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Oral History Interview with Hal Lamar, October 9, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Commander Hal Lamar. He discusses his childhood, what led him to join the Naval Academy and how he became an aide to Admiral Chester A. Nimitz. He describes his time working with Admiral Nimitz and his experiences in the Navy during World War Two and what he did after the war.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Lamar, Hal & Christman, Calvin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 1]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This recording contains footage of session 1, including discussions on the Hawaii Summit: FDR/Nimitz/MacArthur. Speakers include Bruce Smith, Ron Holliday, Moderator Howard Gutin, Dr. Dean Allard, John Costello, E.B Potter, Calvin L. Christman, Dr. Jeffrey Clarke and Hal Lamar.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 23]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This video contains an interview with Frederick Bock.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 35 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 21]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This video contains an interview with Lewis Walker.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 42 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 9]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This video contains footage from Session five: Forgotten Campaigns. Speakers include Harry Gailey, Gordon Gayle, Fred Fox and Lillian Dunlap.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 7]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This recording features day two of the symposium, including session four: Blockage Japan. Speakers include Helen McDonald, Jerry Kelley, Roger Pineau, Howard Gutin, Mark Parillo, Marcus Worde and David Braden.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 4]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This video contains footage from session three: Marianas and Beyond, covering Saipan, Tinian and Guam. Speakers include Baine Kerr, Edwin Simmons, James Donovan, Carl Gorman, Vicente Blaz and Bunichi Ohtsuka.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 5]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This video contains continued footage from session three: Marianas and Beyond covering Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Speakers include Edwin Simmons, Talbot Rain, David Peak, Norman Mollard, Barry Atkins and Martin Allday.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[The Die is Cast, Part 11]

Description: Video footage from a symposium sponsored by the National Museum of the Pacific War entitled The Die is Cast discussing the final campaigns of the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. This recording features footage from session Six: Battle of Leyte Gulf part two. Speakers include Clark Reynolds, Paul Stillwell, Edwin Wilson, F. B. Phillips and Kennosuke Torisu.
Date: 1995-03-18/1995-03-19
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Micki and Jim George. Micki George completed Cadet Nurse Corps training in 1948. She traveled with a USO Unit out of Dallas and worked with the Nurse Corps in California and with Special Services as a chauffeur, chaperone and pianist for performances. She was stationed in the US and did not travel overseas. Micki was discharged from military service in 1950. She and Jim met at the University of Texas at Austin, while completing t… more
Date: May 10, 2001
Creator: George, Micki & George, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Micki and Jim George. Micki George completed Cadet Nurse Corps training in 1948. She traveled with a USO Unit out of Dallas and worked with the Nurse Corps in California and with Special Services as a chauffeur, chaperone and pianist for performances. She was stationed in the US and did not travel overseas. Micki was discharged from military service in 1950. She and Jim met at the University of Texas at Austin, while completing t… more
Date: May 10, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: George, Micki & George, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Norman, October 20, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Norman. Norman graduated from Rice University in February 1944 and then attended midshipman school at Notre Dame. Once commissioned, he went to North Carolina for diesel engineering school finishing that in December 1944. He was assigned to the submarine tender USS Aegir (AS-23) as an engineering officer in February 1945 at Midway Island. When the war ended, he was assigned to a minesweeper, USS Sprig (AM-384), in Japa… more
Date: October 20, 2018
Creator: Norman, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Norman, October 20, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Norman. Norman graduated from Rice University in February 1944 and then attended midshipman school at Notre Dame. Once commissioned, he went to North Carolina for diesel engineering school finishing that in December 1944. He was assigned to the submarine tender USS Aegir (AS-23) as an engineering officer in February 1945 at Midway Island. When the war ended, he was assigned to a minesweeper, USS Sprig (AM-384), in Japa… more
Date: October 20, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Norman, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bill Pampe

