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Oral History Interview with Ernest Howe, September 19, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ernest Howe. Howe joined the Navy in 1943 when he finished high school. He trained as a pharmacist's mate and worked in the Oak Knoll Hospital in Oakland. He then was assigned to a large hospital in Noumea, New Caledonia. Later in the war, he moved up to the Philippines and worked in a clinic in Manila. When the war ended, Howe opted for a discharge.
Date: September 19, 2017
Creator: Howe, Ernest
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ithiel Worden, September 19, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ithiel Worden. Worden joined the Navy in the summer of 1942 at the age of seventeen. He was assigned to the USS Underhill (DE-682). He was assigned to engineering and ran thee evaporators. The Underhill was assigned to convoy duty and traveled to North Africa and the North Atlantic. The Underhill was then assigned to convoy duty in the Pacific. The ship rammed a Japanese Kaiten submarine while escorting a convoy near the Phi… more
Date: September 19, 2010
Creator: Worden, Ithiel
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Steven Dittrich, September 19, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Steven Dittrich. Dittrich was born 15 October 1952 in Oceanside, New York. He is first generation American and grew up in an extended family that spoke German in the household. In his narrative, he relates the experiences his father and grandmother had during World War II. His father, Erwin K. Dittrich, was born in Westheim, Germany 25 March 1923. His grandmother was Jewish while his grandfather was a Christian. In March 194… more
Date: September 19, 2010
Creator: Dittrich, Steven
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Sun-Ha Lim, September 19, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Sun-Ha Lim. Lim discusses growing up in Korea and living under Japanese Colonial Government, being conscripted into the Japanese army and being part of the mainland defense of Japan in 1945. He also discusses a friend deciding to "go crazy" during training to get out of service and having to fight the Americans, then Lim later pulling him out of a "mental deficiency patient curing place" which was actually a cave in a mountain to get him home to Korea after … more
Date: September 19, 2010
Creator: Lim, Sun-Ha
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with R. J. Schneider, September 19, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R.J. Schneider. Schneider was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 7 March 1922. After completing high school, he enrolled in Xavier University and was in his senior year when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He volunteered for the Marine Corps and was permitted to return college. Immediately after graduating he went to Parris Island for boot camp. He then went to Camp Lejeune where he received training in artillery, mortars and … more
Date: September 19, 2013
Creator: Schneider, R. J.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arnold Spielberg, September 19, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arnold Spielberg. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 6 February 1917. His mother and father migrated from the Ukraine. He joined the United States Army and based on his experience as a “Ham” radio operator and knowledge of Morse code, he was assigned to the 442nd Signal Corps. Soon afterwards, he was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces and went aboard the SS Santa Paul in May 1942 bound for Karachi, India. A… more
Date: September 19, 2003
Creator: Spielberg, Arnold
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Mose Davie, September 19, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mose Davie. Davie was born in Clarksville, Tennessee on 12 July 1918. He graduated from high school in 1938 and attended Tennessee State University majoring in engineering. In 1941 he was drafted into the United States Army under the Selective Training and Service Act. Following basic training he was assigned to the 382nd Engineer Construction Battalion. He tells of the segregated unit boarding the USS Hermitage (AP-54) boun… more
Date: September 19, 2003
Creator: Davie, Mose
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Morgan, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Morgan. Morgan joined the Navy in January of 1944. Beginning June, he served aboard the USS Holt (DE-706) as a Seaman 2nd Class, and worked as a quartermaster. They provided anti-submarine patrol, protection for operations in Leyte Gulf and escort services to Hollandia, New Guinea. They steamed with a convoy toward Mindoro for the establishment of a motor torpedo boat base on the island, and the Holt provided gunfire supp… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: Morgan, William
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Saunders, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Saunders. Born in 1924, he joined the Navy in 1943. After attending gunnery and electric hydraulic schools, he was assigned to the USS Miami (CL-89). After the shakedown cruise to the Caribbean Sea and Greenland, the ship was sent to join Cruiser Division Fourteen in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii via the Panama Canal. He served as a gunners mate and mount captain. He describes firing star shells during the Mariana Islands Campa… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: Saunders, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Milton West, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Milton West. West joined the Navy in January of 1942. He served in communications with several Carrier Divisions, the last of which was Carrier Division 23. West served aboard the USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71). He served as a lieutenant and was involved in a number of battles, most notably the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He received a Bronze Star for consistent and gallant conduct in the Leyte and Lingayen operations, the Battle off Samar an… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: West, Milton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bob Balch, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bob Balch. Balch joined the Navy in August of 1943. He completed Radio School in February of 1944. In June he traveled to Melanie Bay, New Guinea. He speaks on shellback initiation crossing the equator. He was assigned to the USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2), where he served as a radioman. In August of 1945, after the war ended, Balch worked at a communication center on Manus, in the Admiralty Islands. He worked in the China occupation gro… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: Balch, Bob
