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Oral History Interview with Robert Brown, May 15, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Brown. Brown quit high school and joined the Army Air Corps in October, 1940. He was assigned as a medic to the 34th Pursuit Squadron and shipped to the Philippines in November, 1941. Brown describes the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and the destruction of Clark Field outside Manila. He goes on to describe the fighting on Bataan during the early months of 1942. The 34th Pursuit Squadron lost most of its equipme… more
Date: May 15, 2002
Creator: Brown, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gordon Gayle, October 9, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gordon D. Gayle. Gayle was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma 13 September 1917. After graduating from high school in 1934 he entered West Point 18 July 1935. Upon graduating in 1939 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He then went to a basic school for newly commissioned officers at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Upon completing the course he was assigned to the 5th Marine Regiment at Quantico, Virginia. Their… more
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Gayle, Gordon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Waldrip, October 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Waldrip. Born in Texas in 1923, he enlisted as an Aviation Cadet in May 1942. After training, he was sent to England where he was assigned to the 490th Bomb Group. He served as a crewmember on a B-17 aircraft. Other members of the crew were Charles Smelser, Neil Johnson, Leonard Kail, and Jake Jackson. He talks about ?buzz bombs?, the living conditions, and flight suits. He describes the airplane weaponry as well as the… more
Date: October 18, 2005
Creator: Waldrip, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Benjamin Nicks, February 10, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Benjamin Nicks. Nicks enlisted in the Army Air Forces in January of 1941. He received his wings in April of 1942. Nicks was in the 120th Observation Squadron in the 130th Field Artillery Squadron. He flew border patrol missions for a year between Mexico and the United States. He was assigned to Mountain Home Air Base, Idaho to serve as a B-25 instructor until the spring of 1944. He was then transferred in May of 1944 in McCo… more
Date: February 10, 2017
Creator: Nicks, Benjamin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Cesar Forezan, Jr., March 12, 2006

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Cesar Fourzan, Jr. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and was assigned to C Troop of the First Cavalry Division. He trained as a cavalry soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas where he attended Officer Candidate School. He shares an anecdote about losing his accent in order to receive his commission. He was assigned to the 9th Cavalry and served as the squadron paymaster. He shares anecdotes about taking African American soldiers into M… more
Date: March 12, 2006
Creator: Fourzan, Cesar, Jr.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Melvin Grant, December 27, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Melvin Grant. Grant served in the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1940 to 1941. He provides detail of the CCC program, including accommodations, pay and food. Grant went to California and helped build Camp Cook, now Vandenberg Air Force Base, where he was on 7 December 1941. He was assigned to Company E, 7th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He was a demolition specialist and a flame thrower and describes both of the… more
Date: December 27, 2002
Creator: Grant, Melvin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harold E. Clay, February 25, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold E Clay. Clay joined the Marine Corps April of 1943. He served with the 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment, participating in the Battle of Peleliu. In October of 1944, Clay transferred to the 6th Marine Division, 29th Marine Regiment, serving in the Battle of Okinawa. He served occupation duty in China after the war ended. Clay returned to the US and received his discharge in February of 1946.
Date: February 25, 2015
Creator: Clay, Harold E
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clothing and Small Stores Transactions, 1943-1945]

Description: Transactions made in Navy Clothing or Small Stores by Charles Stasny from July 12, 1943 to February 7, 1945.
Date: 1943-07-10/1945-02-07
Creator: United States Navy Supply Corps
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Doig, May 13, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Doig. Doig joined the Navy in December of 1942. He completed Diesel School, repairing landing craft engines. Beginning August of 1943, Doig served in the fire room aboard USS Ashland (LSD-1). While he was aboard, the Ashland participated in the assaults on Kwajalein and Eniwetok. In the late 1944, Doig was transferred to USS Kenton (APA-122). They transported troops to the Philippines and participated in the Okinawa invasio… more
Date: May 13, 2004
Creator: Doig, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Rudolph Fanska, July 5, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudolph Fanska. Fanska was drafted into the Marine Corps in 1943. He mentions his first landing at Cape Gloucester. Fanska then took part in the landing at Peleliu and describes how he was wounded and the treatment he received on a hospital ship. He also served at Okinawa and earned a Silver Star. Fanska was wounded in the leg and describes lengthy recovery. He was discharged in 1946.
