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Oral History Interview with Bill Edwards, September 17, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Edwards. Edwards joined the Navy in August 1942 and received basic training in Illinois. He received amphibious training in Virginia. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 8th Amphibious Force and sent to Italy, where he was coxswain of landing craft at the invasions of Sicily and Salerno. While the landing was unopposed at Sicily, Edwards’s experience at Salerno was much more frightening than what he remembers of Nor… more
Date: September 17, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Edwards, Bill
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with George Kinnear, September 17, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Admiral George Gus Kinnear. Kinnear joined the Navy in 1945 as Seaman 2nd Class. He was selected for pilot training in June of 1945 and served as a Naval Aviator beginning September of 1948, completing his first tour at sea flying the F4U-4 and F4U-5 Corsair in Fighter Squadron 73 (VF-173). He graduated from the Naval War College in 1961. He was assigned to a series of squadrons, serving as pilot, Operations Officer and Executive… more
Date: September 17, 2009
Creator: Kinnear, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bill Edwards, September 17, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Edwards. Edwards joined the Navy in August 1942 and received basic training in Illinois. He received amphibious training in Virginia. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 8th Amphibious Force and sent to Italy, where he was coxswain of landing craft at the invasions of Sicily and Salerno. While the landing was unopposed at Sicily, Edwards’s experience at Salerno was much more frightening than what he remembers of Nor… more
Date: September 17, 2009
Creator: Edwards, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Funeral Program for Wynonia Boyd, September 23, 2009]

Description: Funeral program for Wynonia "Nona" Sturdivant Boyd, born December 09, 1926 and died September 17, 2009. The funeral was held September 23, 2009 at Lewis Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Howard Mims. Funeral arrangements were held through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: September 17, 2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: San Antonio Public Library
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