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Oral History Interview with Robert Martin, April 19, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Martin. Martin joined the Navy in August of 1943. He completed the V-5 program, and served as a pilot. Martin shares details on his training in carrier landing and skip bombing. He does not speak of any service overseas, and his discharge date is not noted.
Date: April 19, 2016
Duration: 57 minutes
Creator: Martin, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leroy Raeber, April 16, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Leroy Raeber. Raeber joined the Navy in October of 1942. He served with the 62nd Naval Mobile Construction Battalion, and on Admiral Chester Nimitz’s maintenance staff. Raeber was stationed on Iwo Jima from 25 February through 1 May 1945, building a seawater conversion tank, filtering salt water to drinking water. He received a discharge in October of 1945.
Date: April 16, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Raeber, Leroy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alton Frost, April 8, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alton Frost. Frost joined the Navy in September 1942 after finishing high school. He went to flight school and switched to the Marine Corps so he could fly single engine planes. He then was assigned to fly dive bombers in Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241). Frost joined the squadron in the Solomon Islands in time to go to the Philippines. He shares a few anecdotes of his combat flight experiences. When the war ended, Fr… more
Date: April 8, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 44 seconds
Creator: Frost, Alton
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Daniel Henshaw, April 22, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Daniel Henshaw. Henshaw joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1942. He served as a C-47 pilot with the 434th Troop Carrier Group, 19th Bomb Wing. Henshaw was stationed in England, and completed missions over France, including flying combat paratroopers on airborne assaults during the invasion of Normandy. He continued his service after the war ended, serving in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars, retiring as a colonel in 1974.
Date: April 22, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Henshaw, Daniel
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Felix Burrus, April 10, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Felix Burrus. Burrus joined the Army Air Forces in August of 1944. He completed Airplane Mechanics School, and served as a B-29 mechanic with the 5th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing. In early 1945, Burrus was assigned to Clark Field in the Philippines, where he worked through the end of the war. He received his discharge in November of 1946.
Date: April 10, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 51 seconds
Creator: Burrus, Felix
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Barclay, April 14, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Barclay. Barclay joined the Army in February of 1943. He served as a rifleman with the 27th Infantry Division, 165th Infantry Regiment. He deployed to Honolulu, Hawaii in May. Barclay participated in the Battle of Makin in November, the Battle of Saipan in mid-1944, the Battle of Okinawa in April of 1945. He received his discharge in November.
Date: April 14, 2016
Duration: 3 hours 40 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Barclay, Kenneth
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Miles, April 7, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Miles. Miles made a deal with the local draft board in his area that he would join the Army right after his sister was married. When she married in 1945, he joined the Army, trained at Fort Lewis and went to Japan on occupation duty. He was assigned to an engineer unit and constructed facilities in occupied Japan. He returned, was discharged and went on to attend Georgia Tech.
Date: April 7, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Miles, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Yarling, November 16, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Yarling. Yarling was at Indiana University when the war started. He joined the Navy while still in school and graduated in 1943. After further training and commissioing, he joined USS Chauncy (DD-667) and served as an assistance communications officer working closely with the radar and radio. Yarling shares anecdotes about life on board the destroyer and recalls going ashore at Tarawa. He also recalls experiences in two t… more
Date: November 16, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Yarling, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Pampe, March 20, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Pampe. Pampe joined the Army in June of 1943. He completed Coast Artillery training. He served as a Munitions Officer with the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, Headquarters Battalion, commanding 35 soldiers. They deployed to England in October of 1944, and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. From September of 1945 until January of 1946, he served as an Athletic Officer at Camp Philadelphia Redeploymen… more
Date: March 20, 2016
Duration: 52 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Pampe, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harmon Harris, March 6, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harmon Harris. Harris joined the Navy in May of 1944. He served with the 141st Construction Battalion. They traveled to the Marshall Islands and Kwajalein, building airstrips, houses and defensive structures.
Date: March 6, 2016
Duration: 35 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Harris, Harmon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Louis Janosek, March 21, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Louis Janosek. Janosek joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1943. He completed training in radio navigation and served as an Air Transport Command C-46 Flight Officer. They traveled to Liberia, West Africa, Ascension Island and China, Tunisia, Egypt, Bagdad, transporting supplies, food and equipment. He shares his experience flying over the Hump, the Himalaya Mountains. He received his discharge in 1946. In 1947, he renewed his… more
Date: March 21, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Janosek, Louis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with P. A. Penley, April 4, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with P.A. Penley. Penley joined the Army in 1942. He studied mechanical engineering at several universities before becoming an infantryman. Penley joined the 66th Infantry Division and was sent to Europe. He mentions a submarine attack on the convoy during the voyage to France that resulted in the loss of over 700 of his fellow soldiers. Penley served as a jeep driver in a weapons company and describes the bitter cold he encounte… more
Date: April 4, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Penley, P. A.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Campbell, May 4, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Campbell. Campbell joined the Army Air Forces in late 1943. He completed gunnery school. He served as a B-24 turret gunner with the 394th Bomb Squadron. He completed 50 combat missions, over Tarawa, Borneo, bombing oil fields, refineries and ports. He returned to the US and received his discharge in 1945.
