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Oral History Interview with Alan Tanaguchi, March 18, 1995

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Tanaguchi. Tanaguchi was a Japanese-American internee at the Gila River Camp in Arizona during World War II. At 19 years old, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tanaguchi became a part of the internment program of the War Relocation Authority. He provides detail of life growing up in Stockton, California before December 7, 1941 and after, and experiences of bigotry and racism among his peers. He provides detail of his father … more
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Tanaguchi, Alan
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bernard Hollander, June 18, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with Bernard Hollander. Hollander was commissioned in the Naval Reserve in May 1942. His first assignment was aboard the USS SC-1065 before he switched ships to command the USS SC-1066 and headed for the Western Pacific. There, he was involved in the invasions of the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands before being assigned to the USS Medea (AKA-31) as navigator. He participated in the invasion of Okinawa and transported troops a… more
Date: June 18, 1997
Creator: Hollander, Bernard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lewis Walker, March 18, 1995

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lewis Walker. Walker was commissioned in January of 1942 from the Midshipman School at Northwestern University in Chicago. He served a total of 4 years with the Small Ship Navy. He describes how these small ships, including submarine chasers and patrol craft served the war effort. In the Pacific, Walker commanded the USS SC-1272, and he describes its function, equipment and participation in the war. They traveled to Iwo Jima, Ley… more
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Walker, Lewis
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Herman Johns, October 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Herman Johns. Johns was working for International Harvester when he decided to join the Air Force. He did essentially the same job for the Air Force he did as a civilian: accounting and finance. Johns met and married his wife while he was in the service. When his stint in the Air Force was complete, Johns returned to work for International Harvester in Dallas.
Date: October 18, 2005
Creator: Johns, Herman
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arnold Roman, August 18, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arnold Roman. Roman joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He served with the 90th Bombardment Group in the Pacific as a B-24 radar bombardier. He traveled to New Guinea, Guam, Okinawa, the Philippines, Ie Shima and Tarawa. They attacked enemy airfields, railways, ground installations and oil refineries. Their unit was inactivated in January of 1946.
Date: August 18, 2012
Creator: Roman, Arnold
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Terence R. St. Louis, February 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Terence R. St. Louis. St. Louis joined the Army Air Corps in June of 1940. He was assigned to an aviation maintenance unit in Trinidad supplying airplanes flying anti-submarine missions. St. Louis was then sent to flight school to become a pilot in 1943, but was reassigned to gunnery school. He was sent to England as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 with the 398th Bomb Group, 601st Bomb Squadron. St. Louis details a typical mi… more
Date: February 18, 2010
Creator: St. Louis, Terence
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bert Dawson, March 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bert Dawson. Dawson joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He served with the 5th Marine Division, as a paratrooper. He participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. From Iwo, Dawson traveled to Sasebo, Japan. He was discharged in 1945.
Date: March 18, 2010
Creator: Dawson, Bert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Maxine Lauderdale Cullison, November 18, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Maxine Lauderdale Cullison. Cullison speaks of being raised in Harlingen, Texas and meeting her husband, who was training in the Army Air Corps there in 1942. She mentions two brother that served during the war: one aboard the USS Swordfish (SS-193) and one was an engineer building the Alcan Hiaghway. Then she speaks about her husband's service and all the places he was stationed.
Date: November 18, 2004
Creator: Cullison, Maxine Lauderdale
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Mildred Bauman, November 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mildred Bauman. Bauman’s family immigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1923. She was born in Brooklyn, New York in November of 1926. Her family sent her back to Germany to live with her grandparents in Berlin in 1928. Bauman grew up in Germany during the Nazi reign and was 13 years old when World War II began. Being an American citizen, Bauman endured relentless harassment from neighbors and classmates. She vividly describes her … more
Date: November 18, 2005
Creator: Bauman, Mildred
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack M. DeLong, March 18, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Jack M. DeLong. Born in 1924, he joined the Army Air Corps in June, 1943. He describes basic training and living conditions at Amarillo Army Airfield, Texas. He learned Morse code in radio school at Camp Kohler, California. He describes being transported to Europe aboard the L. D. France in 1944. He was a radio operator with the 879th Signal Battalion in England. He describes his living accommodations in Salisbury and night bombing in Ipswich. He left Englan… more
Date: March 18, 2010
Creator: DeLong, Jack M.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Keith Lea, April 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Keith Lea. Lea took part in the V-12 program and then was activated as a lieutenant (j.g.) in 1943. He was eventually sent to join the crew of LCI-762, a ship being converted into an LCI(R). They traveled across the Pacific and took part in the invasion of Okinawa providing rocket and gunfire support for troops on shore. Lea witnessed several kamikaze attacks on ships operating off of Okinawa. He describes in detail an attac… more
Date: April 18, 2010
Creator: Lea, Keith
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John W. Underwood, February 18, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John Underwood. Underwood joined the Navy in November 1942 and went to boot camp at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida. Finishing in the top of his class, he had his choice of trade schools and went to aviation radio school in Jacksonville. From there Underwood went to aviation radar school and then to aerial gunnery school in Alameda, California. His gunnery officer was Robert Stack, the actor. After survival school and learning how to jump, he was ass… more
Date: February 18, 2011
Creator: Underwood, John W.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert J. Rabbitt, May 18, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert J. Rabbitt. He discusses going to boot camp in Mississippi as part of the 69th Division, then shipping out to France via Scotland and England. He entered France through Omaha Beach in late July 1944, and was part of later Normandy Invasion action before being transferred to the 3058th Graves Registration Company where he served until fall of 1945.
