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Oral History Interview with Richard E. Mann, June 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard E. Mann. Mann joined the Army Air Corps in April, 1942 while he was attending the University of Illinois. In October, he went to navigation school in Louisiana. In June, 1943, Mann received his commission and joined the 23rd Anti-submarine squadron at Langley, Virginia. Upon completion of training, the squadron flew to Trinidad to carry out anti-submarine missions. His squadron was eventually dissolved and he returne… more
Date: June 19, 2012
Creator: Mann, Richard E.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Stearns, June 19, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Stearns. Stearns joined the Army in July of 1946. He served with the 1st Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Regiment. In December he traveled to Yokohama, Japan aboard the USS General W. M. Black (AP-135). Stearns was assigned to the 4th Replacement Depot in Japan, and worked as a non-commissioned officer, overseeing a supply room during the occupation of Japan. Stearns also transported war criminals by vehicle to the war crime… more
Date: June 19, 2018
Creator: Stearns, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Allen Pang, June 19, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Allen Pang. Pang was born to Chinese rice farmers on Oahu. The students at his high school were predominantly of Japanese descent, and he served alongside them in the ROTC upon entering college at the University of Hawaii. Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, his group volunteered for the Territorial Guard. The Japanese-American students were sent to a labor battalion, while Pang enjoyed guard duty. He laments on the unfa… more
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Pang, Allen
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Marbury Councell, June 19, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marbury Councell. Councell joined the Army Air Forces in June, 1943 and trained in Maryland and Mississippi to become an aerial gunner. He was assigned as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber in the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group once he got overseas to England. He flew on 11 missions before being shot down in February, 1945. His pilot managed to get the plane to crash land in Switzerland, where Councell received medi… more
Date: June 19, 2015
Creator: Councell, Marbury
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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