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Oral History Interview with Lee Soucy, December 7, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lee Soucy. Soucy joined the Navy in December 1937. Soucy went to the Hospital Corps School in 1938 and became a medical laboratory technologist, and was with the Fleet Marines. He went to a medical field service school with an emphasis studying poison gas. He went to the naval hospital in San Diego. He was with the Marines for 8 months in San Diego, they conquered San Clemente Island with the 5th Regiment. Later he was on US… more
Date: December 7, 2004
Creator: Soucy, Lee
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jesse Dwain Holmes, December 7, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jesse Dwain Holmes. Holmes joined the Navy in 1944 and attended boot camp in San Diego. Upon completion of gunnery school, he boarded the SS John T. McMillan (1943) as an armed guard. After joining a convoy at Leyte, the crew was at general quarters every hour for air raids. Whenever the ship laid smoke screens, Holmes didn’t fire a single round, for fear of engaging in friendly fire. He returned home briefly after 10 months… more
Date: December 7, 2009
Creator: Holmes, Jesse Dwain
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Cliff Robertson, December 7, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Cliff Robertson. Robertson was a crewman on a small, old freighter (SS Admiral Cole) about 150 miles out of Iloilo (in the vicinity of Philippines Islands) when his ship was bombed by a Japanese 4-engine amphibious plane - the same time Pearl Harbor was being bombed. Although their ship was damaged by the bombs, they got to Zamboanga and then were in the China Sea when the USS Houston (CA-30) was sunk. They finally got out down through Tora Straits and then … more
Date: December 7, 2001
Creator: Robertson, Cliff
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Wallace Pickard, December 7, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Pickard. Pickard was born in New York City on 2 August 1919. In 1940 he was accepted into the US Army Air Corps and tells of the various aircraft in which he trained and the different air fields to which he was assigned. In September 1941 he was assigned to Reconnaissance Squadron Four at Hickam Field, Hawaii. He was awakened by the sounds of explosions on 7 December 1941 as the Japanese launched their attack on Pear… more
Date: December 7, 2001
Creator: Pickard, Wallace
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Michael Yuhas, December 7, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Michael Yuhas. Yuhas joined the Army in 1939 and went to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii for training in the Field Artillery. He was at Schofield when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Once the attack occurred, Yuhas went with his unit to defensive positions around Oahu. in 1944, Yuhas went to Australia for six months before rotating back to the US. He was in South Carolina on a training assignment when the war ended.
Date: December 7, 2004
Creator: Yuhas, Michael
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Margaret Soucy, December 7, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Soucy. She completed her nursing training in Salem Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in September 1941. After Pearl Harbor was bombed she joined the Navy in April 1942. She received training at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital through November 1942, then went to the Marine air base in Cherry Point, North Carolina through December 1943. From there Soucy went to Pearl Harbor. She was stationed at Hospital Point in Pearl Ha… more
Date: December 7, 2004
Creator: Soucy, Margaret
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Hannibal Tadlock, December 7, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hannibal Tadlock. Tadlock joined the Navy in 1940. He worked as an oil king aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36). Tadlock was aboard the Nevada while docked at Pearl Harbor during the attack on 7 December 1941. He was then stationed on the USS Lexington (CV-2) in the fire room during the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942. He was then assigned to similar work aboard the USS Core (CVE-13) beginning December of 1943. They travelled ac… more
Date: December 7, 2005
Creator: Tadlock, Hannibal
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Gabriel Robert Caggiano, December 7, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gabriel Robert Caggiano. Caggiano joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He completed boot camp at Parris Island in South Carolina and provides details of his training. He was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. They traveled to Pavuvu in the Solomon Islands for additional training. Over the next 2 years Caggiano participated in the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Okinawa as a Private First Class… more
Date: December 7, 2007
Creator: Caggiano, Gabriel Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lawrence Dibb, December 7, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lawrence Dibb. Dibb joined the Navy in September of 1941. Beginning January of 1942, he served aboard USS Maryland (BB-46) as a Fireman in damage control, fire and rescue, and diving repair. They traveled to Midway and Fiji Island. They participated in the battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa. Dibb was discharged in October of 1945.
Date: December 7, 2000
Creator: Dibb, Lawrence
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charlie Boswell, December 7, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charlie Boswell. Boswell was born in Coryell County, Texas 4 September 1921. He quit high school, joined the Navy and went to boot camp in San Diego. Upon completing boot training he was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43) as a member of the crew in the engine room. During battle stations, he served as an ammunition handler for a five inch gun. He was aboard the ship on 7 December 1941 and he describes his activities durin… more
Date: December 7, 2004
Creator: Boswell, Charlie
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Tippen, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert D. Tippen. Tippen was born in Goldthwaite, Texas on 8 May 1923. He joined the Navy in July 1942. After boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, he was sent to the Canal Zone where he joined the USS Columbia (CL-56), assigned to the Navigation Department. In October 1942 Columbia sailed for Espiritu Santo, supporting the struggle for Guadalcanal. For the next 14 months, with few breaks, Tippen and Columbia saw combat. Start… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Tippen, Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Takeo and Roberta Shiroma. Takeo Shiroma was born in Fresno County, California to parents who were both born in Okinawa. Roberta Shiroma, wife of Takeo, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1932. Her mother was born in San Francisco and her father was born in Japan. Takeo & Roberta were both relocated to an internment camp on an Indian Reservation in Poston, Arizona. They share their remembrances of learning of the attack … more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Shiroma, Takeo
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Greene, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Greene. Greene dropped out of high school and joined the Navy in 1939, going to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. Afterwards, he went to the USS Kilty (DD-137). After a year on her, Greene was assigned to the USS Detroit (CL-8) in December 1940, remaining on her until December 1945. The Detroit changed its home port from San Diego to Pearl Harbor and was there on 7 December 1941. Greene states the Detroit was light in th… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Greene, James Paul
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Quinton Pyle, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Quinton Pyle. Pyle joined the Navy in 1940 before he finished high school. After training in San Diego, he reported to the USS Bagley (DD-386). The Bagley was in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. He was the ‘hot case man’ on number two turret. That day, the turret started firing while the fireman got the boilers lit so they could generate steam and get underway. Pyle states that the ship shot down six Japanese planes … more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Pyle, Quinton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Snell, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Snell. Snell joined the Navy on 11 February 1941. After boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois he took a train to San Pedro and from there rode the USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) to Hawaii where he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6). On 7 December 1941 Snell was in baker’s school at the submarine base. He went down to the pier and got a panoramic view of all that was happening. Snell returned aboard the Enterprise on 8 Dece… more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Snell, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Watters, December 7, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Watters. Watters enlisted in the Naval Reserves in Los Angeles in November, 1940. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to the USS New York (BB-34) for a training cruise, which went to Cuba. After 30 days on the battleship he applied to midshipman’s school in New York. Watters was commissioned and assigned to an aircraft squadron, VP-23, based at Pearl Harbor. Watters’ primary duty in the squadron was administrative but … more
Date: December 7, 2003
Creator: Watters, C. James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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