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Oral History Interview with Daniel Montgomery, March 19, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Daniel Montgomery. Montgomery joined the Army Air Forces in late 1942 and trained to be a radio operator. After training, he joined the 371st Fighter Group, 406th Fighter Squadron in Virginia. He travelled with the unit to England in February 1944. He also went to Normandy with them after the invasion. He shares several anecdotes and recalls experiences aboard P-47 aircraft. He was discharged in December, 1945.
Date: March 19, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: Montgomery, Daniel
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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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
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Stearns, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Guy Longshore, March 19, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Guy Longshore. Longshore joined the U.S. Army Forces in 1941, before the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served as a B-29 .50 caliber machine gunner with the 73rd Bombardment Wing, 2nd Air Force. He was stationed in Saipan, Tinian and Guam. He participated in bombing missions and missions to drop supplies to prisoner-of-war camps throughout Japan. His crew was one of the 200 B-29s who flew over Tokyo Bay on the day the surrend… more
Date: March 19, 2021
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: Longshore, Guy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harry Minarik, July 19, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harry Minarik. Minarik joined the Navy in December of 1941. He was appointed as an Aviation Cadet and provides details of his training. He completed Carrier School, learning how to land on carriers. He was assigned to Torpedo Squadron Sixteen (VT-16). They completed a number of training sessions in and around Hawaii. In the spring of 1943 he flew planes aboard the USS Lexington (CV-16). Minarik provides details of their participa… more
Date: July 19, 2007
Duration: 3 hours 4 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Minarik, Harry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Myer, August 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Myer. Myer joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He served as a flight engineer and waist gunner on a B-24 bomber in the 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 489th Bomb Group, 846th Bomb Squadron. While in the European theater, Myer was stationed at Halton Field in Halesworth, England. On 31 July 1944, during his 31st and final mission, he was shot down and captured by the Germans. Myer was taken to Stalag Luft IV in … more
Date: August 19, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Myer, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lyle Bradley, November 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lyle Bradley. Bradley was born in Key West, Iowa on 22 November 1924. After graduating from the University of Dubuque, in 1942 he joined the Navy and went to Aberdeen, South Dakota where he began his initial pilot training. He was stationed at several airfields and flew various aircraft prior to going to Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida where he received his wings in April 1944. After taking advanced training in the F4F … more
Date: November 19, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Bradley, Lyle
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arthur deLarios, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur deLarios. DeLarios was born in Oklahoma City on 24 October 1919. He joined the Navy 7 September 1940 and upon finishing boot camp, was accepted in the Hospital Corps training school. When he completed the course he was assigned to the San Diego Naval Hospital for additional training. This was followed by assignment to VMF-111 in the 1st Marine Air Wing, which was sent to Pago Pago, Samoa Islands. Soon after his arriva… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Duration: 38 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: deLarios, Arthur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Max C. Duncan, November 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Max Duncan. Duncan was born in Avondale, North Carolina on 17 June 1921. After graduating from high school he attended The Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina for a year before entering the US Naval Academy. He graduated from Annapolis in December 1941. He points out that, at that time, every newly commissioned officer had to go to sea before they could specialize. Duncan was assigned as a gunnery officer on the USS Milwa… more
Date: November 19, 2009
Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Duncan, Max C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Louie Sullivan, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Louie Sullivan. Sullivan was married with a son on the way when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was placed on the draft, with a 3-A exemption. He completed mechanics school at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He was sent to Love Field in Dallas to work as a machinist. He joined the Navy in 1942 and completed basic engineer school and provides some details of basic training and learning how to swim for the Navy. In 1944 Sul… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Sullivan, Louie
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Scott, November 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Scott. Scott was born in San Antonio, Texas on 17 April 1922. Upon joining the Navy on 8 December 1941, he went to the San Diego Naval Training Station for three weeks of boot training. When completed, he was assigned to the USS New Orleans (CA-32). He was assigned as a gunner on a 20mm deck gun even though he had not received any gunnery training. He experienced various combat situations including participation in th… more
Date: November 19, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Scott, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Schoolcraft, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Schoolcraft. Schoolcraft joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He completed technical aircraft maintenance school and became an aircraft mechanic, working on B-29s. Schoolcraft became a hangar chief and an inspector. When he received the rank of staff sergeant in early 1944 he was promoted to flight engineer aboard a B-29. He completed training at the Boeing factory in Seattle and attended flight engineer school at Lowry Fie… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Duration: 54 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Schoolcraft, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Petty, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Petty. Petty joined the Navy in January of 1944. He was sent to Kansas University for electrician???s school. Beginning December of 1944, he served aboard the USS LST-913. They traveled to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, the Philippines and Okinawa. They transported a replacement LCT, and other military supplies. During the Battle of Okinawa they landed Marine troops and their equipment on the island. He describes thi… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Duration: 28 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Petty, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Williams, October 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph F. Williams. Williams was born 7 December 1921 in New Orleans. After being drafted into the US Army on 23 February 1943 he took basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama for three months. Williams was then sent to Fort Dix, New Jersey where he was assigned to a headquarters company in the Quartermaster Corps. There he received driver training for various vehicles. On 18 January 1944 he sailed to Belfast, Ireland. In J… more