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Roy Crawford, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Crawford. Crawford joined the Navy in January of 1944. He completed Radar Operator School, and served aboard the USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) beginning late February. He worked as a radarman and engineers’ yeoman. They traveled to Pearl Harbor and in July provided escort duty to Eniwetok and Saipan. In September they supported landings at Peleliu, and at Leyte in October. They launched torpedoes at the Japanese battleship Ya… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: Crawford, Roy
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William McDowell, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William McDowell. McDowell joined the Navy in October of 1942. He completed radar and sonar school, and worked in radar maintenance and later as Chief Radio Technician aboard the USS Bennion (DD-662) beginning December of 1943. They arrived at Pearl Harbor in March of 1944 escorting the USS Bataan (CVL-29) to the Pacific. They served as a fighter director and radar picket ship during numerous campaigns, including the Tinian, Leyt… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: McDowell, William
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Marcus R. Neuhaus, September 19, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Marcus R. Neuhaus. Born in 1917, he was drafted into the Army in March 1942. He describes being processed into the military in Arkansas and then transported by train to Victorville, California. He was assigned to bombardier training school where he issued bombsights along with a stabilizer and a 45-caliber gun to trainees. He describes the secret nature of the equipment. After two and a half years, he was sent to Deming, New Mexico and, later, to San Antonio… more
Date: September 19, 2005
Creator: Neuhaus, Marcus R.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arthur deLarios, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur deLarios. DeLarios was born in Oklahoma City on 24 October 1919. He joined the Navy 7 September 1940 and upon finishing boot camp, was accepted in the Hospital Corps training school. When he completed the course he was assigned to the San Diego Naval Hospital for additional training. This was followed by assignment to VMF-111 in the 1st Marine Air Wing, which was sent to Pago Pago, Samoa Islands. Soon after his arriva… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Creator: deLarios, Arthur
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Louie Sullivan, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Louie Sullivan. Sullivan was married with a son on the way when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was placed on the draft, with a 3-A exemption. He completed mechanics school at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He was sent to Love Field in Dallas to work as a machinist. He joined the Navy in 1942 and completed basic engineer school and provides some details of basic training and learning how to swim for the Navy. In 1944 Sul… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Creator: Sullivan, Louie
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas Schoolcraft, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Schoolcraft. Schoolcraft joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He completed technical aircraft maintenance school and became an aircraft mechanic, working on B-29s. Schoolcraft became a hangar chief and an inspector. When he received the rank of staff sergeant in early 1944 he was promoted to flight engineer aboard a B-29. He completed training at the Boeing factory in Seattle and attended flight engineer school at Lowry Fie… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Creator: Schoolcraft, Thomas
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Petty, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Petty. Petty joined the Navy in January of 1944. He was sent to Kansas University for electrician???s school. Beginning December of 1944, he served aboard the USS LST-913. They traveled to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, the Philippines and Okinawa. They transported a replacement LCT, and other military supplies. During the Battle of Okinawa they landed Marine troops and their equipment on the island. He describes thi… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Creator: Petty, Charles
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jim Teague, September 19, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Teague. Teague was drafted into the Navy during his freshman year of college. Upon completion of aviation radio school, he was assigned to a torpedo bomber crew with Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5). In late 1944, he boarded the USS Franklin (CV-13) and headed toward southern Japan to eliminate kamikaze bases. Teague’s particular task was to jam radar-controlled guns, which were rumored to have been acquired from Nazi Germ… more
Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: Teague, Jim
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee, September 19, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Lee. Lee joined the Navy in 1944 and received basic training in New York. He joined the Seabees and received further training at Camp Endicott. At Port Hueneme he completed combat training. His first assignment was on Guam, where he enjoyed snorkeling in his free time. His main duty was at the warehouse as a forklift driver, or finger lift driver, as he calls it. His unit endured two typhoons, securing their Quonset h… more
Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: Lee, Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joe Matlock, September 19, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Matlock. Matlock joined the Army Air Forces on 8 December 1941. He received his wings in 1943, and served as a pilot with the 434th Troop Carrier Group, 71st Squadron. From 1944 through 1945, they flew combat paratroopers on airborne assaults on Normandy, southern France, the Netherlands and Germany. They additionally flew resupply missions in the relief of Bastogne and evacuated the wounded. Matlock returned to the US and wa… more
Date: September 19, 2002
Creator: Matlock, Joe
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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