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Oral History Interview with Lawrence Warren, April 17, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lawrence Warren. Warren joined the Navy in 1942. He was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as a member of the 2nd Deck Division. Warren was a member of the gun crew of a quad-40mm anti-aircraft gun. He details 40mm operations, assignments, and gun watches. Warren describes anti-aircraft operations and being hit by Japanese bombs and a kamikaze. He also discusses some of the tasks performed as a small boat coxswain. Warren… more
Date: April 17, 2011
Creator: Warren, Lawrence
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clifton Woolridge, April 17, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clifton E. Woolridge. Woolridge was worlking for his father in a printing press in Boston before he volunteered for service in the Army. He relates several anecdotes from his training days. He wound up in an engineering outfit attached to the 83rd Infantry Division. He discusses shoring up the levee in Wabash, Indiana in the spring of 1943 and saving the town. Woolridge digresses and speaks about his activities with the reun… more
Date: April 17, 2012
Creator: Woolridge, Clifton E.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Daniel Crowley, April 17, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Crowley. Crowley left school at 16, electing to go to work. In October, 1940, he joined the Army Air Corps. He describes his journey to the Philippines, where he landed in March, 1941. He was stationed at Nichols Field. Crowley recalls being shipped across Manila Bay to Bataan in Christmas Day and fighting the Japanese there until the US forces surrendered. Instead of surrendering, Crowley made it to Corregidor. Whe n… more
Date: April 17, 2012
Creator: Crowley, Daniel
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles J. Schlag, April 17, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles J. Schlag. Schlag was born in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1922. When he finished high school in 1941, he went to work for the local telephone company. In early 1943, Schalg entered the Navy as a cadet learning to fly. He recalls several anecdotes from his flight training at Maryland, Georgia and at Pensacola. After he was commissioned, he went to Great Lakes for carrier landing training. Eventually, he was assigned to… more
Date: April 17, 2009
Creator: Schlag, Charles J.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard Hoffman, April 17, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard F. Hoffman. Hoffman was born 7 January 1922 in Seattle, Washington. While in college, he joined the Naval Reserve V-7 program. Upon graduation in June 1943, he reported to Great Lakes Naval Training Center, then to the Midshipman School at Columbia University. In November 1943 he was commissioned an ensign and sent to Antisubmarine Warfare schools in Miami and Key West. He subsequently joined the commissioning crew o… more
Date: April 17, 2007
Creator: Hoffman, Richard F.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edward Hyak, April 17, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Hyak. Hyak joined the Army Air Corps in August 1940 and received clerical training at Fort Logan. He received glider pilot training in Roswell. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 477th Bomb Group, where he served as a technical clerk assisting the first sergeant. In November 1942 he went to England, where he kept maintenance records and ran troubleshooting for the bomb group as an engineer clerk specialist. He re… more
Date: April 17, 2000
Creator: Hyak, Edward
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Thomas Young, April 17, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Young. Young joined the Army and served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, and participated in the Normandy landings. In September, Young made the invasion in Holland.
Date: April 17, 2004
Creator: Young, Thomas
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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