Date: May 18, 2011
Creator: Rabbitt, Robert J.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, May 18, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernice Shafer. Shafer joined the Army in October 1942 as a newly registered nurse. She was treated poorly at basic training and was advised repeatedly that since rape was inevitable she should try to enjoy it. Shafer's first duty was to oversee three rowdy wards at Winter General Army Hospital. To set the tone, she immediately assigned KP duty to a colonel. Deploying to a hospital near Manila in 1944, she worked in an opera… more
Date: May 18, 2012
Creator: Shafer, Bernice
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Teagarden, April 18, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Teagarden. Teagarden joined the Army Air Corps around 1940. He received his wings and commission in February of 1942. He served as a B-24 pilot and flight leader of the 465th Bomb Group, 780th Bomb Squadron. He completed 50 missions from the Pantanella Airfield where he was based in southern Italy. He flew missions over Vienna, Budapest, Munich and the Ploesti Oil Fields in Romania. He received the Distinguished Flying Cros… more
Date: April 18, 2013
Creator: Teagarden, Frank
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with P. B. Snyder, July 18, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with P B Snyder. Snyder graduated from high school in 1944 and enlisted in the Navy in early 1945 and trained at San Diego. He was still in training when the war ended and was assigned to USS Arenac (APA-121). Snyder describes what life was like on a troop/cargo transport in the Pacific right after the war ended. He shares several anecdotes about being aboard and traveling the Pacific with stops in Manila, Ulithi, Japan and other plac… more
Date: July 18, 2013
Creator: Snyder, Philip Burton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with David Witmer, November 18, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Witmer. Witmer joined the Navy in early 1943. Beginning in late 1943, he served as Second-Class Torpedoman aboard the USS Twiggs (DD-591). They completed training exercises in Bermuda and Pearl Harbor. They escorted convoys operating between Oahu and Eniwetok. Witmer also participated in the Philippines Campaign, and the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He recalls the kamikaze attack at Okinawa that sunk the Twiggs, and he … more
Date: November 18, 2014
Creator: Witmer, David
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jonah Peterson, November 18, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jonah Peterson. Peterson was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He finished signal school in October and was assigned to the USS Cascade (AD-16), a destroyer tender. He was there at Ulithi for a while before transferring to the USS Argonne (AG-31) in time for the invasion of the Philippines. Peterson returned to the US in December and was discharged in early 1946.
Date: November 18, 2014
Creator: Peterson, Jonah L.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas Lawson, November 18, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas M. Lawson. Lawson was born in Pierre, South Dakota in 1924. After two years of ROTC in college, he joined the Army Air Forces in August 1943. After basic training in Wichita Falls, Texas, he went to pilot training at Randolph Field in San Antonio. He was ready to solo in a PT-19 trainer, but his instructor pilot was not happy with his forced landing exercise and he was washed out. Being a pilot now out of the question… more
Date: November 18, 2014
Creator: Lawson, Thomas M.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Roy Broughton, February 18, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Broughton. Broughton joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and received his commission and wings in September, 1944. He was stationed in New Guinea at a replacement depot where he flew missions hauling cargo. Toward the end of the war, he recalls preparing for the invasion of Japan. After the war, Broughton was transferred to Europe to an air transport command. After becoming a squadron safety officer and learning about airplane… more
Date: February 18, 2014
Creator: Broughton, Roy
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Stephen Krawczyk, December 18, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Stephen Krawczyk. Krawczyk enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1937 and trained in Hawaii and became an aircraft machinist. He was at Hickam Field when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He shares several anecdotes about his experiences during the attack. Krawczyk stayed on Oahu until December 1942 when he returned to the US for another assignment. He continued as a machinist until the war ended and was discharged in August, … more
Date: December 18, 2014
Creator: Krawczyk, Stephen S.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joel C. Schnitz, January 18, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joel C. Schnitz. Born in 1921, he went on active duty in November of 1943. He describes basic training and living conditions at Camp Maxie in Paris, Texas. Following basic training, he was assigned to the 103rd ???Cactus??? Division before deploying overseas from New York Harbor in August of 1944 aboard the USS Monticello. He shares an anecdote about his time on board, seeing Spain and Portugal and his time is Marseilles. As… more
Date: January 18, 2013
Creator: Schnitz, Joel C.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joseph Baumbach, March 18, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Baumbach. Baumbach joined the Marine Corps in November of 1942. Beginning around mid-1943, he served as a Radioman with the First Armored Amphibious Battalion, Company D. In January of 1944, they deployed to Kauai, Hawaii. They participated in the battles of Kwajalein, Guam and Okinawa. Baumbach returned to the US and received his discharge in December of 1945.
Date: March 18, 2019
Creator: Baumbach, Joseph
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Alfred Keeler, September 18, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred Keeler. Keeler joined the Navy in July of 1943. In November, he served as a Radio Operator with the 2nd Marine Division, during the Battle of Tarawa. In 1944, Keeler traveled aboard the USS Bushnell (AS-15) to Midway, where he continued to work as a radio operator on the island. Beginning late 1944, he served in communications with Admiral Nimitz headquarters in Hawaii. He was a passenger aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41)… more
Date: September 18, 2018
Creator: Keeler, Alfred
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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