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Oral History Interview with Jack Kleiss, September 29, 2000

Description: Interview with Jack Kleiss, a pilot during World War II. He discusses training for carrier landings on USS Enterprise; the arrival of VMF-211 aboard Enterprise and their delivery to Wake Island; and the attack on Pealr Harbor on 7 December 1941. Kleiss was in a dive bomber and attacked Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway, where he earned the Navy Cross.
Date: September 29, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Nichols, Chuck & Kleiss, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Walt McKinney, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walt McKinney. McKinney joined the Navy around 1944. He worked at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Fallbrook, California, dismantling depth charges. He later served as Yeoman Third-Class on the island of Guam for 4 months, where McKinney processed enlisted men deployed to the Pacific and returning to the US. He then worked aboard the USS Lunga Point (CVE-94). He returned to the US and was discharged in August of 1946.
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 45 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: McKinney, Walt
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Archibald Rackerby, September 29, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Archibald Rackerby. Rackerby joined the Marine Corps on 27 December 1941 and took basic training at San Diego. From there he went to officer’s training at Quantico and earned a commission in January 1943. At New Caledonia, Rackerby was assigned as a weapons platoon commander in the Third Raider Battalion. He was in combat on Bougainville but was injured in the neck in a training exercise on Guadalcanal in January, 1944. He was se… more
Date: September 29, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Rackerby, Archibald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lewis Asher, September 29, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lewis Asher. Asher was born 24 December 1919, in Maywood, Illinois. He graduated from high school in 1937 and was drafted into the Army on 10 December 1941. After basic, he was assigned to the 125th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division as company clerk in the Headquarters company. The regiment was stationed in California and responsible for the defense of the coastline. Asher took the tests for warrant officer and was p… more
Date: September 29, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Asher, Lewis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Fleming, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Fleming. Fleming joined the Navy in 1943. He completed Radio School and served as a radio operator aboard the USS Drew (APA-162), beginning October of 1944. They transported troops to and from Saipan, Guam and Japan. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Fleming, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Fiske Hanley, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fiske Hanley, II. Hanley was born in Brownwood, Texas in 1920. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1943, and joined the Army Air Forces. Completing an advance engineering course at Harvard University he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 504th Bombardment Group as a B-29 flight engineer. Hanley and crew flew to Tinian and began bombing missions over Japan… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 53 minutes 01 second
Creator: Hanley, Fiske
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Nubuo Kishiue, September 29, 1998

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue by Nubuo Kishiue. Kishiue, the son of Japanese immigrants, joined the Army in November 1941 and received training at Camp Robertson. After the war began, he was granted leave to help his family relocate to an internment camp. Upon his return, he was sent to language school at Camp Savage. He was then assigned to the 27th Infantry Division and shipped to Saipan. There he served as a medical interpreter for civilians at Camp Susupe… more
Date: September 29, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Kishiue, Nubuo
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sister Mary Aquinas Nimitz, O. P., September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sister Mary Aquinas Nimitz. She begins by relating information about her aunts and uncles on her mother's (Freeman) and her father's (Nimitz) sides of the family. She also sums up her school years by relating all the places she moved to during the period leading up to the war. Nimitz also relates several stories about her parents and her life in a religious community. She also speaks of her parents activities during the war … more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Nimitz, Sister Mary Aquinas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Baugh, September 29, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Baugh. Baugh joined the Merchant Marine in 1944. He shares details of his training. He served as Messman in the Steward Department aboard a T2 tanker, the SS Mobile Bay. In early 1945, they deployed to England to deliver fuel. Baugh shares details of the ship and general life aboard. He later joined the union and worked aboard a merchant ship, delivering cargo to Panama, Venezuela and Columbia. After the war ended, Baugh c… more
Date: September 29, 2003
Duration: 53 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Baugh, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Vernon Wild, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Wild. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on 11 June 1925. Soon after graduation from high school in 1943, he was drafted into the Navy and attended boot camp at Camp Perry, Virginia. Upon graduating, he was assigned to the 106th Construction Battalion at Camp Endicott, Rhode Island. After six months of training, he was sent to Port Hueneme, California. In April 1945, the unit departed for Ie Shima where the unit… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Wild, Vernon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam Harris, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sam Harris. Harris joined the Army in February of 1942. He was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. He traveled to Australia in July of 1943, participating in the line defense at Brisbane. In early 1944, as part of the reconnaissance force, Harris was shipped to Ora Bay in New Guinea and made landings on the Admiralty Islands. In October he invaded the Philippine Islands, and ultimately helped in liberating Santo Tomas Internmen… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 33 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Harris, Sam
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jim Calvert, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jim Calvert. Calvert joined the Army Air Forces in May of 1943. He is one of two pilots in the US who carried the wings on his uniform of 3 Air Forces, including the US, the Royal Air Force of Great Britain and the Chinese Air Force. Calvert served as a C-47 pilot with the Air Transport Command and flew missions over China, India, and Burma, including flying over the Himalaya Mountains, the Hump. He returned to the US and was dis… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 43 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Calvert, Jim
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frances W. Lipe, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frances W. Lipe. Lipe recalls anecdotes and events from the life of her father, Colonel Worthington. Her father joined the Army in 1917 and trained as a veterinarian. Her father was on Bataan when the US forces surrendered there in 1942. Her father escaped and was captured by the Japanese and taken to Manila. From there, he went to Formosa and then on to Mukden, Manchuria.
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 40 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Lipe, Francis W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ramon Nelson, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ramon Nelson. Nelson joined the Army in 1942, and graduated from the Morgan Park Military Academy. He served as an infantry officer with the 7th Infantry Division and participated in the battles of Attu, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa. Following the Japanese surrender, the division was stationed in Korea. He returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945.
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 31 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Nelson, Ramon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Swan, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Swan. Swan was born in Corvallis, Oregon in 1927. Upon joining the Coast Guard in 1944, he was sent to boot camp at Alameda, California. Completing training, he was assigned to radio school in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His training lasted over five months and after graduation he applied for LORAN (Long range navigation) training. Being accepted, he was sent to Groton, Massachusetts for four weeks of training. Upon co… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 50 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Swan, Robert G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Taisuke Maruyama, September 29, 2000

