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Oral History Interview with Bob Floyd, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Floyd. Floyd was on track to become as a ship builder, but was drafted into the Navy before graduating from high school. He was assigned to the USS Midway (CVE-63), which was renamed the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) one year later, without the sailors even knowing it. Floyd’s early voyages were to Australia and Pearl Harbor, and he recounts becoming a shellback. Upon joining a large task force at Pearl Harbor, he sailed to Saipan… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Floyd, Bob
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Hawkins, January 23, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Hawkins. Hawkins joined the Marine Corps in June of 1943. He provides details of boot camp. He completed sea school in San Diego, learning how to live and work aboard a ship. He also completed Naval gunnery school. He was sent to Pearl Harbor in a replacement pool. He and 4 other Marines were then assigned to CINCPAC, serving with Admiral Nimitz???s Marine Detachment. He performed guard duty around the headquarters. Hawki… more
Date: January 23, 2009
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Hawkins, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lewis Ferguson, April 23, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lewis Ferguson. Ferguson joined the Navy in 1942 under the V-7 Program. After graduating, he received basic training in San Diego. He was then sent to Radar Operator School in Norfolk. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Cooper (DD-695). He received further training at Radar Materiel School in Pearl Harbor and was transferred to the USS Massey (DD-778). At the invasion of Okinawa, Ferguson tracked bogeys as far as 20… more
Date: April 23, 2009
Duration: 33 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Ferguson, Lewis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert W. Miller, April 23, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert W Miller. Miller joined the Navy and completed Midshipmen’s School. Beginning early 1943, he served aboard USS Saufley (DD-465), on escort and antisubmarine duties in the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and New Hebrides area. Through January of 1944, they performed escort duties for the reinforcement of Bougainville. Miller was later assigned to COMDESPAC staff with the North Pacific Fleet in Alaska, and later assigned to t… more
Date: April 23, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Miller, Robert W
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Nila Jackson Alderson, April 23, 2007

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Nila Jackson Alderson. Born in 1925, Alderson describes life before and during the war in rural Texas as well as in the town of Burnet, Texas . Her husband, Joe Alderson, served in the military in Europe. They both discuss the mail service during the war. The interview includes information about her parents and siblings.
Date: April 23, 2007
Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Alderson, Nila Jackson
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Roy Goedeke, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Goedeke. Goedeke joined the Navy in 1940. Beginning September of 1941, he was assigned to the deck force aboard the USS Fulton (AS-11), a submarine tender. They were in Panama on 7 December 1941. Their ship transported aviation gasoline to Nicaragua and Ecuador, where they built seaplane bases. In early 1942 they worked in Pearl Harbor assisting with asbestos clean-up. Goedeke describes the damage on the island. In July of 19… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Goedeke, Roy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Jaeger, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Jaeger. Jaeger joined the Navy when he was 18 and received basic training at Farragut. He developed pneumonia and upon recovering was too weak to complete physical training. He was assigned to the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) as an orderly to the captain, whom he greatly admired. At Saipan his battle station was at a 20-millimeter gun, and he was noted as the faster loader aboard ship. He found friendly fire to be inevitable, … more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 47 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Jaeger, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Kana, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Kana. Kana joined the Navy in April of 1944. He served aboard the USS Dennis (DE-405). He visited the Marshall Islands and the Philippines. He provides vivid details of a battle off Samar. He was discharged in February of 1946.
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 20 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Kana, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Kennann, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Kennann. Kennann joined the Navy in 1942 at age 21. The first time he saw the ocean was at boot camp in San Diego. He was selected for aviation machinist’s school in Chicago and went on to study hydraulics. After graduating in June 1943, he was assigned to Alameda Naval Air Station as part of Composite Squadron 65 (VC-65), which then boarded the USS St. Lo (CVE-63). There Kennann performed maintenance work in the han… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Kennann, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bobby Meyers, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bobby Meyers. Meyers was drafted into the Navy in June of 1943. He completed boot camp in Farragut, Idaho. He was assigned to a service school in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Beginning in 1944 he worked in the engine room as a machinist mate aboard the USS Dennis (DE-405). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, and escorted carriers throughout the Pacific. They traveled to Iwo Jima, Eniwetok and participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The D… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Meyers, Bobby
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam Palermo, September 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sam Palermo. Palermo was born in 1924 in Melrose Park, Illinois. His parents came from Italy in 1902. He was drafted into the Navy in June 1943 and sent to Farragut, Idaho for boot training. Upon finishing, he went to Wahpeton, where he studied engineering at the North Dakota State College of Science for six months. In March 1944 he reported aboard the USS Dennis (DE-405) as a motor machinist in the engine room. The Dennis w… more
Date: September 23, 2007
Duration: 33 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Palermo, Sam
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alfonso Perez, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alfonso Perez. Perez was born in Maxwell, Texas 11 September 1923. After finishing the fourth grade he went to work in the agricultural fields as a laborer. In January 1942 he joined the Navy and entered boot camp at San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Midway/USS St. Lo (CVE-63) as a plane captain with VC-65. He recalls the ship taking part in the invasion of Saipan and Tinian and going to Eniwetok for rep… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Perez, Alfonso
