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[JBAAL 1st "Medal of Merit" awards banquet]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1st "Medal of Merit" Annual Awards Banquet for the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters held on June 30th, 1979. The tape includes two tracks of audio that are generally noisy and intelligible. Track 1 covers the awards banquet speakers and track 2 a performance by Helen Monday of "My Living Shall Not Be in Vein".
Date: June 30, 1979
Duration: 59 minutes 05 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Robert Benzinger, October 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Benzinger. Benzinger joined the Navy in June of 1944. He completed Radio School. He was stationed as a Radio Technician at the Navy Pier in Chicago and worked with all Navy communications equipment. He graduated from Navy Pier just as the war ended and continued on with his service. He worked in a receiving station on Leyte Gulf in the Philippine from September of 1945 through May of 1946. He was discharged in June of 1946. more
Date: October 30, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Benzinger, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Nellis Verhey, November 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Nellis Verhey. Verhey joined the Army in April of 1943. He served with G Company, 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. In 1944 they traveled to England. Verhey parachuted into Normandy on D-Day in June and into Belgium during Operation Market Garden in September. Verhey was discharged in December of 1945. After the war ended, he served on Honor Guard duty for both Eisenhower and Truman.
Date: November 30, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Verhey, Nellis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Dragoni, January 30, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Dragoni. Dragoni joined the Army Aviation Cadet Training Program in August of 1943. He completed cadet training and gunnery school, though served as a Radar Navigator aboard a B-29. Beginning in December of 1944 he completed missions to Singapore out of a base in India. During one mission, their plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Singapore and they crash landed on Burma. They were later stationed on Guam, completing mi… more
Date: January 30, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Dragoni, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Darl Good, June 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Darl Good. Good volunteered for service in the Army, enlisting in January, 1941. Good trained at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He also attended a clerical school and worked in the headquarters at Fort Knox making sure the armored divisions had spare parts for their vehicles. After a few years there and promotion to warrant officer, Good transferred to the 918th Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company where he learned to drive a variety of ve… more
Date: June 30, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Good, Darl L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Good, August 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth O. Good. Good joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He completed Radio Operator and Mechanics Technical School at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and the Aviation Cadet Pilot Training Program in Texas. Good received his wings in August of 1944. He served with the 528th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group, 14th Air Force as a P-51 fighter pilot, under the director of General Claire Chenault. In May of 1945, Go… more
Date: August 30, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Good, Kenneth
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Lyman, May 30, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Lyman. After completing one year at The Ohio State University, Lyman joined the Navy 1943. He trained at Great Lakes and was assigned to the USS Colorado (BB-45). He was assigned to the 40mm anti-aircraft guns aboard the Colorado and participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands. He describes the Colorado receiving fire from a Japanese shore battery at Tinian. Lyman then describes opera… more
Date: May 30, 2005
Duration: 19 minutes 01 second
Creator: Lyman, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Harper, June 30, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Harper. In 1937, Harper joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and worked in his native Texas. In 1939, he joined the Army and was assigned to D Battery in the Fifth Field Artillery. He never received basic training. He went straight to work with a 155mm Howitzer crew at Fort Benning. The unit moved to New York after participating in the Louisiana Maneuvers. Harper made sergeant and worked in supply. He eventually was a… more
Date: June 30, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 54 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Harper, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Trubiano, December 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Trubiano. Trubiano was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on 17 August 1920. Enlisting in the National Guard in February 1939, he joined the 101st Combat Engineers. After the unit was activated, it went to Camp Edwards, Massachusetts for training. On 23 January 1942 they boarded the SS Argentina for a thirty-eight day voyage to Melbourne, Australia. Then they went to Espiritu Santos and built an airstrip. The unit the… more
Date: December 30, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Trubiano, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Barg, January 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Barg. Barg was born on 20 November 1918 in San Benito, Texas and graduated from high school in 1936. After hearing the Army Air Corps had an excellent school for aircraft maintenance, he joined the Army Air Corps on 20 June 1940 at Chanute Field, Illinois. After completing aircraft maintenance training, he was made an instructor. Barg served as an instructor for several years before he applied for and was accepted to … more
Date: January 30, 2004
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Barg, Robert L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert L. (Bob) Groves, April 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Grove. He discusses joining the Marine Corp, shipping out to New Zealand before landing on Guadacanal a few days after the invasion started there, then going to Tarawa, getting malaria, returning to Hawaii for more training before going to fight on Saipan, getting hit by shrapnel and shot in the leg. He describes battle conditions, getting caught in storms abroad ships crossing the Pacific, returning to the states after … more
Date: April 30, 2004
Duration: 47 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Groves, Robert L. (Bob)
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Guinn Rasbury, April 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Guinn Rasbury. He discusses joining the Marines, being part of the invasion force at Florida and Tulagi Islands, having multiple malaria attacks, being transferred to Maine to cure his malaria, other transfers around the States, ending up back in the Pacific. He ancedotes how being sick with malaria and getting bumped from a plane ride home saved his life, sounding Taps at a memorial service for President Roosevelt, being Ch… more
Date: April 30, 2004
Duration: 38 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Rasbury, Guinn
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with H. L. Obermiller, April 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with H. L. Obermiller. He discusses his involvement in the Battles of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, and being a Pharmacist's Mate. He ancedotes about having Spam for Thanksgiving, meeting a couple Navajo codetalkers, and writing letters back home.
