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Oral History Interview with Leonard Dimminger, April 6, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral history with Leonard Dimminger. Dimminger finished high school in June 1942 and immediately enlisted in the Navy. After basic training in San Diego, he went to Idaho for radio communications training. He eventually became an aviation radioman. He went overseas in early 1943 to Australia and was eventually assigned to VP-52. He describes several night flights he made with VP-52. He stayed with this squadron while he was overseas. He returne… more
Date: April 6, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Dimminger, Leonard G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Frushour, May 24, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William V. Frushour. Born in Fulton County, Indiana 25 October 1921, Frushour graduated from high school in 1939 and attended St. Joseph’s College for two years. Upon being drafted in 1942, he went to Camp Grant, Illinois for basic training. After completion, he was sent to Camp Carson, Colorado for basic medical training. Upon completion of the medical training he was assigned to the 31st General Hospital. He went aboard a … more
Date: May 24, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Frushour, William V.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wallis Hines, April 18, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wallis Hines. Hines joined the Army in September of 1943. In March of 1944 they traveled to Naples, Italy, where he was assigned to C Company, 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion. In May they set up a mortar position in preparation for General Mark Clark to lead the Fifth Army in its capture of Rome in June. They participated in the Invasion of Southern France in August. In December they moved into Bastogne, Belgium in preparation for … more
Date: April 18, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Hines, Wallis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, May 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cleatus A. LeBow. LeBow joined the Navy in 1943 and went from Lubbock, Texas to San Diego for recruit training. He shipped out to Pearl Harbor aboard an LST from San Francisco. At Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to a work detail aboard the USS Oklahoma, which had just been righted. Shortly thereafter, he boarded the USS Indianapolis to serve as a range finder operator on one of the gun turrets. Upon leaving Hawaii, the Indiana… more
Date: May 2, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: LeBow, Cleatus A.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Roy McIlvain, May 26, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with Roy McIlvain. McIlvain describes his experiences growing up in Kansas during the Great Depression. McIlvain joined the Army in January 1943. Instead of training, he joined a searchlight outfit in Washington DC. He was eventually attached to the 76th Infantry Division and traveled to England with them. He shares several anecdotes from his time in the infantry in France, Belgium and Germany. McIlvain carried a Browning Automatic Ri… more
Date: May 26, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 05 seconds
Creator: McIlvain, Roy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Chelly Mendoza, May 25, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Chelly Mendoza. Mendoza was drafted into the Army in August, 1942. He was attached as a medic to the 1st Cavalry Division. He went overseas in May, 1943 and landed at Oro Bay, New Guinea. Mendoza served as a litter bearer hauling wounded from the battlefield. He drove an ambulance in the Admiralty Islands during the campaign in 1944. In October, Mendoza went to Leyte during the invasion of the Philippines. Mendoza helped liberate… more
Date: May 25, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Mendoza, Chelly P.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with C. E. Simmons, April 21, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with C E Simmons. Simmons joined the Navy in October of 1944. Beginning in January of 1945 he served aboard the USS Goshen (APA-108) as coxswain driving Landing Craft, Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) to the beach. They traveled to Hawaii and New Hebrides, and landed the first wave at the Battle of Okinawa. In September of 1945 he was assigned to the US Naval Training Center in Newport, Rhode Island, training new crewmembers for sea duty. He … more
Date: April 21, 2006
Duration: 57 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Simmons, C. E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with LaVergne Thomas, September 4, 2006

Description: Then National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with LaVergne Thomas. Thomas was born in Louisville, Kentucky 31 March 1921. After graduating from high school in 1939 she entered nurse training, which she completed at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Houston, Texas in 1942. Joining the US Army Nurse Corps 7 December 1942 she entered the service as a second lieutenant at Randolph Field, Texas and was sent to Bowman Field, Kentucky for training as a flight nurse. She trained in C-47 ai… more
Date: September 4, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Thomas, LaVergne
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Winter, May 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Winter. Winter joined the Navy around 1943, serving as a quartermaster aboard the USS Cronin (DE-704). Winter worked with the deck force, ordering all relevant supplies including paint, thinners, brushes, scrapers and more. They escorted convoys across the Atlantic to North Africa and Sicily. In December of 1944 they traveled through the Pacific, escorting freighters and aircraft carriers. Winter was discharged in early 1946. more
Date: May 17, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Winter, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dorothy Davis Thompson, June 13, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dorothy Davis Thompson. Thompson was born in Shanghai and graduated high school there in 1935. In 1937, when the Japanese invaded Shanghai she was at Columbia University in New York learning nursing. Her family fled to Manila. When she graduated in 1940, she went to be with her parents in the Philippines. She got a job as a Civil Service nurse in the obstetrics ward at Sternberg Army Hospital, met her fiancee there, and was … more
Date: June 13, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Thompson, Dorothy Davis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Cook, June 14, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Cook. Cook joined the Navy in November of 1939, and completed submarine school. Beginning April of 1942, he served as a fireman aboard the USS Silversides (SS-236). He traveled to Japan and Truk participating in 2 successful war patrols. From November of 1944 through April of 1945 he was assigned to the USS Flasher (SS-249), traveling to the South China Sea and completing war patrols five and six, sinking two Japanese destro… more
Date: June 14, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Cook, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Cullen, June 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Cullen. Cullen joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1943. In September he was assigned to the 90th Airdrome Squadron. In early 1944 they traveled to North Africa, through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Arabian Sea aboard HMHS Chantilly (63). He traveled into Upper Assam Valley and later into Jorhat, India, working in a message center at the base headquarters as a teletype repairman. He was discharged in Jan… more
Date: June 15, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Cullen, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Long, June 19, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Long. Long joined the Navy on 10 December 1941. He completed boot camp and traveled to Pearl Harbor in January of 1942, where he worked at a submarine base, served guard duty and completed further training. He served as a Watertender 3rd Class aboard the USS Hinsdale (APA-120) beginning October of 1944. In February of 1945 they participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima, embarking and disembarking troops and valuable cargo, an… more
Date: June 19, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Long, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Riggs, June 9, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Riggs. Riggs joined the Army Air Forces in May of 1942. He completed Weather, Forecaster and Observer schooling by the spring of 1944. He served as a weather forecaster in the 12th Weather Squadron stationed in North Africa and Italy. He was discharged in November of 1945.
