafter, … more
Date: October 4, 2006
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Mills, Robert E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles E. Jones, October 4, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles E. Jones. With his father's consent, Jones joined the Marine Corps in Tennessee when he was 15 years old in 1940. When he finished training at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was assigned to the Fourth Defense Battalion at Guantanimo Bay, Cuba. In November, 1941, his unit was assigned to Wake Island. He was at Pearl Harbor en route to Wake Island when the Japanese struck Hawaii on 7 December 1941. Jones describes h… more
Date: October 4, 2006
Duration: 29 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Jones, Charles E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Loyd Oakes, October 31, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Loyd Oakes. Oakes was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and enlisted in the Army Air Forces on 9 February 1943 and was sent to Kelly Field for training. He qualified as bombardier and went to Laredo, Texas for ten weeks of gunnery training followed by three weeks of bombardier training in Midland, Texas. He graduated as a second lieutenant on 4 December 1943. Following his B-24 training, he flew with his crew to Darwin, Australi… more
Date: October 31, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Oakes, Loyd
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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