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Pampe. Pampe joined the ROTC in 1940 and was called to active duty in June 1943. After receiving coast artillery training at Camp McQuaide, he was sent through the Army Specialized Training Program. When the program ended, Pampe was assigned to the Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon, 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division. At the Battle of the Bulge, he delivered ammunition to troops and went ahead of the front lin… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Pampe, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Pampe, March 20, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Pampe. Pampe joined the Army in June of 1943. He completed Coast Artillery training. He served as a Munitions Officer with the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, Headquarters Battalion, commanding 35 soldiers. They deployed to England in October of 1944, and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. From September of 1945 until January of 1946, he served as an Athletic Officer at Camp Philadelphia Redeploymen… more
Date: March 20, 2016
Creator: Pampe, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Puryear, July 13, 2009

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Jack Puryear. Puryear went into the Navy in 1943 and wound up in aerial photography, training at Pensacola, Florida. Upon completing training, Puryear shipped out to Guadalcanal and joined Fleet Aerial Photo Squadron One. He describes photographing Guam, Tinian and Saipan prior to the invasion of the Mariana Islands. He relates a stroy in which Admiral Halsey gave him a ride on Guadalcanal. Puryear tells a story also about photographing the Palau Islands pri… more
Date: July 13, 2009
Creator: Puryear, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Pampe

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Pampe. Pampe joined the ROTC in 1940 and was called to active duty in June 1943. After receiving coast artillery training at Camp McQuaide, he was sent through the Army Specialized Training Program. When the program ended, Pampe was assigned to the Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon, 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division. At the Battle of the Bulge, he delivered ammunition to troops and went ahead of the front lin… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 50 minutes
Creator: Pampe, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Pampe, March 20, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Pampe. Pampe joined the Army in June of 1943. He completed Coast Artillery training. He served as a Munitions Officer with the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, Headquarters Battalion, commanding 35 soldiers. They deployed to England in October of 1944, and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. From September of 1945 until January of 1946, he served as an Athletic Officer at Camp Philadelphia Redeploymen… more
Date: March 20, 2016
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Pampe, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Mei Nakano, March 18, 1995

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mei Nakano. Nakano is a Japanese-American and was an internee at the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She was born in 1924 in Olathe, Colorado. She provides detail of her life growing up in Colorado and various prejudices she received from teachers and classmates. They moved to Los Angeles, California in 1935 where she graduated from high school. She provides detail of the discrimination she and her family received in Californ… more
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Nakano, Mei
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with David Rucker, July 16, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Rucker. Rucker already was a pilot, having been through the Civilian Pilot Training while he attended college. In October 1942 he was called to active duty in the Army Air Forces for flight training. He wound up in B-17 bombers. He earned his wings in July, 1943. H went overseas to England and began flying combat missions over Germany in May, 1944. He flew 31 combat missions in 61 days. He describes several missions and dis… more
Date: July 16, 2000
Creator: Rucker, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John P. Boswell, October 11, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John P. "J.P." Boswell. When Boswell finished high school in 1942, he went to work in a machine shop to help pay for college. He went to Notre Dame, where he joined the US Marine Corps in June, 1943. Boswell describes riding the train from his home to Parris Island, the drill instructors there and the training regimen. When he finished boot camp, Boswell was assigned to Drill Instructor School. Before long, Boswell went to Sea School and reported shortly the… more
Date: October 11, 2011
Creator: Boswell, John P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Louis Avant, October 10, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Louis Avant. Avant was 16 when the war began and joined the Navy a few years later. He was trained as an electrician, but ended up working as a machinist mate for the boat pool that served CINPAC at Hawaii and then Guam. Avant mentions boxing in several smoker events. He was a member of the boat crew that took Admiral Nimitz to the surrender ceremony.
Date: October 10, 2003
Creator: Avant, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gerard J. Carriera, May 16, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerard Carriera. After graduating high school, Carriera studied drafting and designing at JM Wright Technical School and worked for Electrolux. He received a deferment after joining the Navy in October 1941 and reported back to Electrolux, where he worked on many projects, including the incendiary bomb, Sperry gyroscope, and water purification systems. Carriera was a natural fit for the Seabees and was assigned to the 103rd … more
Date: May 16, 2008
Creator: Carriera, Gerard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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