Date: May 4, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Campbell, Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Louis Wolfort, April 21, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Louis Wolfort. Wolfort was drafted into the Army in January of 1941. He completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, Kentucky in July of 1942. He was then sent to Camp Funston, Kansas to start the 9th Armored Division. He was a light tank instructor at Camp Funston, then went back to Fort Knox, and provides detail of the equipment he used in training. From there he was sent to the West Coast and shipped out as a replacem… more
Date: April 21, 2016
Duration: 55 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Wolfort, Louis
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Shackelford, April 27, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Shackelford. Shackelford joined the Army Air Forces in March 1943. He completed basic training in Miami Beach, Florida. From there he went to Fort Collins, Colorado, and had weapons training and learned to be a clerk typist. He then went to Gunter Field, Alabama, and worked with budgets and accounting, before he volunteered to go overseas. He was with the 13th Air Force Headquarters on Palawan. In June 1944 he boarded… more
Date: April 27, 2016
Duration: 41 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Shackelford, Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth Penn Hammond Vieau. Vieau was born on 11 May 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. After high school graduation in 1936, she attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur as a math major. Vieau joined the Navy WAVES around December of 1942, completed Supply Corps officer training at Harvard in Cambridge. She served as a paymaster for Naval ROTC students at Georgia Tech, and describes her financial responsibilities in that role. She was l… more
Date: May 17, 2016
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Vieau, Elizabeth P
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Alfred Lehmann, May 26, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred Lehmann. Lehmann was drafted in the US Army in 1943. He completed 6 weeks of boot camp in Little Rock, Arkansas, then was deployed overseas as an infantryman. He served with the 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division. Lehmann served in the Philippine Islands, and shares his experiences in the Bougainville Campaign, the Battle of Luzon and freeing prisoners in Manila. Lehmann returned to the US in December of 1945 … more
Date: May 26, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Lehmann, Alfred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Tooze, June 7, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Tooze. Tooze joined the Navy V-12 program in July of 1943, and began his naval service at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He graduated in October of 1944 from the Midshipmen School Program as an ensign. He then reported for duty aboard the USS Biscayne (AGC-18). In February 1945 they set sail for Luzon, Philippines. Their orders were to provide close-in support during the Battle of Iwo Jima. They were ther… more
Date: June 7, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Tooze, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Willard LaCounte, June 9, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willard LaCounte. LaCounte was drafted into the Army in September, 1943 and trained as an antiaircraft artilleryman at Camp Haan, California. In late 1943 he was assigned to the 118th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion as a jeep driver in an industrial section of England and recalls defending it against German air raids. He landed at Normandy one day after the invasion. His unit eventually set up in Holland and shot down bu… more
Date: June 9, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: LaCounte, Willard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with LeRoy Brunner, June 16, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with LeRoy Brunner. Brunner joined the Army Air Forces in September, 1945 and trained in San Antonio. He attended officer candidate school where he received a commission before going to radar school and being assigned to a meteorology school in Illinois. He served at a weather station in Alaska prior to the outbreak of the Korean War. Brunner discusses his long career in the Air Force.
Date: June 16, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Brunner, LeRoy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Ulbrich, June 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Jennings Ulbrich. Ulbrich joined the Navy in February of 1945. He was transferred to Brown Field Airport, San Diego. He worked in ships service, selling merchandise, food, maintaining Coke machines. Ulbrich made the rank of Third-Class Petty Officer. After the base was decommissioned, he was transferred to El Centro and performed shore patrol duty and guarded prisoners. He was there when the war ended. Ulbrich continued his… more
Date: June 17, 2016
Duration: 43 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Ulbrich, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Green Day, June 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Green Day. Day shares his memories of growing up during the Great Depression. He completed trade school to be a machinist. He joined the Navy around 1944. In May 1945 he was assigned to USS Halford DD-480, and they traveled to Pearl Harbor. They provided escort duty to Borneo, and Day served with the deck department helping to maintain the ship. In late 1945 Day experienced a typhoon aboard the ship. He was discharged in July of … more
Date: June 17, 2016
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Day, Green
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Albert Machaud, June 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Machaud. Machaud joined the Army Air Forces on 27 June 1946. He served as a control tower operator with the 128th Army Airways Communication System Squadron. He traveled throughout the Pacific, including Johnston Island, Wake Island, Kwajalein, Okinawa and into Tokyo by January of 1947, directing aircraft on new airstrips that had hastily been built during the war. He speaks of his experiences during his 2 years in occupie… more
Date: June 17, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Machaud, Albert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with David L. Houston, May 17, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Lipscomb Houston. Houston graduated from high school around 1938. He enrolled in Pre-Med at Hardin Junior College, Wichita Falls, Texas in September of 1941. He enlisted in the US Army on 30 June 1942 and served with the 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. His unit landed at Fedala, Morocco on 8 November 1942 for the Invasion of North Africa. In September of 1943, they invaded Italy. Houston returned to the US in … more
Date: May 17, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Houston, David L
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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