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Taisuke Maruyama. He was born in 1922. After finishing the sixth grade, Mr Maruyama took an exam for Navy pilot school and passed; he was 15 or 16 at the time. At that time, preparatory flight school (navy basic training) for the Navy was one and one half years. Once he completed this, Maruyama entered flight training, which lasted for one year. After flight training, he was ordered to the carrier Hiryu; to be a scouting member of the 97th torpedo plane, a K… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Maruyama, Taisuke
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Ross, September 29, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Ross. Assigned to the 267th Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division, he describes training and living conditions at camp Joseph T. Robinson. He describes crossing the Atlantic in November 1944 as well as being transported to Weymouth, England. He also recalls narrowly missing being transported on the SS Léopoldville (1929) and arriving at Cherbourg, France in December 1944. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Duration: 17 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Ross, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Warnes, September 29, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Warnes. Warnes joined the Navy in 1936. He was first assigned to USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), serving aboard until September of 1937. He was then transferred to the Asiatic Fleet, aboard the USS Alden (DD-211). They traveled back and forth between Manila, Philippines and Chefoo, China. He worked on the ship as a cook and radio striker. Around spring of 1939 they traveled to North China, where their ship was assigned to the… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: Warnes, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Henry Restorff, September 29, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Restorff. Restorff joined the Navy in August of 1940. He served as Seaman First Class, and later moved to the Engineering Division aboard the USS Balch (DD-363). They worked guard duty on the coast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Restorff volunteered for the Asiatic Fleet and was sent to Manila, Philippines. His job was refueling PBY aircraft and transporting ammunition to cruisers, destroyers and submarines in combat. In late 194… more
Date: September 29, 2001
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Restorff, Henry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Kleiss, September 29, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Kleiss. Kleiss discusses training for carrier landings on USS Enterprise; the arrival of VMF-211 aboard Enterprise and their delivery to Wake Island; and the attack on Pealr Harbor on 7 December 1941. Kleiss was in a dive bomber and attacked Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway, where he earned the Navy Cross.
Date: September 29, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Kleiss, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gerold (Jerry) Haynes, September 29, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerold (Jerry) Haynes. Haynes grew up in Mississippi and went to Memphis, Tennessee to join the Navy in 1939. He was assigned to the USS California and went to Pearl Harbor. The California was bombed December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Haynes describes the recovery efforts. In March 1942 he was reassigned to the USS Sante Fe (CL-60). He was on a 5 in/38 gun. He discusses sinking a ship in the San Ber… more
Date: September 29, 2000
Duration: 43 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Haynes, Gerold (Jerry)
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Zayda Baron, September 29, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Zayda Baron. Baron was born in 1933 in the Philippines. Her father, Leon Oreonez, was the captain of a guerrilla unit. When the Japanese came to her home looking for her father, she fled and was separated from her parents for some time. Eventually, her older brothers worked at resisting the Japanese. When the war ended, Baron returned to school. She comments on the conditions of the Filipino populace during the Japanese occu… more
Date: September 29, 2020
Duration: 25 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Baron, Zayda
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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