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Oral History Interview with Charles R. Clark, August 29, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles R. Clark. Clark was born in 1918 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939. His first assignment was as a gunnery officer aboard the USS San Francisco (CA-38). Next, he served aboard the USS Fairfax (DD-93) as an engineer. He also served aboard the USS Texas (BB-35) as a radio officer. Clark attended submarine school after the war started. After graduation he served on the USS O-2 as torpedo, gunnery and engineeri… more
Date: August 29, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Clark, Charles Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Karl Rankin, August 29, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John Karl Rankin. Rankin begins by talking about living on a farm in the Oklahoma panhandle during the Dust Bowl days. He describes a massive dust storm striking the farm on his fourteenth birthday. He also shares anecdotes about cowboying on his uncle's ranch in Colorado as a teenager. In August, 1942, Rankin joined the Marine Corps, where he went to radio school and then radar school. he was attached to the First Marine Air Warning Squadron. Once he shippe… more
Date: August 29, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Rankin, John Karl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Allan D. Morrsion, August 29, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Allan D. Morrison. In 1942, Morrison finished high school in Bozeman, Montana before enrolling in the Civilian Pilot Training program. His eyesight disqualified him as a pilot, so the Army Air Corps sent him to McDill Field in Florida for advanced communications training in early 1943. He had never even had basic training and finally got shuffled to Chicago for radio school. Morrison developed an illness that prevented him from graduating and moving on, so h… more
Date: August 29, 2011
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Morrison, Allan D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Earl McWilliams, August 29, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Earl McWilliams. McWilliams joined the Army in October of 1944. He served as a BAR rifleman with the 25th Infantry Division, 27th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company G. McWilliams participated in the Philippines Campaign beginning April of 1945 through the end of the war. He served with occupation forces in Japan. McWilliams returned to the US and received his discharge in February of 1946.
Date: August 29, 2014
Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: McWilliams, Earl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Morris Hibbs, August 29, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Morris Hibbs. Hibbs joined the Marine Corps in November 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He received field artillery instrument training at Camp Pendleton. Upon completion, he was sent to Hawaii. There he was reassigned to an antiaircraft unit on Kauai, serving as a cook. He was later stationed at a field kitchen on Okinawa, where he remained until the end of the war. Hibbs returned home and was discharged in D… more
Date: August 29, 2014
Duration: 36 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Hibbs, Morris
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Neil Berghout, August 29, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Neil Berghout. Berghout was born in Holland in 1926. He joined the Dutch resistance as a teenager, hiding downed American pilots and helping them return to England. When his identity was discovered by German officials, Berghout went into hiding in France. Members of the French resistance transported him to England, where he joined an armored division of the British Royal Army and participated in the Normandy invasion. After … more
Date: August 29, 2014
Duration: 50 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Berghout, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carl Stevens, August 29, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carl Stevens. Stevens joined the U.S. Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet College Reserve April 1943. He was in the Air Training Command. He served as an Aviation Cadet. He went to Kessler Field in Mississippi for training, then on to Memphis State College for college training. Then he moved on to Scott Field, Illinois to learn radio operator mechanics. He moved on and while in the middle of B-29 flight engineer school the war in… more
Date: August 29, 2016
Duration: 39 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Stevens, Carl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Geary, August 29, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John V. Geary. Geary joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1942, and received training as an aircraft electrical specialist at Chanute Airforce Base in Rantoul, Illinois. He worked on the AT-17, AT-9 and B-29 engines, propellers and electrical systems. Geary was assigned as a B-29 crew chief with the 355th Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, 315th Air Wing. Their plane was titled Slicker Four. In late 1944, he went to Guam. He d… more
Date: August 29, 2006
Duration: 43 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Geary, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Claiborn Wamsley, August 29, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Claiborn Wamsley. Wamsley joined the Navy in November, 1943 and attended signal school after boot training. He was then assigned to USS LST-1040, picked it up in Pittsburgh and rode down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. From there, they traveled to Pearl Harbor. From there, the 1040 went to Okinawa to unload supplies. He also recalls being caught in typhoons. After the war, Wamsley spent time in Japan and Chin… more
Date: August 29, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Wamsley, Claiborn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clement Good, August 29, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clement Good. Good was born in Deland, Illinois 29 September 1920 and upon graduation from high school, was drafted into the Army in July 1942 and joined the 80th Infantry Division. He recalls that he was assigned as the driver for the division artillery’s headquarters battery commander. Good describes in detail the division’s training while operating out of Camp Forest, Tennessee. His division was moved to California for de… more
Date: August 29, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 39 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Good, Clement
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, August 29, 1979

Description: Interview with J. Bryan Stratton, a resident of Baytown, Texas since approximately 1920. Topics include the consolidation of the tri-cities into the incorporated city of Baytown, the depression, the beginning of life insurance business, his service in World War II as a staff member of General Omar Bradley's Headquarters Unit, the Charter Commission, and the adoption of the City Charter.
Date: August 29, 1979
Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Swofford, Sarah & Stratton, Joel Bryan
Partner: Lee College
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