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Oral History Interview with Joseph Lawrence, June 28, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Lawrence. Lawrence was born November 6, 1924. He joined the Army Air Forces in late 1942. He completed Cryptography School at Chanute Field, Illinois. Around 1944, he traveled to India to the Assam Valley, then describes his trip to China in February 1945, over the Himalaya Mountains. Lawrence was assigned to an Army Airways Communications System Unit at a base 9 miles from Kunming, China. After the war ended, he was reass… more
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: Lawrence, Joseph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Kelly, June 28, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Kelly. Kelly joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1943. He completed training as a diesel mechanic at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. In December of 1944, he traveled to Calcutta, India. He recalls flying in a C-46 over the Himalaya Mountains, referred to as the Hump, transporting supplies to Chaotung, China. Kelly maintained Onan generators at an airfield in order to keep radios in operation. He was later transferred to… more
Date: June 28, 2013
Creator: Kelly, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Stewart Elder, March 28, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stewart Elder. Elder joined the Navy V-5 Program in 1942 and received his wings in November of 1944. He provides details of his flight training and the various of types of planes he flew. He was placed in a replacement squadron in Hawaii four months before the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan in August of 1945. They completed additional training exercises in Hawaii, and after the surrender he returned home. He completed over 1,00… more
Date: March 28, 2013
Creator: Elder, Stewart
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas Baye, August 28, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas M. Baye. Baye was born on 24 October 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was drafted into the Army in July 1943. Following basic training at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord in California, he was sent to Hawaii. In December 1943 he was assigned to the 27th Division, C Company, 1st Battalion, 165th Regiment. After more training, including landings on the beach in an LVT launched from an LST, his unit went to Saipan. They went ashore … more
Date: August 28, 2013
Creator: Baye, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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