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Oral History Interview with Richard Mosier, February 11, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Mosier. Mosier joined the Army in 1946, having been a high school student during the war, and was sent to Japan for occupation duty. Upon arrival, he was assigned to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East as a personal aide to the presiding justices. He was on friendly terms with all of them, and among the list of tasks he performed were repairing a family heirloom for Sir William Webb, playing bridge w… more
Date: February 11, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Mosier, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John McAllister, April 11, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John McAllister. McAllister joined the Army Reserve at Texas A&M and was called to active duty in February 1943. He received basic training at Camp Sibert and learned to fire a 4.2-inch mortar. He then studied chemical engineering at MIT under the Army Specialized Training Program. Upon completion, he was assigned to Fort Shelby as an acting sergeant. He then attended OCS in Edgewood and graduated as a second lieutenant. The… more
Date: April 11, 2007
Duration: 40 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: McAllister, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Irwin Lejman, November 11, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Irwin Lejman. Lejman joined the Navy in 1942 and received basic training in Farragut. Upon completion, he was assigned to a pipe and copper shop at the destroyer base in San Diego. He was reassigned to the USS Hansford (APA-106) and worked in the engine room, repairing pipes and relaying phone communication about the ship’s speed and direction. At Iwo Jima, he was given an ad hoc battle station as loader of a 20-milliter gun… more
Date: November 11, 2011
Duration: 25 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Lejman, Irwin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edwin Swaney, January 11, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Swaney. Swaney was born in Linton, North Dakota on 21 September 1920. He describes the hardships he faced during the Depression. After high school, he attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa and graduated in 1942. Upon entering the US Navy in September 1942, he went to Columbia University to Midshipman’s School. He graduated as an ensign and reported to Solomon Island, Maryland for amphibious training. There, a… more
Date: January 11, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Swaney, Edwin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lawrence Barrett, November 11, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lawrence Barrett. Barrett joined the Marine Corps in December of 1943. He served as an aerial gunner, combat cameraman and ground and motion picture photographer. Barrett worked as a combat aircrewman with Marine Air Group 32 in the Pacific and the Philippines, completing 25 combat missions by 1945. After the war ended, he served with the occupation forces in Tsingtao, North China. He returned to the US and was discharged in May … more
Date: November 11, 2005
Duration: 3 hours 55 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Barrett, Lawrence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Merle Hatch, March 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Merle Hatch. Hatch grew up in El Paso, Texas, and was drafted into the Army in January, 1941. Hatch was eventually attached to the 77th Infantry Division after he had gone to Officer Candidate School and received his commission as an infantry officer. Hatch speaks briefly about invading Guam and comments on Japanese soldiers in general. Hatch was a platoon leader on Guam. He relates a story about using a flamethrower on Guam… more
Date: March 11, 2006
Duration: 53 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Hatch, Merle W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Gerards, August 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Gerards. Gerards joined the Army Air Forces in April of 1943. He completed pilot training and aerial gunnery school in June of 1944. He served as first lieutenant B-24 bombardier in the 380th Bomb Group, 531st Bomb Squadron, 5th Air Force. They traveled to Hawaii, Tarawa, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Leyte and Murtha Field on Mindoro Island. He completed 33 missions over the Philippines, Okinawa, Balikpapan, French Indochina a… more
Date: August 11, 2006
Duration: 59 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Gerards, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with David Campbell, November 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Campbell. Campbell joined the Navy in the fall of 1942. He completed Naval Supply Corps School. Beginning July of 1943, he served as Supply Officer aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVE-57). They launched strikes on Makin Island in November, and bombed airfields at Kwajalein. Throughout 1944 and early 1945 they traveled to the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, the Marianas and Iwo Jima providing aircraft in support of forces. He shares … more
Date: November 11, 2006
Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Campbell, David
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hearol Veteto, January 11, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hearol Veteto. Veteto joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps until he was called to active duty in early 1943. He then joined the Army Air Forces and trained as an aerial gunner in Kingman, Arizona. He also trained as a bombardier and was commissioned. Veteto went overseas in December 1944 to England. On a mission over Berlin in February, Veteto’s plane was shot down and he bailed out. On the ground, he met another crewman and th… more
Date: January 11, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Veteto, Hearol
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lee Osterloh, May 11, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lee Osterloh. Osterloh joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1942. He completed Technical School and served as a Tech Sergeant. He worked in Greensboro, North Carolina for two years. He additionally completed Machine Records School, utilizing an IBM machine with punch cards. In November of 1944, Osterloh deployed to Calcutta, India, maintaining records of planes and cargo flying over the Himalaya Mountains. He returned to the US… more
Date: May 11, 2004
Duration: 56 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Osterloh, Lee
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Wilshusen, March 11, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Wilshusen. Wilshusen joined the Army Air Forces in January of 1943. He served as a B-29 Navigator with the 316th Bombardment Wing, 333rd Bombardment Group, 460th Bombardment Squadron. He traveled to Tinian, Kwajalein, Guam and Okinawa, ferrying allied prisoners of war from Japan to the Philippines. Wilshusen continued his service after the war ended, receiving his discharge around August of 1946.
