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Oral History Interview with Albert Finley, April 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Finley. Finley joined the Marine Corps around December of 1943. He provides vivid details of his boot camp experiences. He served with Headquarters Company, 4th Marines, as a radar mechanic on Corsairs, repairing radio and radar gear. Beginning in September of 1944 they traveled to Guam, Kwajalein, Pearl Harbor and Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Finley shares a number of anecdotal stories, including working with POWs. He … more
Date: April 11, 2006
Creator: Finley, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Albert Dimminger, July 5, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Dimminger. Dimminger worked for Hammond Aircraft and Consolidated in 1939, building aircraft. He joined the Navy in March of 1942. Beginning in mid-June Dimminger served as Aviation Metalsmith Third Class aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8). From August through October they operated around the Solomon Islands. On 26 October, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the ship was struck and sank by a dive bomber and torpedo pla… more
Date: July 5, 2006
Creator: Dimminger, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Al Stevens, March 27, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Stevens. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1943 as a metallurgical engineer. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the Navy Electronics School at Harvard University as well as a specialized radar training program organized by MIT at the Harbor Building in Boston, Massachusetts. He received further training in radar countermeasures at Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. He served on th… more
Date: March 27, 2006
Creator: Stevens, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Transcript of Ruth Randall's Diary Entry and Addendum by Patricia Randall Watts, 2006]

Description: Transcription of diary entry of Ruth Elizabeth Randall giving her account of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the aftermath in the days following. She describes running from bombs and machine gun fire on the day of the attack and being transported from place to place to stay in makeshift shelters and private homes after her home in Wheeler Field was destroyed. An addendum written by her daughter, Patricia Randall Watts, provides further context for Ruth's diary entry and her p… more
Date: 2006~
Creator: Randall, Ruth Elizabeth & Watts, Patricia Randall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 21.486667 -158.043889
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Edward E. Randall, September 5, 2006]

Description: Letter from Edward E. Randall providing his personal account of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 after reading his mother's, Ruth Elizabeth Randal, and sister's, Patricia Randall Watts, accounts. He builds on his mother's and sister's accounts, describing the events of the attack and its aftermath, and also tells new accounts of the Randall family's life during and after the war.
Date: September 5, 2006
Creator: Randall, Edward E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 21.486667 -158.043889
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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