Date: October 19, 2009
Duration: 31 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Williams, Joseph F.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harry Gill, November 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harry Gill. Gill joined the Army Air Forces in January of 1942. After basic training, he traveled to New Guinea for additional training in jungle fighting and helped build a sawmill, officers housing and the mess hall. He describes his 3 years living and working in the jungle. He was transferred to the other side of the mountains in New Guinea, to a town called Finschhafen, where he served as an airplane mechanic. He worked on B-… more
Date: November 19, 2009
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 01 second
Creator: Gill, Harry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Shirley, April 19, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Shirley. Shirley joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He was sent to diesel school and then to the Pacific to serve with the 1st Marine Air Wing. Shirley traveled with his radar until to an island off Okinawa to detect incoming aircraft. He spent 6 months in China at the end of the war. Shirley left the Marines when he returned to the US, but rejoined after 6 months. He went on to serve in Korea and describes in detail l… more
Date: April 19, 2011
Duration: 53 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Shirley, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bob Balch, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bob Balch. Balch joined the Navy in August of 1943. He completed Radio School in February of 1944. In June he traveled to Melanie Bay, New Guinea. He speaks on shellback initiation crossing the equator. He was assigned to the USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2), where he served as a radioman. In August of 1945, after the war ended, Balch worked at a communication center on Manus, in the Admiralty Islands. He worked in the China occupation gro… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Duration: 57 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Balch, Bob
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph H. Fulcher, January 19, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph H. Fulcher. Fulcher enlisted in the Army in 1941, trained in Tucson, Arizona and was attending a technical school in Tulsa, Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. When Fulcher was assigned to a unit he shipped out to England in October, 1942 to RAF Bassingbourn, north of London. Fulcher served as an aircraft mechanic and worked on B-17s and other aircraft repairing propellors. He shares several anecdotes re… more
Date: January 19, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Fulcher, Joseph H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with R. C. Hyde, February 19, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R.C. Hyde. Hyde joined the Marine Corps in Lubbock, Texas in June, 1944 and was trained in San Diego. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima. He landed with the fifth wave and was wounded in action on the 33rd day. He was transported by air to Guam to recover. Afterwards, he landed at Sasebo, Japan for occupation duty. He had enough points to return home in March, 1946. During the conversation, Hyde relates several expe… more
Date: February 19, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds
Creator: Hyde, R. C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dempster W. Martin, July 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dempster W. Martin. Martin grew up on a farm in Indiana, finished high school in 1942, and received agriculture deferments for several years during the war. Finally, in February, 1945, he volunteered for service in the Navy. Martin was in radio and cryptography school in Memphis, Tennessee when the war ended. Then he was shipped to New Orleans. From there, he went back to Memphis and began assisting in discharging veterans r… more
Date: July 19, 2012
Duration: 56 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Martin, Dempster W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Implications for Individuals and Congregations

Description: Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Healing has been a critical component of Christianity: first through the miracles of Jesus and the Apostles, and now through medical missions and ministries for the ill and aging."
Date: February 19, 2001
Duration: 42 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Patterson, Patti
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Spiritually Empowered for Living: Themes From Ephesians - A Vision for Unity

Description: Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class brings a textual study of Ephesians, paying particular attention to the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church. Paul's vision for the body of Christ, and life lived "in Christ" in first century Ephesians, necessitates rethinking our own calling and cultural context."
Date: February 19, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: York, John
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Breathing New Life Into Communion - More Than a Funeral

Description: Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Some churches complain that the Lord's Supper has become a ritual, while others see it as a barrier to reaching seekers. There are ways to move the Supper from the periphery to the center of our assemblies and to integrate it with the teaching theme of the day. Come explore the options."
Date: February 19, 2002
Duration: 57 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Sandifer, Stephen
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Eductive Cafe - Missional Conversations

Description: Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How do we help people who seem stuck, without hurting them? These three sessions will introduce the DRAWN coaching model, which combines spiritual direction and coaching best practices. Participants will gain skill and insight in eductive leadership."
Date: September 19, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Holt, Steve, Sr.; Parker, Anthony & Smith, Kent
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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