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Oral History Interview with John Cook, May 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John M Cook. Cook joined the Army in September of 1940. In October of 1941, he traveled to the Philippines. He was assigned to Fort William McKinley in Manila, to receive training in field operations for the Medical Corps. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Cook was captured by the Japanese and interned from January of 1942 in Cabanatuan prison camp through his liberation in early 1945. After the war, he continued medical services… more
Date: May 18, 2002
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Cook, John M
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joanne Lothrop Crandall, May 16, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joanne Lothrop Crandall. Crandall shares that her father, Major Robert B. Lothrop, graduated from West Point in 1930, and served as an Army Engineer. Their family, including Joanne, was transferred to Fort McKinley in Manila, Philippines in 1940. In June of 1941, Joanne, her mother and brother returned to the US. Major Lothrop was transferred to Corregidor Island in September of that same year. After the Japanese invaded the Phil… more
Date: May 16, 2002
Duration: 23 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Crandall, Joanne Lothrop
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Sheehan, May 14, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Sheehan. Sheehan joined the Navy in October of 1942. He was trained as an aviation machinist mate and became a flight engineer on a PBM Mariner. Sheehan discusses engine maintenance and the challenges of minimizing the constant corrosion that threatened the plane. He briefly discusses flying anti-submarine missions along the East Coast and later in the Pacific. Sheehan also describes weathering a typhoon on the water. H… more
Date: May 14, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 43 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Sheehan, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bill Barnett, May 18, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Barnett. Barnett was born in the San Joaquin Valley on 17 June 1920. Upon graduation from high school in 1937, he entered the United States Naval Academy. After graduating from the Academy in December 1941, he was assigned to the gunnery department aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) which was being repaired after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After being repaired the ship was sent to Espiritu Santos where it operated … more
Date: May 18, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Barnett, Bill
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Norman Stanton, May 29, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman Stanton. Stanton joined the Navy in 1943 after his brother Joe disappeared on the Yangtze River as part of the South China Sea Patrol. Stanton received basic training at Camp Farragut. Upon completion, he went to gunnery school in Newport, Rhode Island, and was assigned as a gunner’s mate to USS Rapidan (AO-18), where he spent two years in the Atlantic, stopping at Murmansk, Oran, Casablanca, and the Caribbean. He ret… more
Date: May 29, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Stanton, Norman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with B. L. Pettit, May 2, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with B L Pettit. Pettit joined the Navy in 1942, at the young age of thirteen. From April of 1943 through March of 1944, he served as First-Class Electrician’s Mate aboard USS Tallulah (AO-50), providing support through the Guadalcanal Campaign and invasion of the Gilbert Islands. From June of 1944 through October of 1945, Pettit served aboard the USS LCI(L)-750 participating in the Leyte operation. He was discharged in November of 19… more
Date: May 2, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 56 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Pettit, B. L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Bob Addobate, May 18, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bob Addobate. Addobate joined the Navy in June of 1941. Beginning in August, he served as a Signalman Second-Class aboard the USS Solace (AH-5), arriving in Pearl Harbor in October. They were docked in the Harbor when the Japanese attacked. From March to August of 1942 they traveled through the Pacific to Australia, and discharged patients. From August of 1942 through May of 1943, they cared for fleet casualties and servicemen wo… more
Date: May 18, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Addobate, Bob
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lois Burns, May 12, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lois Burns. Burns joined the Women’s Army Corps in January of 1945. She completed training in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and provides details of her uniform and living and working conditions. She was later transferred to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where she remained through the spring of 1946. Burns worked at the National Laboratory and at a Western Union office, as a switchboard and teletype operator. She was discharged in July of 1946. more
Date: May 12, 2003
Duration: 51 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Burns, Lois
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Feindt, May 2, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Feindt. Feindt joined the Navy in March of 1941. He completed aviation metalsmith schooling at a Naval armory in Detroit, Michigan. Beginning in September, Feindt worked as a motor machinist aboard USS President Adams (APA-19), participating in the Guadalcanal and Tulagi invasions and the New Georgia Campaign. In the spring of 1944, he was transferred to USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83), participating in the battles of Iwo Jima an… more
Date: May 2, 2003
Duration: 2 hours 27 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Feindt, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Foy, May 5, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George T. Foy. Foy joined the Navy in January 1943. He trained at Great lakes for basic and took an electrician's course there, too before being assigned to the amphibious corps in Solomons, Maryland. He joined an USS LST-282 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In January, 1944, USS LST-282 steamed to Plymouth, England. Foy was aboard the 282 when it went to Normandy on 6 June 1944. It delivered amphibious vehicles and medical supp… more
Date: May 5, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Foy, George T.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Moore, May 8, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Moore. Moore joined the Army through the Selective Service and was assigned to Camp Shelby in January 1941. In 1944 he transferred to the Army Air Forces and learned to fly B-17s at Ardmore Army Air Field. He flew 14 missions in Germany as a pilot with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, in a 12-plane formation. During a bomb run over Hamburg on 20 March 1945, Moore was flying in the lead position and had been … more
Date: May 8, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Moore, Thomas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jim Slaughter, May 16, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jim Slaughter. He was born in San Antonio 3 November 1923. He joined the Civilians’ Military Training Camp program in 1938 and remained in it until it was disbanded in 1940. After volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he was sent to Santa Ana, California for primary training. Upon graduating as a flight officer, he went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery training. He was then sent to Roswell, New Mexico, in 1943, to attend bomba… more
