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Oral History Interview with Lucy Overmyer, April 9, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lucy Overmeyer. Overmyer was born in Culver, Indiana on 21 June 1920 and after graduating from high school in 1938 she went to work for a defense contractor, Bendix Aircraft. She enlisted into the Marine Corps on 12 May 1943, completed basic training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and enrolled in Quartermaster School at Quantico, Virginia. She describes some of her experiences while at Quantico, where she spent the remainde… more
Date: April 9, 2005
Duration: 59 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Overmyer, Lucy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Chalres, April 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Charles. Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma in 1919. Placed in a foster home at sixteen years of age he was encouraged to complete high school and attended college. On 6 June 1940 he joined the US Marine Corps and went to San Diego for boot camp. After boot training he was selected for Marine Corps Field Intelligence Training. When he completed this training he was ordered to proceed to Shanghai. Prior to arrival, h… more
Date: April 2, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: Charles, Howard Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Rocky Argusti, April 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rocky Agrusti. Argusti was born on 7 July 1924 in Waterville, New York into a family of nine children. Four of the boys and one of the girls served during World War II. Two of the boys were killed in action during the war. Prior to being drafted, he worked as a steam engine fireman with the New York Central Railroad. Upon entering the US Army in 1943, he was sent to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for basic training. After receiving… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Duration: 39 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Argusti, Rocky
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Otis Cox, April 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Otis M. Cox. Cox was born in Harlan, Kentucky on 10 May 1923. Soon after graduating from high school in 1941, he joined the US Army Air Corps. Upon completion of basic training at Shreveport, Louisiana he was sent to Ft. Logan, Colorado to attend a technical training school. He recalls various air bases to which he was assigned and of the various jobs he performed. During the course of his time in the service, he learned rad… more
Date: April 2, 2005
Duration: 26 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Cox, Otis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carl DeLeeuw, April 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carl DeLeeuw. DeLeeuw joined the Army Air Forces in late 1941 and was shipped to Australia right as the war was beginning to assemble P-40s. From there, he went to India and was an airplane mechanic involved in maintaining the planes flying supplies over the Himalaya Mountains to China and bombing Burma. He was released from the service in September, 1945 and went to work for United Airlines.
Date: April 1, 2005
Duration: 36 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: DeLeeuw, Carl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bob Fagleson, April 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bob Fagleson. Fagleson went to school at Virginia Tech and took the Civilian Pilot Training course. To continue flying he joined the Army Air Forces. He was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri for classification due to an eye astigmatism. From there he went to Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin learning basic radio mechanics, and then on to radar school in Florida, then Control Net System training in Homer, Wisconsin. Once he gra… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Duration: 43 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Fagleson, Bob
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Virgil Heidbrink, April 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Virgil Heidbrink. Heidbrink was a Master Sergeant in the Army. He was drafted in March 1944. He began basic training in Camp Barkeley, Texas then transferred to Brigham City, Utah for joint training at Bushnell Army Hospital where he was assigned to clerk duty in the hospital headquarters. In November 1944 he boarded the USS General John Pope (AP-110), destination Bombay, India. From there they went to Ledo, Assam and he was assi… more
Date: April 2, 2005
Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Heidbrink, Virgil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Lawler, April 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Lawler. Lawler was born in Mount Pleasant, Texas 4 October 1918. Graduating from high school in 1936, he attended business college for two years before being employed in the accounting office of the Fort Worth Poultry and Egg Company. He was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1941 for several months prior to entering the US Army Air Corps cadet training program. Having received flight training at several… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Lawler, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Moore, April 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Moore. Moore graduated from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene in January 1940. He was hired by the FBI after graduation and worked in Washington. In the fall of 1944 he joined the OSS and was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy although he didn't go to OCS. OSS training occurred on Catalina Island, CA. In Kunming, China he worked with Chang Kai Shek (Nationalist troops) developing informants and demolition experts. H… more
Date: April 2, 2005
Duration: 44 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Moore, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Moore, April 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Moore. Moore joined the Army and trained at Fort Riley, Kansas before being shipped to Burma and attached to the 475th Infantry Regiment. After some time as a rifleman, he was made a combat medic. He describes several battles with the Japanese in the jungles of Burma. Moore was wounded but stayed with the other surgeons and medics. After securing Burma, Moore was transferred to Kunming, China to teach Chinese National… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Moore, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Linamen, April 4, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Linamen. Linamen joined the Army Air Corps. He completed Primary Flying School at Hicks Field in Fort Worth, Texas, and Basic Flying School at Perrin Field in Sherman, Texas learning to fly a single engine aircraft. He went to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas and learned to fly a twin engine, and received his wings and commission. Back in Fort Worth to Tarrant Army Air Force Base he went to Transition School and learned … more