Date: July 5, 2007
Creator: Fanska, Rudolph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Brown, December 6, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Brown. Born in 1919, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1941. He was sent to Pearl Harbor. He recounts his actions during the Japanese attack there. He was then assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35). He describes his duties as the captain?s orderly. He talks about an encounter with fifteen Japanese twin-engine airplanes while escorting troop ships from the Coral Sea to Australia. He also discusses sinking Japanese su… more
Date: December 6, 2003
Creator: Brown, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Claude Hudson, May 4, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Claude Hudson. Hudson joined the Army in late 1943 and received basic training in Miami Beach, having already completed his first year of college. After being sent to a college training detachment, he was selected for pilot training and began pre-flight at Maxwell Field. Upon completion of flight school, he was assigned to the Second Combat Cargo Squadron and sent to India. There he piloted a C-47, dropping supplies to Briti… more
Date: May 4, 2009
Creator: Hudson, Claude
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Chelly Mendoza, May 25, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Chelly Mendoza. Mendoza was drafted into the Army in August, 1942. He was attached as a medic to the 1st Cavalry Division. He went overseas in May, 1943 and landed at Oro Bay, New Guinea. Mendoza served as a litter bearer hauling wounded from the battlefield. He drove an ambulance in the Admiralty Islands during the campaign in 1944. In October, Mendoza went to Leyte during the invasion of the Philippines. Mendoza helped liberate… more
Date: May 25, 2006
Creator: Mendoza, Chelly P.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Martin L. Clayton, September 15, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin L. Clayton. Clayton was born in Marshall, Texas 23 September 1920. Joining the US Marine Corps 26 February 1942 he completed boot camp in six weeks. After undergoing intensified combat training he was placed in the 17th replacement outfit, at San Diego, Clayton was then shipped to Melbourne, Australia. He was assigned to 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Having spent twenty-five months in combat he describes c… more
Date: September 15, 2003
Creator: Calyton, Martin L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Laurence Norris, August 18, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Laurence Norris. Norris joined the Marine Corps in November of 1943. He trained as a raider on New Caledonia, joined the 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal and served in the Pacific for the remainder of the war. He fought during the Battle of Peleliu, and recalls beginning with 64 men in his platoon and after eight days of fighting, there were only 13 men remaining, including himself. Norris also participated in the Battle of Oki… more
Date: August 18, 2001
Creator: Norris, Laurence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ben E. Carson, September 21, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ben Carson. Carson enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Shortly after finishing boot camp in San Diego, Carson volunteered to join Major Evans Carlson's Marine Raider Battalion. Carson describes training with the Raiders prior to their first mission. He also discusses more training in Hawaii prior to the Battle of Midway. Carson describes being aboard the USS Argonaut (SM-1) with his unit and steaming for Makin Atoll to cond… more
Date: September 21, 2001
Creator: Carson, Ben E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Guidone, September 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Guidone. In 1940, Guidone was kicked out of his family’s home for wanting to join the Navy; his father was staunchly anti-military. When the Navy told Guidone there would be a three-week waiting period, he joined the Marine Corps rather than be homeless. He reported to Guantanamo Bay and joined the 1st Marine Division. After training, he volunteered for the 1st Raider Battalion. His first assignment was the invasion of… more
Date: September 15, 2007
Creator: Guidone, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Al Adkins, May 25, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Al Adkins. Adkins joined the Marine Corps in the fall of 1942. He served with the 6th Marine Division, 22nd Marine Regiment. They participated in the Battle of Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. On Guadalcanal, they formed the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, participating in the Battle of Guam until they disbanded in September of 1944. Continuing on with the 22nd Marines, Adkins served in the Battle of Okinawa. He returned to the … more
Date: May 25, 2012
Creator: Adkins, Al
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Donald McWilliams, January 24, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald McWilliams. McWilliams finished high school in 1942 and joined the Marine Corps in March, 1943. He went overseas in October and joined the Fifth Marines. At Cape Gloucester, McWilliams served in a headquarters and supply company handling ammunition. He also went to Peleliu and recalls a friend he lost there. McWilliams also went to Okinawa with the First Marine Division. He shares anecdotes about time at Pavuvu and in… more
Date: January 24, 2017
Creator: McWilliams, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert C. Shedd, March 9, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert C. Shedd. Shedd joined the Marine Corps in February of 1942 with his brothers Donald and Paul. He provides details of boot camp. He served with the 5th Marines. In June of 1942 he traveled to New Zealand. In August they went to Guadalcanal to capture the island. He provides details of his travels and life aboard the troop ships. They traveled to New Britain in New Guinea in December of 1943, where a shell fragment hit his … more
Date: March 9, 2010
Creator: Shedd, Robert C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank Mendez, January 31, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Mendez. Mendez joined the Army in 1940. He joined the First Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss, Texas. In the spring of 1943 Mendez traveled to Brisbane, Australia, clearing eucalyptus forest and setting up camp for the division, where he remained for six months. In October they went to New Guinea for a few months training in jungle warfare, then on to the Admiralty Islands through October of 1944. He provides details of his li… more
Date: January 31, 2002
Creator: Mendez, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Bert Cooper, November 23, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bert Cooper. Upon graduation from high school in February 1944 he joined the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman and was assigned to the First Marine Division. In transit to the division, his ship encountered a Japanese submarine off Okinawa, which was driven off or sunk by depth charges. Upon arrival at Okinawa several days after the initial invasion he recalls an incident when hundreds of Marines were attacked by a Japanese kamika… more
Date: November 23, 2001
Creator: Cooper, Bert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with A. J. Dunn, July 13, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with A J Dunn. Dunn joined the Navy in 1940 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Oglala (CM-4) at Pearl Harbor. On the morning of 7 December 1941, he was returning from liberty when the attack began. Unable to find his ship, he jumped aboard the USS Mugford (DD-389) just as it was getting underway. After seven days of patrols, he returned to the harbor and was transferred to the US… more
Date: July 13, 2011
Creator: Dunn, A. J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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