Oral History Interview with W. R. Sample, March 27, 1978 Page: 32
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Sample:him. We had one machine gun--one ,50-caliber machine gun
on the fire station--and it was operated by the prisoners
that was in the little old stockade there in the fire station.long. After that we went trying to get the guys up and
out, trying to pick up the dead boys. and get them out.
I assume that during this entire period Wheeler Field wasn't
able to put-up any resistance. You really had nothing to
resist with, did you?
Yes, we had those two P-36's. This Lieutenant Taylor .
and I forget the other lieutenant's name. Lieutenant
Taylor got up and got one, and this other lieutenant got
two. They was down at Haleiwa Beach, and they heard it,
and they started back in. They was machine-gunning them
when they turned around just as they crossed Wilson Bridge.
They went back to Haleiwa Beach and got in these two planes.
I believe that I'm right. I think these two planes was at
Haleiwa Beach or down there somewhere. But they went back
and got airborne, and they got three of them--the two of
them.
Were there any of the personnel putting up ground fire there
at Wheeler? I'm referring now to rifles,. pistols, or
anything of that nature.
Well, the supply sergeant was in downtown Honolulu, and
all of our guns was locked up, and he had the keys with
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Sample, W. R., 1906-. Oral History Interview with W. R. Sample, March 27, 1978, book, March 27, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1998350/m1/34/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.