Date: April 4, 2005
Duration: 46 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Linamen, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lent Logar, April 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lent Logar. Logar was born in Spring Valley, Illinois on 23 July 1920. After graduating from high school, he joined the Army Air Corps and had basic training at Fort Niagara, New York. He was then sent to Decatur, Alabama where he took primary flight training with Southern Aviation. He then went to Lamesa, Texas to a flight school dedicated to liaison flying where they trained in the L-5 Stinson. Upon graduating, he was assi… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Logar, Lent
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ken Marks, April 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ken Marks. Marks joined the Army Air Forces in December 1941 and was sent to Aircraft Mechanics School at Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls, Texas. From there he trained at a Flight Engineer and Gunnery School in Harlingen, Texas, graduating in June 1942. From there he went to Boise, Idaho where he was Assistant Flight Engineer on a B-17. He trained on B-24s in Fort Worth, Texas. He left Christmas morning 1942 on his first flight o… more
Date: April 2, 2005
Duration: 47 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Marks, Ken
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Phillips, April 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Phillips. Phillips joined the Army and after training was sent to Burma where he joined Merrill's Marauders. He was also assigned to the 613th Field Artillery Battalion. Phillips relates several experiences dealing with the mules in the jungles while attached to this artillery unit. When the war ended, Phillips was in Kunming, China. He stayed on in China and helped with the negotiations between the communists and national… more
Date: April 2, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 36 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Phillips, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edgar Wolf, April 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar Wolf. World joined the Army Air Forces in January, 1942 and trained at Biloxi, Mississippi before heading for Lockheed in California to learn about P-38s. He went to Officer Candidate School and earned a commission before being assigned to the Air Transport Command in New York. With the ATC, Wolf learned loadmaster techniques and air traffic control procedures before heading for Chabua, India. At his base he was respon… more
Date: April 2, 2005
Duration: 51 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Wolf, Edgar
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Boesch, April 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Boesch. After high school Boesch went to summer school at the University of Texas at Austin, joined the enlisted reserve corps and was eventually 'called up'. He had basic training in Cheyenne, Wyoming and learned to drive a truck. In what he calls 'casual status', he was shipped (like cargo) on a Liberty ship which landed in Canistel, North Africa. Conditions on board the ship were atrocious - little food, water, et… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Boesch, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Hafter, April 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Hafter. Hafter went into the Air Force right after Pearl Harbor, attended radio school in Illinois and then was sent to Colorado Springs, CO Air Base. His unit (17th Photo Recon, flying P-38s) was shipped overseas via a Dutch freighter ending up on Guadalcanal on 6 Jan 1943. While on Guadalcanal, Hafter transferred to the 70th Fighter Squadron which was flying P-39s. Had malaria five times. His unit moved to Ondonga I… more
Date: April 18, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Hafter, Joseph A.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Byram, April 14, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Byram. Byram joined the Navy in 1936 and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. He later went aboard USS Lexington (CV-2) in time for the Battle of the Coral Sea. Aboard the Lexington, Byram served as an aircraft engine mechanic the day she sank. After duty with a seaplane outfit, Byram transferred to USS Midway (CV-41) where he worked on corsairs. After the war, Bynum stayed in the Navy Reserves.
Date: April 14, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Byram, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ralph Long, April 28, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ralph S. Long. Long joined the Navy in June, 1944. After basic training, he was assigned to ACORN 29 and went overseas from Port Hueneme and arrived in time for the invasion of Okinawa. He landed with a Navy construction battalion and assisted in establishing a small airfield for close air support. Long was discharged from the Navy in 1946. He entered the Air Force in 1951 with a commission and served as a psychologist. He r… more
Date: April 28, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Long, Ralph S.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ross Murphy, April 8, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ross Murphy. Murphy lied about his age and joined the Navy in July, 1944. From basic training, Murphy went to Florida for amphibious training learning how to be a coxswain on an LCVP. He was then assigned to USS Daniel T. Griffin (APD-38) in December 1944. At Okinawa, Murphy used his LCVP to sweep for mines in close to the shore. He was discharged in June, 1946.
Date: April 8, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Murphy, Ross
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Marie Speer, April 5, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Marie Speer. Speer was born 9 May 1921 in Tappan, New York. After graduating from high school in 1938 she worked at various jobs and attended classes at New York University. She tells of meeting her first husband Edward Hawley Jordan at the college and getting married in May 1942. Her husband was drafted in January 1944 and took his basic training at Fort McGraw, Alabama. In September 1944 he joined the 175th Regiment, 29th … more
Date: April 5, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Speer, Marie
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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