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Oral History Interview with William Morris, August 15, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Morris. Morris joined the Army in 1939. He served with the 369th Infantry Division, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters, consisting mainly of African Americans. He served in the motor pool, during the European and Pacific Theaters. In May of 1942, Morris and his united worked in labor and security operations in the Southwest Pacific Area. He returned to the U.S. and was discharged in 1945.
Date: August 15, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Morris, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Carlson, November 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Carlson. Carlson joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938. He joined the Army Air Forces in April of 1943 and served as a B-17 ball turret gunner with the 96th Bomb Group, 338th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force. He was sent to England in early 1944. In April, during his fifth mission, his plane was shot down over Belgium. Carlson and his crew were captured and imprisoned in Southern Germany at Stalag Luft 4 and then 6. T… more
Date: November 15, 2006
Duration: 34 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Carlson, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Hanley, February 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Hanley. Hanley joined the Navy in April of 1942. He trained as a storekeeper and completed midshipman’s school at Navy Pier in Chicago. In December of 1944 he was transferred to Hawaii and served on the CINCPAC staff of Admiral Chester Nimitz. He traveled to Guam in early 1945, working as head over all the stores. He shares a number of anecdotes of his encounters with Nimitz. His discharge was around late 1945.
Date: February 15, 2007
Duration: 42 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Hanley, Joseph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Orel Douglass, June 15, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orel Douglass. Douglass finished high school in 1940 and immediately joined the Army Air Corps. He trained in San Antonio, then Colorado at the armament school. He was assigned as an armorer at a flight training school in Texas before being assigned tothe 49th Fighter Group and shipping to New Guinea in 1944. He stayed with the 49th for the remainder of the war and ended up in Japan during the occupation for a while. He shares se… more
Date: June 15, 2003
Duration: 52 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Douglass, Orel
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ray Murray, April 15, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Murray. Murray joined the Army Air Forces. Upon completing flight training at Lubbock, Texas, he graduated as a twin-engine pilot and spent the next year as an instructor. Next, he went overseas to transport supplies in the European Theater. Operating first out of Scotland, he carried anything and everything, from overcoats and tomatoes to gasoline and mail. In the whole of his career, he was only ever taken off one flig… more
Date: April 15, 2015
Duration: 53 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Murray, Ray
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gordon Lively, December 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gordon Lively. Lively joined the Navy in the fall of 1943. He served as Sonarman Third Class aboard the USS Walker (DD-517) in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. They served in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October of 1944. In March of 1945 they bombarded Kyushu, to neutralize and weaken Japanese air power, and Lively was sent back to the US that same month. He worked in the States for the remainder of his service and was discharged in A… more
Date: December 15, 2006
Duration: 43 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Lively, Gordon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Thuet, December 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles A. Thuet. Thuet was born in Wilmington, Delaware 21 August 1921. In 1940 he began working in the local shipyard. In 1942 he volunteered for the Navy and underwent six weeks of boot training at Newport, Rhode Island. Afterward, he was assigned to the USS Wainwright (DD-419) and became served as an orderly for Commodore D.P. Moon. He recalls being in Convoy PQ-17 to Murmansk, Russia that was attacked by German air and … more
Date: December 15, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 13 seconds
Creator: Thuet, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Elbert Buegeler, February 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Elbert L. Buegeler. Buegeler was born in New Ulm, Texas 18 May 1918. He quit school after the 7th grade and worked for his father. Drafted in 1940, he went to Fort Knox, Kentucky for basic training. Upon completing basic, he was sent to the Mojave Desert and assigned to a reconnaissance company in the 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. After additional training a Camp Pickett, Virginia and Indian Gap, Pennsylvania the battalion… more
Date: February 15, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Buegeler, Elbert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arnold Cole, March 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arnold Cole. Cole was born in Beulah, North Dakota 9 October 1924. Joining the Navy in January 1942 he attended boot camp at Farragut, Idaho then was assigned to the Hospital Corps School. Upon completing training, he went to Camp Elliott, California to join the Fleet Marine Force as a combat medic with the 5th Marine Division, 26th Marine Regiment. On 19 February 1945 he was in the third wave of the invasion of Iwo Jima. He… more
Date: March 15, 2007
Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Cole, Arnold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Margaret Heard, March 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Margaret Heard. Heard was born in New Jersey and graduated from Nursing School in November 1939, passing the state board exam for Surgical Nurse. She traveled to Hawaii on in February 1941 and took a nursing job at the Dole Pineapple Plantation on the island of Lanai. She was attending a wedding in Honolulu on 7 December 1941 and was awakened by the sound of bombing at Pearl Harbor. She and another nurse drove to Schofield B… more
Date: March 15, 2007
Duration: 26 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Heard, Margaret
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Cullen, June 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Cullen. Cullen joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1943. In September he was assigned to the 90th Airdrome Squadron. In early 1944 they traveled to North Africa, through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Arabian Sea aboard HMHS Chantilly (63). He traveled into Upper Assam Valley and later into Jorhat, India, working in a message center at the base headquarters as a teletype repairman. He was discharged in Jan… more
Date: June 15, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Cullen, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Gross, September 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Gross. Gross joined the Navy around 1943 and served with the 107th Naval Construction Battalion. They traveled to Ebeye in the Marshall Islands to redevelop and repair an existing seaplane base by assembling a pontoon wharf and pontoon barges for transporting damaged carrier aircraft to repair units ashore. Additionally, they built Quonset huts and installed playing fields and a recreation area for ship crewmen. They trave… more
Date: September 15, 2006
