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Oral History Interview with Arthur Brown, July 30, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Arthur Brown. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1942, and after a brief training period at San Diego, he went to Pearl Harbor where he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The Enterprise then headed for the Solomon Islands. Brown worked aboard the Enterprise as a shipfitter in the damage control section. He describes the Enterprise in a typhoon. Brown shares several anecdotes about his 28 months spent aboard the Enterprise. When the war ended, Brown got di… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Brown, Arthur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Graves, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Graves. Graves joined the Navy in March 1941 and received specialized training as an on-flight radio operator. He was aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) for one year, through the end of the Battle of Guadalcanal. He remembers living conditions at Guadalcanal as rugged, as he slept in a foxhole while Japanese shelled the island. He returned to the States and flew long-range patrols as a PBY flight engineer. After the war,… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 22 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Graves, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clinton Peck, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Peck. Peck joined the Navy in 1942 after earning a degree in forestry at Oregon State University. He then attended midshipmen’s school at Columbia University. Upon completion, he went aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as a gunnery officer. He was at his battle station, air defense forward, when the ship was struck by a kamikaze off Okinawa. One of the men lost that day was a close friend of Peck’s who had been resting… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Peck, Clinton
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Brecount, July 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Brecount. Brecount joined the Navy in June 1943 just after beginning his studies at the University of Washington. After attending boot camp at Farragut, he was sent for basic radio training. He advanced to aviation radio technician training and was selected for a top-secret mission to introduce radar-jamming equipment to aircraft aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). In addition to installing and maintaining the equipment… more
Date: July 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Brecount, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lawrence Sweet, November 30, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lawrence Sweet. Sweet joined the Navy near the middle of the war. He was 15 years old and lied about his age. Sweet was trained as an aerial gunner and assigned to a TBM on USS Lexington (CV-16). His age was discovered, but he was allowed to stay in the Navy if he agreed to transfer from being an aviator to the deck division. Sweet became a gunner’s mate and describes the operation of a 5-inch gun. He discusses his duties an… more
Date: November 30, 2011
Duration: 56 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Sweet, Lawrence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Granville Coggs, June 30, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Granville Coggs. Coggs joined the Army Air Forces in the fall of 1943. He trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and at Tyndall Field in Florida, serving as a pilot and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Coggs was commissioned on 16 October 1945 as a second lieutenant bombardier pilot. He served as an aerial gunner, aerial bombardier, multi-engine pilot and B-25 pilot trainee who was scheduled for the 477th Bombardment Gr… more
Date: June 30, 2010
Duration: 46 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Coggs, Granville
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John D. Marshall, September 30, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John D. Marshall. Born in 1924, he was drafted into the Army in 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Grant, Illinois. He was assigned to the 94th Medical Gas Treatment Battalion and received his medical training at Camp Ellis, Illinois and Camp Sibert, Alabama. He was talks about training with mustard gas in Bushnell, Florida and mentions being burned by the gas. He was sent to France in July, 1944. He served as a medic at a first aid station as well… more
Date: September 30, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Marshall, John D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Steward, August 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Steward. Steward was born in Waverly, Illinois. After enlisting in the Army Air Corps, and spending four weeks in basic training, he went to aircraft maintenance school. In 1944 he went to the South Pacific and was stationed in the Philippines. One night Japanese paratroopers attacked, killing a number of Americans in their tents. On another occasion at Clark Air Base, the Japanese, under cover of darkness, put time b… more
Date: August 30, 2008
Duration: 10 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Steward, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harrold Weldon, August 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harrold Weldon. Weldon joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned as a coxswain to the USS Neville (APA-9) for the invasion of Saipan. He was transferred to the USS Brookings (APA-140), which was loaded with Marines in anticipation of the invasion of Japan. When the war ended, the Marines were delivered instead as occupational forces. Weldon was in Tokyo Bay for the sig… more
Date: August 30, 2008
Duration: 6 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Weldon, Harrold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Oliver Johnson, October 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Oliver Johnson. Johnson worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1938-1940, driving trucks, building a ski lodge on Mt. Spokane and fighting forest fires. He provides some details of his experiences with the CCC. He joined the Navy in December of 1940. He trained as an Aviation Machinist Mate and provides details of his training days, graduating June of 1941. He was assigned to the test flight line and stationed in Hawaii… more
Date: October 30, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Johnson, Oliver
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Clinton Stork, May 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Edward Stork. Stork joined the Navy in early 1943 and took basic training at San Diego. Upon completion of training, Stork was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43), and joined her at Bremerton, Washington. Stork sailed with the Tennessee to the Aleutian Islands and patrolled there and in the Bering Sea. His job aboard the Tennessee was working on the shell deck. All the 16-inch shells were stored there and Stork's t… more
Date: May 30, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Stork, Clinton Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John J. Keenan, November 30, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John J. Keenan. Keenan joined the Army in June 1941. He served as a bugler and runner and was quickly promoted due to circumstances and luck. Keenan became a master sergeant in less than 2 years. He served with the 7th Armored Division and landed in France in August 1944. Keenan describes some of the incidents he remembers as his unit advanced across Europe including meeting the Russians at the Elbe River. He was discharged … more
Date: November 30, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Keenan, John J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Dykstra, January 30, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Dykstra. Dykstra joined the Navy in January of 1943, at the age of seventeen. He served as a Radarman aboard USS Lunga Point (CVE-94), and saw combat in the Pacific at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the Philippines. In August of 1945, their ship conducted minesweeping operations west of Okinawa. Dykstra returned to the US in November of 1945 and was discharged.