Date: April 30, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Obermiller, H. L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Laudell Raper, April 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Laudell Raper. Raper joined the Marine Corps in early 1942. In the summer, he deployed to New Zealand and served with the 8th Marine Regiment. Beginning in August of 1942 through August of 1944, Person served as a Corporal in a machine gun section during the battles of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian. Raper contracted malaria on Tinian and returned to the US in late 1944. He later completed Non-Commissioned Officer School … more
Date: April 30, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Raper, Laudell
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Webb, April 30, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Webb. Webb was born in Houston, Texas on 11 March 1923. He participated in the Civilian Pilot Training Program while attending Sam Houston State University. Upon earning his pilot’s license in 1942, he entered into the Navy Flying Cadet program. After three months of primary flight training at Lambert Field, Missouri he went to Corpus Christi Naval Air Station in Texas for the final phase of training. Upon graduating… more
Date: April 30, 2001
Duration: 58 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Webb, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mary Jean Tanner, December 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mary Jean Tanner. Tanner joined the Army after working as a civilian in a parts warehouse at Kelly Field. She was given special clearance to handle the Norden bombsight. Upon enlisting in the Army, she was sent to Algiers, as secretary to General Sables. She was the only woman in the chemical warfare unit there. The water in Algiers had been so badly contaminated by air raids as to be deemed unsafe, even for bathing. One eve… more
Date: December 30, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Tanner, Mary Jean
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Haselby, November 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John V. Haselby. Haselby was born in Grass Creek, Indiana on 24 April 1919. Haselby had 4 brothers and 5 sisters. He and his brothers all served and survived their service to the war effort. Haselby attended flight training at Chickasha, Oklahoma and received his wings and commission in Victoria, Texas in April 1942. He was sent to Morocco aboard USS Chenango (ACV-28) which was transporting 78 P40 airplanes that had been hoi… more
Date: November 30, 2004
Duration: 36 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Haselby, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joe Parker, January 30, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Parker. Parker joined the Marine Corps on 8 December 1941. He traveled to New Zealand, practicing jungle warfare training. He participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign, was shot three times by October of 1942, and received three Purple Hearts. He was hospitalized on the island of Efate, where he personally met Eleanor Roosevelt. He ultimately returned to the US aboard the USS Mercy (AH-8). He never returned to combat due to hi… more
Date: January 30, 2003
Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Parker, Joe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Straw, June 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Straw. Straw was born in Pulaski County, Indiana 18 August 1914. He was unable to complete high school as he had to help his father on the farm. Drafted into the Army Air Corps in February 1942 he went to Kelly Field, Texas for basic training. Upon completion of basic he was sent to Los Angeles for aircraft mechanic school, which he attended for three and one-half years. He recalls working on engines of the B-17 and … more
Date: June 30, 2004
Duration: 19 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Straw, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wilbur Huston, April 30, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wilbur Huston. Huston joined the Navy in August of 1943. He worked as a Hospital Corpsman at the Special Naval Advanced Group (SNAG) Upper 56th Hospital in southern England through October of 1944. He later served as First-Class Hospital Apprentice aboard the USS Navarro (APA-215). They transported troops and cargo to Guadalcanal and for the invasion of Okinawa. They traveled into Yokohama and conducted worked through the allied … more
Date: April 30, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Huston, Wilbur
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Marie Castro, September 30, 1998

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marie Castro. As a child, Castro lived in Saipan under Japanese occupation, living with rationing and blackout conditions. As a Chamorro, she received corporal punishment from her teachers, and one of her cousins was beaten to death. When Japanese Marines came to Garapan seeking comfort women, Castro hid in an attic to avoid being taken. She then moved with her family to Marpi Point, but her father was sent to a labor camp. … more
Date: September 30, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Castro, Marie
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Henry Hise, September 30, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Hise. Hise grew up in Texas and enlisted in the Navy in July 1941. He later joined the Marines. He was trained in dive bombers. Hise met Joe Foss during training at San Diego. In 1942 after training, he took the Hilo to Pearl Harbor. Hise flew out to the USS Hornet. He flew day and night intensively. He deployed on the USS Long Island to Guadalcanal. He describes an encounter with Melanesian cops. Next he describes the… more
Date: September 30, 2000
Duration: 58 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Hise, Henry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward L. Feightner, September 30, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with E. L. Feightner. Feigtner grew up in Ohio. He got his pilot's license prior to enlisting in the Navy in Michigan in 1941. After flight training, he was assigned to VF-5 squadron. He was reassigned to VF-10 on the USS Enterprise. Feightner flew the F4F Wildcat. His first combat was the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Next, he flew near Guadalcanal. In April 1943, he transferred to Air Group Eight and joined the USS Bunker H… more
Date: September 30, 2009
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Feightner, Edward L
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frederick Chevalier, September 30, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frederick Chevalier. Chevalier grew up in Texas and was drafted into the Army Air Force in 1941. Once he finished training, he became an instructor. He was told he had a foot condition and offered to stay as an instructor. He turned down the offer. He boarded a tanker at San Francisco in 1944 and took it to New Guinea. From there, he went up to Biak and then Mindoro where he fly 15 missions with the Jolly Rogers. He did rada… more
Date: September 30, 2000
Duration: 56 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Chevalier, Frederick
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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