Duration: 47 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Gross, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Earl Newman, September 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Earl Newman. Newman joined the Navy in July of 1941. He graduated from Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1942. He joined Squadron 21 (United States. Navy. Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2)1) of Air Group 11 on Guadalcanal, conducting patrol, search, spotting and strike operations. Newman also served with Bombing Squadron 19 (VB-19) aboard the USS Lexington (CV-16), participating in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. In October of 1944, his p… more
Date: September 15, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Newman, Earl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Don Riel, September 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Don Riel. Riel joined the Navy in 1943 after working in the tool room at a Chevrolet plant. He received basic training at Camp Perry and joined the Seabees as a second class petty officer. On Kwajalein, while operating a truck, he was struck in the shoulder blade by a piece of coral during a controlled explosion. There were no medical facilities there at the time, so Riel was sewn up on the beach. He was then assigned to ope… more
Date: September 15, 2006
Duration: 54 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Riel, Don
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, February 15, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lewis R. Hopkins. He begins by describing growing up on a farm in Georgia, then going to college at Berry, then working for Sears and Roebuck and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the Navy. He ancedotes about joining the Navy so he could go up to New York to see the World's Fair, since he heard the Atlanta Reserve was making a trip up to the Fair. He went into flight training in Florida in December 1940, finishing … more
Date: February 15, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Hopkins, Lewis R.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett, November 15, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett. He begins by discussing joining the Army Air Corps, basic training and flight school. Then he went to a base in South Carolina to learn to fly B-25s, then to Fort Myers, Florida to fly B-26 bombers, and train to fly B-26s off aircraft carriers so they could drop torpedos on the Japanese fleet during naval battles, traveling across the Pacific to Brisbane to be told they didn't have B-26s for the crews… more
Date: November 15, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Bennett, Richard (Dick)
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Daniel Wentreck, January 15, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Daniel Wentrcek. Wentrcek joined the Navy in July of 1941. He served as a Fireman aboard USS Nevada (BB-36) and deployed to Pearl Harbor in September. Wentrcek was aboard the ship when the Japanese attacked in December. He was later transferred to USS Chester (CA-27). They supported landings on Samoa, provided antiaircraft fire for the carriers during the Battle of the Coral Sea and supported operations in the Solomon Islands. Fr… more
Date: January 15, 2004
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Wentreck, Daniel
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lawrence Spellman, April 15, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lawrence Spellman. Spellman joined the Navy in September of 1944. He completed Sound School. Beginning April of 1945, he served as Seaman First-Class aboard the USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668). In July, they bombarded Wake Island and served with occupation forces in Japan beginning 27 August. They returned to the US in April of 1946. Spellman continued his service after the war ended, receiving his discharge in July of 1946.
Date: April 15, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 58 seconds
Creator: Spellman, Lawrence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Smith, September 15, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph T. Smith. Smith was drafted and entered the Army in October, 1942. He was assigned to the 92nd Evacuation Hospital and trained with them as soon as he entered the service. He shipped overseas to Australia in June 1943. After treating casualties from the New Guinea campaign, Smith's unit relocated to Hollandia and then went to Biak. On Owi, his unit dealt with a scrub typhus epidemic. Later, they went to the Philippines and… more
Date: September 15, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Smith, Joseph T.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Takeo Fukuchi, September 15, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Takeo Fukuchi. Fukuchi lived in Tokyo as a child and recalls being moved to Chiba because Tokyo was under attack. He recalls the bombings and then hearing the Emperor's voice announcing the surrender and the end of the war. As an adult, Fukuchi joined the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force after World War II. Fukuchi's father served in the Japanese Navy as a secretary to Admiral Yonai and helped raise money in Japan to instal… more
Date: September 15, 2005
Duration: 23 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Fukuchi, Takeo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Yoshihiro Minamoto, September 15, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Major General Yoshihiro Minamoto. Through the work of the translator, Minamoto recalls attending a military academy in Tokyo and granduating in April, 1944. From there, he was assigned to a Japanese Army shipping division in Hiroshima. Through the translator, Minamoto describes training a special squadron of suicide boat operators for deployment on Okinawa. He arrived on Okinawa in September, 1944. Minamoto never got a chance to attack with his suicide boat … more
Date: September 15, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Minamoto, Major General Yoshihiro
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Coldsmith, July 15, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr. Donald C. Coldsmith. Coldsmith was born in Ottawa, Kansas in 1926, the son of a Methodist minister. He tells of hearing of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while attending a state of Kansas YMCA convention. Being eligible for the selective-service act, he received his draft notice in 1944 and was inducted into the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for basic training. He… more
Date: July 15, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: Coldsmith, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Real, May 15, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Real. Real joined the Army Air Forces in early 1941. He served as an aerial photographer with the 2nd Observation Squadron. They were stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded the Philippines. Real participated in the Bataan Death March and survived as a prisoner of war at Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was liberated in early 1945, and discharged in May of 1946.
Date: May 15, 2002
Duration: 58 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Real, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jay Rye, May 15, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jay Rye. Rye joined the Army in 1938 and trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Eventually, Rye made his way to the Philippines as an infantryman in January, 1941. He discusses fighting on Bataan and participated in the Bataan Death March. Rye describes the misery at Camp O'Donnell and burying comrades. He also spent a little time at Cabanatuan and witnessed and execution of a POW who attempted an escape. Eventually, Rye was sent a… more
Date: May 15, 2002
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Rye, Jay
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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