Date: January 30, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Dykstra, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert L. Cook, January 30, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert L Cook. Cook was accepted into the Naval ROTC program at Rice University. Upon his graduation with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in April of 1943, Cook was commissioned into the Navy as an ensign. He became active in major ship repairs, and assigned to Mare Island, California, Pearl Harbor and Guam. In 1944, Cook helped outfit USS Baltimore (CA-68) to accommodate President Franklin Roosevelt in his travels to Pearl Ha… more
Date: January 30, 2013
Duration: 49 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Cook, Robert L
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harvey Brush, May 30, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harvey Brush. Brush graduated from Penn State in 1942 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was inducted into the Navy in August of 1943 as an Ensign. He attended radar school at MIT, and then was assigned to the Clinton Naval Air Station in Oklahoma, assisting in developing drones. In late 1944 he was assigned to the Hawaiian Islands. He received orders to join a destroyer escort division. He served as staff radar officer ab… more
Date: May 30, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Brush, Harvey
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lloyd Fulbright, July 30, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lloyd Fulbright. Fulbright joined the Army in September 1943 and trained in the artillery branch. He went overseas in Fenruary 1944 first to New Caledonia, then to New Zeraland where he was assigned to the 169th Field Artillery Battalion, 43rd Infantry Division. He then went to Aitape, New Guinea with the division and the Philippines. Fulbright shares several anecdotes about his combat experiences and stories from his time in occ… more
Date: July 30, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 51 seconds
Creator: Fulbright, Lloyd
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Doyle Ebel, July 30, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Doyle Ebel. Ebel was drafted into the Army Air Forces in March, 1943 and trained at Miami Beach before going to radio operator school in Missouri. He also attended gunnery school before becoming a crewmember on a B-24 and shipping overseas in July 1944. He was assigned to the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group at Saipan in October. Ebel recalls an emergency landing on Iwo Jima. He flew 37 combat missions before the war ende… more
Date: July 30, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Ebel, Doyle
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Rancloes, October 30, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Rancloes. Rancloes was drafted into the Marine Corps in April 1943. Upon completion of pontoon bridging school, he was sent to Camp Pendleton to train officers. His unit, the 7th Service Engineers, was typically split up to provide support where needed. Rancloes landed in the second wave on Saipan, operating heavy machinery. After the island was secured, he managed a lumberyard with an African-American crew, many of wh… more
Date: October 30, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Rancloes, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harry I. Tannehill, March 30, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harry I. Tannehill. Tannehill was drafted into the Marine Corps in November, 1943. After basic training in San Diego, Tannehill moved to Hawaii and went through amphibious force training. Tannehill was attached to the 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Tannehill served as a crewmember aboard an LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) and ferried Marines to the beaches at Iwo Jima. His LVT ran out of gas and sank on the first night. H… more
Date: March 30, 2012
Duration: 46 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Tannehill, Harry I.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George W. Meyers, May 30, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George W. Meyers. Meyers worked as a welder and on an oil rig prior to joining the Navy just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Meyers was eventually assigned to a naval construction battalion and recalls assembling massive oil tanks, a hospital and a radar installation in the Solomon Islands. He also shares anecdotes about welding pontoons together at the Admiralty Islands. Meyers was discharged in November, 1945.
Date: May 30, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Meyers, George W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edwin Jennings, July 30, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edwin Jennings. Jennings enlisted in the Army Air Forces around 1942. In November of 1943 he was commissioned second lieutenant. He served as a math instructor. He completed training in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey on how the weather affects the radar of the enemy. He traveled to New Guinea and then to Leyte in October of 1944. He was assigned to a radar station in Leyte and the Apo Reef in the Philippines, and he provides details o… more
Date: July 30, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Jennings, Edwin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lloyd Rex Travis, April 30, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lloyd Travis. Travis joined the Marine Corps in 1942 and received basic training at Parris Island and further training at Camp Lejeune. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 6th Marine Division and sent to the Pacific. He fought on the north end of Okinawa for more than two weeks. Rather than sleep in a wet foxhole, he stayed in caves that were used as burial sites in peacetime. He left the island on 21 June and awaited fu… more
Date: April 30, 2014
Duration: 39 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Travis, Lloyd Rex
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ray C. Essig, April 30, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Essig. Essig joined the Army in 1943. He received basic training at Camp Hahn and advanced training in the Mojave Desert. He was pulled out of the Army Specialized Training Program early in 1944 and assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division. While fighting in Europe he was captured by Germans and sent to Stalag IVB, near Dresden. He found Kurt Vonnegut’s depiction of life as a prisoner of war to be extremely accurate. Essig… more
Date: April 30, 2014
Duration: 45 minutes 01 second
Creator: Essig, Ray C
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joe White, October 30, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe White. White joined the Navy in June, 1944 and was assigned to the amphibious forces. He became a coxswain on an LCVP. In addition to hauling Marines to the beaches on Okinawa, White spent a lot of time running supplies from ship to shore to support the invasion. White has several anecdotes about his experiences like trading the Seabees beer for showers at his camp and being caught in a typhoon. White returned to the US and w… more
Date: October 30, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: White, Joe B.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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