Date: March 11, 2004
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Wilshusen, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Earnest Cochran, February 11, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Earnest Cochran. Cochran joined the Navy in May, 1940. When he finished boot training, he was sent to North Island Naval Air Station outside San Diego and trained further as an aviation machinist. He moved to Pearl Harbor with Utility Squadron 2 (VJ-2) in August, 1941. Cochran was on Ford Island when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Cochran left Hawaii for a school in Chicago in 1943. Then he moved to New Caledonia to ser… more
Date: February 11, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Cochran, Earnest A.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Keith Healy, November 11, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Keith Healy. Healy was born in Sterling, Illinois on 23 May 1920. He signed up with the Navy as a yeoman in June 1941 and was assigned to the USS New Mexico (BB-40) serving under Lieutenant Commander Rosenthal. He spent the first few months running convoys to England then sailed through the Panama Canal to the Pacific where he served on staff for Admiral Nimitz at Pearl Harbor. He later moved on to Guam with Nimitz. Healy wo… more
Date: November 11, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Healy, Keith
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jose King, September 11, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jose King. King, of Korean descent, grew up under Japanese occupation in Songsong Village, Rota. Relations with the Japanese were mostly peaceful. He attended a strict but effective Japanese school. When Japanese supplies began to dwindle, soldiers stole food from villagers and threatened to kill them if they withheld it. The natives narrowly escaped mass execution and instead were put to work farming sweet potatoes. King’s … more
Date: September 11, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: King, Jose
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Roger Goff, May 11, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roger Goff. Goff joined the Navy on 19 December 1941. He served as Quartermaster aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). Goff participated in every Enterprise naval battle from February of 1942 through the end of the war. He shares details of his experiences through the battles of Midway, Eastern Solomons and the Philippine Sea. He was honorably discharged in October of 1945.
Date: May 11, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Goff, Roger
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Albert Schlemmer, August 11, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Schlemmer. Schlemmer joined the Marine Corps in January of 1942. He was assigned to G Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines. In late 1942 he deployed to New Zealand and participated in the Battles of Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. He returned to the US in md-1944 to complete Officer Candidates School. He served as an instructor, teaching about jungle warfare. He then joined the 3rd Division, 9th Marines in preparation to i… more
Date: August 11, 2002
Duration: 2 hours 49 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Schlemmer, Albert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Russell, May 11, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Russell. Russell joined the Marine Corps in January of 1942. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division. They landed on Guadalcanal in late 1942 and completed reconnaissance patrol missions. In September of 1943 they went to New Guinea, where they were staging to invade New Britain in the Battle of Cape Gloucester. Russell was wounded during this battle and transferred to an Army hospital in Brisbane, Australia. No longer… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 46 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Russell, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Whetsel, February 11, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Whetsel. Whetsel graduated from Baylor in 1941, volunteered for the Navy and went into the V-7 Program. He trained at Northwestern University, received his commission after 90 days, and reported to Newport, Rhode Island Naval Operating Base. Their mission was to protect the ships coming out of New York on their way to Boston to from a convoy to England. After almost 18 months at Newport, he got orders to go to Amphibiou… more
Date: February 11, 2002
Duration: 56 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Whetsel, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lanson B. Ditto. Ditto grew up in Kentucky. He went to college at Washington and Lee University and then joined the Navy in 1940. After training, Ditto chose to join the Asiatic Fleet. He went to Shanghai, China where he was assigned to the USS Langley (CV-1). The ship went to the Philippines. They were at Manila when the Japanese destroyed all B-17's at the airfield on December 8, 1941. The Langley left Manila Bay that nigh… more
Date: October 11, 1996
Duration: 2 hours 41 seconds
Creator: Ditto, Lanson B.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Rodolf, December 11, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Rodolf. Rodolf grew up in Oklahoma and joined the Army Air Force in 1942. He was in photo reconnaissance, called F-5, and was a pilot of P-38 camera vision. After training, he arrived in Guadalcanal in March 1944. He flew missions out of Bougainville covering Rabaul and Kavieng. In October 1944, he moved up to Noemfor, then to Sansapor. He continued flying until November 1945. He was in the 13th Army Air Force, 17th Pho… more
Date: December 11, 2000
Duration: 41 minutes 01 second
Creator: Rodolf, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with H. James Avery, April 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with James Avery. Mr Avery was a junior at the University of Illinois when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He signed up with the Army Air Corps since they would let him finish his degree before they would take him. However, the Army Air Corps was not able to honor its commitment since they needed pilots badly. In March 1943, they called him up and sent him to Lackland Air Base for the preflight program. From there, Avery went to Fort Stockton where he learned to fly i… more
Date: April 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Avery, H. James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Dodson, May 11, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Dodson. Dodson grew up in Pennsylvania and joined the Navy before being drafted. He managed to avoid boot camp and go straight into a Navy communictions school. He volunteered to go overseas for two years and ended up with SACO in China. In China, Dodson repaired radios and radio equipment. Dodson returned to the US and was assigned duty aboard the USS William R. Rush (DD-714) in mid-1945.
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 54 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Dodson, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with F. J. Whitlock, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with F. J. Whitlock. Whitlock was in 1923, in Columbia, South Dakota. He enlisted in the Navy in Los Angeles, California, in June 1942. He attended Basic Training in San Diego and then went to Diesel School. Upon graduation he was promoted from Seaman Second Class to Fireman First Class. He was then ordered to the LST program and proceeded to Treasure Island in San Francisco. His group of Dieselmen were assigned to the Southern Pacific Railroad "Round House" in O… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Whitlock, F. J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James F. Kelly, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with James F. Kelly. Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921. He recounts his experiences working in his father's grocery store during the Depression. He recounts his experience in 1941 working in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as a civilian, until he received his induction notice from Selective Service in May 1942 and joined the Navy. He attended Boot Camp in Newport, Rhode Island and then was sent to Anacostia Naval Air Station in District of Colu… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Kelly, James F.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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