Date: June 9, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Riggs, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Willie Ray Snow, June 12, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willie Ray Snow. Snow joined the Navy in May of 1943. He served as a Radio Technician Second Class, then a Petty Officer. In August of 1944 he traveled to New Guinea and Australia, and in January of 1945 he boarded the USS Flasher (SS-249). Snow participated in her sixth war patrol along the coast of Indochina. In February they sank a sea truck and a cargo ship with torpedoes. They completed patrols in April. Snow was discharged … more
Date: June 12, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Snow, Willie Ray
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gordon Whymark, June 26, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gordon Whymark. Whymark begins with discussing witnessing the Battle for Britain as he was a teenager living in a rural community outside London. When he was seventeen, he joined the Royal Marines and trained at Chatham in 1943. After training, he boarded a ship bound for Sri Lanka and more training. Upon completion of jungle training in Sri Lanka, Whymark was assigned to HMS Illustrious, an aircraft carrier assigned to raid… more
Date: June 26, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: Whymark, Gordon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Barrington Bluetell, July 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barrington Buetell. Buetell grew up in Georgia and was drafted when he turned 18 in 1944. He trained in Georgia before being shipped to Europe in early 1945. He was attached to a headquarters company and recalls liberating a concentration camp at Mulhausen, Austria. When th ewar ended, Buetell rotated back to tUS where he enrolled in college. While there, he completed the Air Force ROTC course and was commissioned just prior… more
Date: July 1, 2006
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Bluetell, Barrington
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sidney Sherwood Yawn, June 17, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sid Yawn. Born in 1924, Yawn graduated from high school in 1941 with the intention of playing professional baseball. He describes learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor and enlisting in the Navy in 1942 despite being underage. After attending Storekeeper?s School, he was assigned to CUB 9 which was tasked with setting up supply bases for Marines on Guadalcanal. He was a Storekeeper First Class. His unit was part of the first… more
Date: June 17, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Yawn, Sidney Sherwood
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Burks, June 27, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Burks. Burks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 17 January 1923. After graduating from high school in 1940, he attended the University of Oklahoma until October 1942, at which time he joined the US Army Air Forces. He began a pilot training program, but the Army terminated it. In August 1943, he underwent basic training at Sheppard Field, Texas for twelve weeks. In November, he went to gunnery school at Laredo Air Field in … more
Date: June 27, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Burks, 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 Alvin Lerman, July 18, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alvin Lerman. Lerman joined the Navy in September 1942. He entered into flight training and earned his wings in March 1944 prior to being assigned to VC-94. His unit boarded the USS Shamrock, Bay (CVE-84). Lerman offers several anecdotes of flying combat missions during the liberation of the Philippines, and the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Date: July 18, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Lerman, Alvin J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jerry Lewis, June 28, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jerry Lewis. Lewis was born in Diamond, Missouri 18 February 1925. At sixteen he joined the Navy and trained at San Diego. He then attended radio school, after which he was assigned to the USS Frankford (DD-497). In June 1943 the ship traveled through the Panama Canal to Norfolk, Virginia. He recalls participating in convoy duty to Casablanca. He recalls relying on a tank as a fire control director during Operation Overlord.… more
Date: June 28, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Lewis, Jerry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Oliver, July 6, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Oliver. Oliver was born in Weleetka, Oklahoma on 29 June 1920. After graduating from high school in 1939, he joined the US Army Air Corps and was assigned to the 11th Squadron, 7th Bomb Group as a bombardier. On a January 1943 flight to Canton Island the B-24 in which he was flying crash landed in the sea. Oliver tells of his recovery from the injuries he sustained and his subsequent assignment to a B-17 crew. In Feb… more
Date: July 6, 2006
Duration: 53 minutes
Creator: Oliver, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph Ramos, August 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph Ramos. Ramos joined the Army Air Forces in June of 1942. He served with a troop carrier squadron aboard a C-47, as a radio operator. He attended a number of USO shows. They traveled to northern Morocco, where he was in charge of an identification, friend or foe (IFF) system box. He traveled on to Algeria, Sicily, North Africa, Iran delivering drop tanks. Ramos flew with a photo reconnaissance unit aboard a B-17. His troop … more
Date: August 1, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Ramos, Joseph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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