Date: May 16, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Slaughter, Jim
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George William Ogden, May 2, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George William Ogden. Ogden joined the Navy in February of 1942. He completed Officer Candidate School, and trained with amphibious landing vehicles. Beginning in early 1943, he served as a Communications Officer aboard the USS LST-172. They traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Bora Bora, Samoa, New Hebrides, New Caledonia and Guadalcanal. They assisted the Marines in preparation for the Battle of Okinawa. He continued his service after t… more
Date: May 2, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Ogden, George William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Glen Looney, May 4, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glen Looney. Looney was born 24 September 1924 at Lake Texhoma, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and trained at San Diego, California. He was assigned as a 20mm gunner aboard the USS Sangamon (CVE-26). Looney tells of the ship participating in the invasions of the Gilbert and Palau islands and Okinawa. He describes the kamikaze attacks on the ship and of being blown overboard by an explosion. The USS D… more
Date: May 4, 2008
Duration: 54 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Looney, Glen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Tommy W. Shaffer, May 3, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tommy Shaffer. Shaffer was born in Florence, Texas 31 August 1926. He received his draft notice in 1944 and joined the United States Navy. After attending boot camp at San Diego, California he went aboard the USS Sangamon (CVE-26) in February 1945 as second loader on a 40mm gun. He describes the attack at Okinawa by Japanese aircraft and tells of one plane dropping a bomb on the ship just before crashing into the flight deck… more
Date: May 3, 2008
Duration: 46 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Shaffer, Tommy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Oliver Schaetter, May 12, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Oliver Schaetter. Schaetter joined the Navy in December 1943 and was immediately selected as a pharmacist’s mate due to his civilian experience as an embalmer. He received training at Balboa Park sick bay and recalls comforting a shell-shocked soldier who had hidden under his bunk during a fireworks display. In December 1944 Schaetter was assigned to the USS Goshen (APA-108), which functioned as a third-class hospital ship a… more
Date: May 12, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Schaetter, Oliver
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gerard J. Carriera, May 16, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerard Carriera. After graduating high school, Carriera studied drafting and designing at JM Wright Technical School and worked for Electrolux. He received a deferment after joining the Navy in October 1941 and reported back to Electrolux, where he worked on many projects, including the incendiary bomb, Sperry gyroscope, and water purification systems. Carriera was a natural fit for the Seabees and was assigned to the 103rd … more
Date: May 16, 2008
Duration: 55 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Carriera, Gerard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Israel Berger, May 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Israel Berger. While attending medical school, Berger took an officer’s correspondence course with the Navy in May 1942. After interning at the Norfolk Naval Hospital and completing the V-12 program, he boarded the USS Drew (APA-162) as a general medical officer, traveling between Oahu and Saipan. Berger was relieved to be treated kindly despite being one of only two Jewish men on his ship. Despite having grown up in a koshe… more
Date: May 22, 2008
Duration: 48 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Berger, Israel
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Glen Parker, May 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glen Parker. Parker was born on 28 March 1919 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Army in March 1941. His basic training was at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. From there he was sent to Camp Livingston, Louisiana and assigned to the 32nd Division, 120th Artillery, Company C. From Louisiana, his unit was sent to Macon, Georgia, then to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and finally sailed from San Francisco to Australia in April… more
Date: May 21, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Parker, Glen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Tom Gillespie, May 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tom Gillespie. Gillespie joined the Navy and went right to radio school because he was already a radio technician ion civilian life. He was assigned to Special Task Air Group 1 and trained with them to conduct drone strikes on Japanese targets. When he went overseas, he was based at Banika Island, near Pavuvu in the Russell Islands. They attempted a few strikes, but nothing ever came of the project, so the unit went back to the U… more
Date: May 21, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Gillespie, Tom
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Roy Jacobs, May 15, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Jacobs. Jacobs joined the Navy in March of 1942. In 1943 he was transferred to Hawaii, serving on the staff of Commander Gilbert Wren. He served there until the end of the war. Jacobs’ job was working with operations on all new missions and selecting all officer personnel that fit the demands of those operations. He provides some details of his work with Port Director, Captain Hyman Rickover with the atomic submarine force. H… more
Date: May 15, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Jacobs, Roy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James D. McLaughan, May 25, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James D McLaughan, following another interview from 2001. McLaughan joined the Army Air Forces after completing three years of college at Cal Poly. He was stationed at Hamilton Field as a pilot with the 70th Fighter Squadron when the war broke out. He participated in the Yamamoto mission and notes that Rex Barber, who got the kill, always charged into a fight, and that Admiral Halsey sent two cases of fine whiskey to the squ… more
Date: May 25, 2008
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: McLaughan, James D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Bass, May 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert G. Bass. Bass was born in Walnut, Illinois on 18 November 1922. He was drafted into the Army in February 1943. After three months of basic and combat military police training at Fort Riley, Kansas, Bass was accepted in the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Indiana. The program was disbanded in early 1944 and Bass was sent first to an armored infantry unit and then to the 243rd Combat Engineers, tr… more
Date: May 22, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: Bass, Robert G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Regis Butler, May 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Regis Butler. Butler joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1942. He completed flight training and classes in aircraft structures and mechanics. He worked at Bell Aircraft Plant in Niagara Falls to become familiar with P-39s and completed additional classes at Kelly Field in San Antonio on various phases of engines, controls and instruments. He served as a project engineer with the 5th Air Force, 4th Air Service Command, 13th Air… more
Date: May 21, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Butler, Regis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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