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Oral History Interview with Charles Wray, January 6, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Wray. Wray entered the Navy in 1942. He completed flight training in Kansas, California, and Texas. He was commissioned in August 1943 and sent to Opa-Locka, Florida to fly a Brewster Buffalo and completed various gunnery missions and field carrier landings. He joined the Composite Squadron 75 (VC-75) flying the FM2 and the F4F. His squadron was sent to Kaneohe, Hawaii and boarded the USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79). They w… more
Date: January 6, 2016
Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Wray, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harmon Harris, March 6, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harmon Harris. Harris joined the Navy in May of 1944. He served with the 141st Construction Battalion. They traveled to the Marshall Islands and Kwajalein, building airstrips, houses and defensive structures.
Date: March 6, 2016
Duration: 35 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Harris, Harmon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Rowe, July 6, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Rowe. Rowe was born in Meridean, Wisconsin in 1926. He describes his family life during the Depression years. He joined the US Navy upon graduation from high school in 1944 and was sent to boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois. Upon graduation from boot camp, he was trained and graduated as a Watertender 3rd Class. He tells of his entire ship’s crew going to Portland, Oregon by train to board t… more
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Rowe, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Warren Bateman, September 6, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Warren Bateman. Bateman joined the Navy in October of 1942. He went to Great Lakes, Illinois for boot camp. From there he went to Miami, Florida as Third Class Storekeeper. He was then assigned to the USS PC-1126 that was being built in Bay City, Michigan. In 1943 his crew escorted a convoy from Miami to Panama, then to San Diego where he was transferred to the USS Roberts (DE-749). In January 1944 he went to midshipman’s sc… more
Date: September 6, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Bateman, Warren
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Milford Mosty, January 6, 2016

Description: Interview with John Milford Mosty, one of Kerrville's past mayors, from Kerrville, Texas. Mosty speaks about his time in the Navy, as well as the building, plumbing, and electrical codes he established while he served as Kerrville's Mayor.
Date: January 6, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Mosty, John Milford
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Bertha Elizabeth Real Priour, October 6, 2016

Description: Interview with Bertha Elizabeth Real Priour, a descendant of the Kerr County Real pioneer family, from Kerrville, Texas. Priour speaks of her memories growing up on a ranch on Turtle Creek, as well as her family history.
Date: October 6, 2016
Duration: 56 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Collins, Dennis & Priour, Bertha Elizabeth Real
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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Oral History Interview with Jo Ann Redden, December 6, 2016

Description: Interview with Jo Ann "Josie" Lochte Redden, Montessori educator and stained glass artist, discussing her German extended family, her upbringing in Kerrville, Texas, life in New York, and travel with her husband John throughout Texas and western United States to photograph, catalogue, and reproduce Native American pictographs, or rock paintings.
Date: December 6, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Redden, Jo Ann Lochte
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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