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Oral History Interview with Gilbert Clark, December 22, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gilbert Clark. Clark joined the Navy in February 1941 and trained at Great Lakes. After optical training, he joined the USS Helena (CL-50) at San Diego and served aboard as a rangefinder. Clark was aboard when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He also describes some action he was involved in later around the Solomon Islands and describes when the Helena was sunk at Kula Gulf. Clark made it to an island and was rescued off it. H… more
Date: December 22, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Clark, Gilbert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Steiger, March 22, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Steiger. Born in 1924, Steiger joined the Marines in 1943. He received artillery training as well as DUKW (also referred to as a Duck (an amphibios vehicle)), radio, and telephone training. He was an assistant gunner with the Fifth Marine Division. He describes his role in invasion of Iwo Jima as well as seeing the first American flag raised on Mount Suribachi. At the end of the war, he was sent to Sasebo, Japan as pa… more
Date: March 22, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Steiger, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam D. Jones, January 22, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sam D. Jones. Jones joined the Army in 1937. He served with the 12th Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston. Jones details his duties caring for the horses and how caissons operated. He discusses camp life and talks about the exercises his unit participated in. Jones tells an interesting story about his last ride before his horse was retired and tells how that horse was given a military burial many years later. He left the Army… more
Date: January 22, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Jones, Sam
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Willard Cole, June 22, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willard Cole. Cole was drafted into the Army in April, 1943. Cole went to Camp Maxey in Paris, Texas and was assigned to the 125th Evacuation Hospital, Semimobile when it formed. He went overseas to England with the unit in November, 1944. Cole arrived in France in March 1945. By early April, they had established their hospital in Krefeld, Germany and began receiving casualties. When the war ended, they were around Munchen and re… more
Date: June 22, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Cole, Willard C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Burl Martin, February 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Martin Burl. Burl joined the Army in 1943. He served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. In late 1943, Burl participated in the New Guinea Campaign. In February of 1945, he served in the Battle of Corregidor. He was discharged in December of 1945.
Date: February 22, 2004
Duration: 53 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Martin, Burl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Irving Westbrook, April 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Irving Westbrook. Westbrook joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in early 1940 and went to Idaho. He joined the Navy in January 1942. When he finished training, he was assigned to a degaussing unit in New Orleans as a signalman. He asked to go overseas and was then trained to be a beach master with the Marines. After getting to the Southwest Pacific, Westbrook participated in the invasion of Leyte in October 1944. He remai… more
Date: April 22, 2004
Duration: 2 hours 27 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Westbrook, Irving
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Angel, May 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ruth Fowler. Fowler was teaching in Big Spring, Texas, when she went out for the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1939. She was accepted and was trained to fly. She evetually became an instructor. She also discusses rationing.
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Angel, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with W. T. Appleton, May 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with W. T. Appleton. He enlisted in the Navy at the age of sixteen in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He describes being transported to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the USS Shasta (AE-6). He was transferred to the USS Smith (DD-378) where he served as a member of a 5-inch gun crew. He talks about the role of the USS Smith in protecting the aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CV-6). He describes the crashing of a Japanese tor… more
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Appleton, W. T.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Eugene Tietjen, May 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene Tietjen. Born in 1920, he joined the Navy in January 1940. He was first assigned to the USS Dixie (AD-14) destroyer tender. He was transferred to the USS Smith (DD-378) in February 1942 where he served as a machine gun loader as well as a gunner. He discusses the aftermath of the explosion on the Smith during the Battle of Santa Cruz. He describes the configuration of the artillery as well as the living conditions on … more
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 49 seconds
Creator: Tietjen, Eugene
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph and Vivian Malmstrom, May 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph and Vivian Malmstrom. Joseph Malmstrom joined the Navy in 1942. He served on the deck force aboard the USS Smith (DD-378). Malmstrom recalls when a Japanese torpedo plane crashed into their ship in October of 1942. In April of 1943 they traveled to Guadalcanal to perform antisubmarine patrols. In mid-1943 he was reassigned to the USS Casablanca (CVE-55). They served as a training ship for escort carrier crews. In late 1943… more
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Malmstrom, Joseph & Malmstrom, Vivian
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Archie L. Sherman and Ray Magro, May 22, 2004