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Petrillo, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Petrillo. Petrillo was born 21 January 1917 in Methuen, Massachusetts. He received a draft notice in January 1942, but joined the Navy. He reported to boot camp at Newport, Rhode Island in April 1942. After five months of training, he reported aboard the USS Massachusetts (BB-59) as a five inch gun loader. The ship was damaged during Operation Torch in November 1942, and returned to Boston for repair. Soon after arriv… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 46 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Petrillo, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Grover Phillips, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Grover C. Phillips. Phillips was born 7 December 1925 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Upon enlisting in the Navy in February 1943 he went to San Diego for boot training. He attended radio school, gunnery school and flight training prior to being assigned to United States. Navy. Composite Squadron 10 (VC-10) aboard the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73). He flew on fifteen missions off the ship in a TBM. During one bombing mission, the plane wa… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 42 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Phillips, Grover
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lester Shodo, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lester Shodo. Shodo joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed boot camp at Great Lakes. He completed schooling for aviation machinist mate at Navy Pier in Chicago. He went on to complete Navy gunner training in Florida. Beginning in April of 1944 Shodo served aboard the USS Midway (CV-41) with Composite Squadron VC-65. They traveled to Hawaii, then to Saipan, Tinian and the Marietta Islands. Shodo worked as a turret gunner ab… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 42 minutes 01 second
Creator: Shodo, Lester
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Michael Tostik, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Michael Tostik. Tostik tried to join the Navy in 1939 but was turned away. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps instead and worked for civilian contractors building materials for the military. After training with an aviation unit, he was assigned to the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73). Tostik served as a mechanic aboard ship. He was aboard when the Gambier Bay sank off Samar and describes the day. He describes abandoning ship … more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 44 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Tostik, Michael
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Louis Vilmer, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Louis Vilmer. Vilmer joined the Navy in April of 1943. He completed aerial gunnery school and trained as an aviation radioman. He traveled to Pearl Harbor around May of 1944 and transferred to the Naval Air Station at Barbers Point in Hawaii. From there he traveled to Majuro and Eniwetok awaiting assignment in a replacement pool. He served aboard the USS Braine (DD-630) before being assigned to the USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73). They … more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Vilmer, Louis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Doyle Hoffman, October 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Doyle Hoffman. Hoffman joined the Navy in February of 1943. He completed boot camp in Farragut, Idaho and provides some details of his experiences. He also completed damage control school, and was assigned to the USS St. Lo (CVE-63). Hoffman worked in the Construction and Repair Division, where they made repairs to everything outside the engine room that was aboard the ship, including plumbing and welding. In mid to late 1943 the… more
Date: October 23, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Hoffman, Doyle
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Henry Osburn, December 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Osburn. He begins with an anecdote about his birth and a mix-up on his birth certificate. In 1944, he was draftred into the Navy at 18 years of age. Osburn went to boot camp in San Diego for four weeks of intense training. His pay was $32 per month. When he finished Basic Training, Osburn was attached to Carrier Aircraft Support Unit 53 in Hopeville, California. Two months later, he was sent to Philadelphia for more tr… more
Date: December 23, 2007
Duration: 58 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Osburn, Henry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ward McGill, January 23, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ward McGill. McGill joined the Army in June of 1943. He completed boot camp at Camp Abbot in Oregon. He trained as a Combat Engineer, building Bailey bridges and pine log bridges. He provides great details of his training. He was assigned to Company B, 66th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division. Around September of 1944 they traveled to England where McGill worked as an assistant squad leader, driving a half-track. In… more
Date: January 23, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: McGill, Ward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Kozak, July 23, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Kozak. Kozak provides some details of his family’s history as professional musicians, including his experience on the piano, marimba, harp and drums. Kozak served as the head of the department in the Shreveport Symphony, and served as a music teacher at a number of schools, including Juilliard School of Music in New York. He joined the Navy in 1943. He graduated from the Washington D.C. School of Music and was assigned as … more
Date: July 23, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Kozak, Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Herman L. Bell, February 23, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Herman L. Bell. Bell worked in a shipyard in California at the beginning of the war and describes his duties as a welder. He joined the Navy in April 1943 and discusses his time in boot camp at Farragut, Idaho and the additional training that he received as a firefighter. Bell was sent to the USS Independence (CVL-22). He describes his duties and some of the work he performed. Bell discusses when his ship was hit with a torp… more
Date: February 23, 2010
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Bell, Herman L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Marshall Harris, March 23, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Marshall Harris. Harris provides his family???s experiences through the Great Depression. Harris joined the Marine Corps in July of 1943. He completed radio school and volunteered to work with amphibious tanks. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Amphibious Tank Battalion, driving the LVT-A4. He provides details of the LVT. They traveled to Hawaii, where he trained and played on a baseball team. In June of 1944 they participated i… more
Date: March 23, 2010
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Harris, Marshall
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Calloway Scott, June 23, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Calloway Scott. Scott joined the Army in October 1943 and received medical training at Camp Grant. Upon completion, he was sent to Omaha Beach with the 9th Infantry Division, arriving eight days after D-Day. Although there should have been three medics assigned to each company, they were often short-staffed, with only one medic per several hundred men. Scott participated in house-to-house fighting in Cherbourg and pu… more
Date: June 23, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Scott, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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