Description: Transcript of a simultaneous oral interview with Archie L. Sherman and Ray Magro. Both served in the Navy. Sherman served for a while on patrol craft in Alaska before transferring to the USS Cummings (DD-365). He was released from the Cummings due to excessive seasickness, but eventually was assigned tothe USS Smith (DD-378). Magro joined the Navy in 1940 and served aboard the USS Mahan (DD-364) and the USS Cummings before being assigned to the USS Smith. Magro describes his actions and impress… more
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Sherman, Archie L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harry Miller, August 22, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harry Miller. Miller was born in Beaver Township, Indiana on 28 April 1922. Upon joining the Navy in November 1942, he went to Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois for boot training. Upon his arrival he was selected for six months of training as a pharmacist’s mate. Upon completion of the course he was assigned to the Midshipman’s School at Notre Dame University. Among those from whom he drew blood, for medical purpo… more
Date: August 22, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Miller, Harry O.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William S. O'Donnell, July 22, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William S. O'Donnell. O'Donnell was working for Montgomery Ward in Chicago when he was drafted into the Army after the war got started. His aptitude with numbers led him to be assigned as a statistician in a Machine Records Unit (MRU). He went to Europe with the 39th MRU and was attached to General Patton's Third Army. He landed in Normandy, France 7 days after D-Day. His unit provided daily punch card analysis of unit stren… more
Date: July 22, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: O'Donnell, William S.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lone Star Legacy Program: Marcia Howe Bratusek and Marcile Howe Harrison, October 22, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marcia Howe Bratusek and Marcile Howe Harrison. Twins Bratusek and Harrison grew up in San Antonio, Texas and participated in the local committee called the National Defense Recreation and Service Committee of San Antonio (similar to the USO). Born in 1932, they were nine in 1941 and 13 in 1945. They took dance lessons and their mother made them costumes. Their costumes were bought in Mexico. They took classes from Bertha Al… more
Date: October 22, 2000
Duration: 57 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Bratusek, Marcia How & Harrison, Marcile Howe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ed Harrell, October 22, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ed Harrell. Harrell grew up in Kentucky and joined the Marine Corps in 1943. Once he finished training, he was assigned to the USS Indianapolis in 1944. His first encounter was in the Carolina Islands. He then went to Eniwetok Islands, Kwajalein Islands, Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. The next battle was the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. Then the ship went on to Peleliu until the island was secured, and onto Iwo Jima and Okinawa. … more
Date: October 22, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Harrell, Ed
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Herman Billnitzer, October 22, 2000

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Herman Billnitzer. Mr Billnitzer was a Pharmacist Mate in the Navy and spent most of his time as a corpsman with the 1st Marine Division, landing on Guadalcanal in October 1942. He describes the conditions on Guadalcanal as well as the conditions of the sailors that were rescued from ships sunk in Iron Bottom Sound. Near the end of the year, the 1st Marine Division was relieved by the Army and went to Australia for about eight months. From there, they were s… more
Date: October 22, 2000
Duration: 59 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Billnitzer, Herman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William A. Klenk, October 22, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William A. Klenk. He enlisted in the Navy in May 1942. He was accepted into the Naval Air Cadet Program and received his commission in June 1943. He talks about his qualifying carrier landings at NAS Glenview. He was assigned to U.S. Carrier Air Group 80 Dive Bomber Squadron United States. Navy. Bombing Squadron 80 (VB-80) on the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14). They joined the Third Fleet in Ulithi. He recalls various bombing locat… more
Date: October 22, 2000
Duration: 36 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Klenk, William A.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wendell W. Fenn, October 22, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wendell W. Fenn. Born in 1922, he enlisted in the Regular Army in June 1940. He was assigned to the 1st Armored Division at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After his unit received one hundred motorcycles, he volunteered to take over the Motor Pool. He subsequently trained in the use of the cryptographic machine and was assigned to the Division Headquarters. He quickly advanced to the rank of Master Sergeant. He attended Officers’ Candi… more
Date: October 22, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Fenn, Wendell W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Al Flocke, October 22, 2000

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Al Flocke. He discusses his flight training and being the radio operator on a B-24 bomber which did raids on Guam, Turk, Iwo Jima and other islands. He also ancedotes about food, rations and living conditions on the islands.
Date: October 22, 2000
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Flocke, Al
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Robeau, October 22, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jospeh Edward Robeau. While attending Texas A & M, Robeau joined the Army and was sent to Office rCandidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was commissioned in June 1944. In October, Robeau was assigned to a heavy weapons company in the 87th Infantry Division an dsailed for England. He was assigend to a 81mm mortar section and arrived in France in November 1944. He recalls the winter weather conditions during the Battle … more
Date: October 22, 2000
Duration: 54 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Robeau, Jospeh Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Marshall, September 22, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Marshall. Marshall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 20, 1918. He joined the Naval Reserve in 1936. In 1940 his unit was called to active duty. He entered Midshipman’s school. He tells of being hospitalized for encephalitis and hearing of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Marshall received a discharge from the service against his wishes. He was reinstated in March 1943 and assigned as an instructor to a c… more
Date: September 22, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Marshall, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Fred Haynes, September 22, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Haynes. Haynes was born in Dallas 5 January 1921 and upon graduation from Southern Methodist University, he joined the Marine Corps, training at Quantico in February 1942. Upon completion, he spent two years training incoming junior officers at Quantico. His next duty assignment was as an infantry member of the 28th Regiment, 5th Marines, conducting training at Camp Pendleton and on Hawaii. Haynes’ regiment was sent to … more
Date: September 22, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Haynes, Fred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Bale, September 22, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Bale. Bale was born in Dallas, Texas on 19 March 1920. He attended Texas A & M University and upon graduation received a commission in the United States Marine Corps. In 1943 he was assigned to 1st Medium Tank Battalion as commanding officer of Company C. Bale expresses criticism of the training received in tank maneuvers for it lacked liaison with infantry and artillery units, which led to difficulties during actual … more
Date: September 22, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Bale, Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Otha Grisham, September 22, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Otha Grisham. He was born in Moran, Texas and enlisted in Marine Corps Officer Candidate Program on November 3rd, 1942 while still attending Southwest Texas Teacher?s College. Upon graduation in August, 1943 he went to boot camp followed by Officer Training School. Upon graduation from OTS in June 1944, he sailed to Guadalcanal. He was assigned to the First Marine Division, 6th Amphibian Tractor Battalion, preparing for the invasion of Peleliu. Following two… more
Date: September 22, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
Creator: Grisham, Otha
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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