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Oral History Interview with Milton Seacord, February 6, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Milton Seacord. Seacord joined the Coast Guard in 1943 and received basic training in Oakland. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Coast Guard station at Coos Bay, Oregon, manning the lighthouse and helping fishermen who ran aground. He transferred to Point Loma, California, standing guard as ships were loaded and unloaded in the harbor. After a brief time aboard the USS Admiral W. L. Capps (AP-121), he traveled througho… more
Date: February 6, 2008
Creator: Seacord, Milton
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lewane D. Herrin, July 23, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Lewane D. Herring. He discusses working at Corpus Christi and Kingsville Naval Air Stations in south Texas before being assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La and the destroyer USS Barton during his naval career. He also discusses his time spent in the Air Force during the Korean War. Mr. Herring then read a letter about his brother's service during the Korean War.
Date: July 23, 2008
Creator: Herrin, Lewane D.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edward McCreary, September 20, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward McCreary. McCreary was born in Spain in 1928 and attended school in the Philippines beginning in 1935. He was a high school sophomore in Baguio when the Japanese invaded, and he managed to escape to the mountains, where he hid for three months. After he was caught, he was imprisoned for one year in a small camp. As guerillas began to recapture parts of the island, prisoners were transferred to Santo Tomas University. … more
Date: September 20, 2008
Creator: McCreary, Edward
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Glenn McDole, September 21, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Glenn McDole. McDole begins with some anecdotes about homesteading in Nebraska with his parents and siblings in the 1930s. In 1940, after finishing high school, McDole enlisted in the Marine Corps. He trained in San Diego and then shipped out to the Philippines aboard the USS Chaumont (AP-5). When he arrived in the Philippines, McDole was assigned to a security detachment at Cavite Navy Yard. McDole describes his experiences during the Japanese invasion of t… more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: McDole, Glenn
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Victor Nanadiego, September 20, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Victor Nanadiego. Nanadiego was born in the Philippines and was a private in the Philippine Army at the time of the Japanese invasion. He was captured and participated in the Bataan Death March. He describes insect infestations, rampant disease, and the lack of food and water. Nanadiego also discusses the duties POWs performed including burying the dead. He was released after four months and joined the guerillas when he had … more
Date: September 20, 2008
Creator: Nanadiego, Victor
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Tula Shook, September 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Mrs. Tula Augusta Hickman Shook. Born in 1929, she discusses life on a farm in Texas during the Great Depression and the war. She talks about learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor. She describes rationing, scrap metal drives, war bonds, and blackouts. She recounts how she met her husband, Leon J. Shook, as the result of corresponding with him while he was serving as a Machinist?s Mate on the USS Colorado. She shares the sto… more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Shook, Tula
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Eleanor Schneider, September 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eleanor Schneider. Schneider was born in November of 1932 in New Braunfels, Texas. She grew up in a German-American community, and speaks on some of the difficulties she faced on the homefront during World War II. She speaks about her family history, education and the impact of war on her town. She recalls her family being questioned by the FBI regarding communications they had with relatives in Germany. Schneider speaks of other… more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Schneider, Eleanor
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jim Tuttle, September 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jim Tuttle. Tuttle joined the Army in October of 1940. He served as an infantry Sergeant with Company G, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. He participated in the New Guinea Campaign and the Philippines Campaign. He was discharged in August of 1945.
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Tuttle, Jim
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Ward, September 21, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Jack Ward. Ward moved quickly through school and enlisted in the Navy at 17 in March, 1945. He caught scarlet fever in training and was held back. As a result, the war ended while he was still in training. Ward recalls working in an office in the San Francisco Bay Area where orders were typed out. He implies that he wrote his own orders to get aboard a refridgerated merchant vessel hauling cold supplies to various points in the Pacific. Ward recalls several … more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Ward, Jack
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Keith Wells, September 20, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Keith Wells. Wells was in the cavalry at Texas A&M when the war broke out. He joined the Marine Corps and attended officer’s school. There he learned parachuting, completing his final jumps with a broken leg, which he never sought medical care for. He received further training at Camp Pendleton and became the executive officer of his company. Landing on Iwo Jima in the third wave, he remained there for the duration of t… more
Date: September 20, 2008
Creator: Wells, John Keith
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ken Wiley, September 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ken Wiley. Wiley was born in Hillsboro, Texas 18 July 1925 and joined the US Coast Guard in 1942. He underwent basic training at St. Augustine, Florida for six weeks before being sent to landing craft school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina for training in LCVPs. Upon completion of the training he was assigned as a coxswain of a four man boat crew. After arriving in Hawaii he began making practice landing with the 22nd Marine… more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Wiley, Ken
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ronald DeWitt, September 23, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ronald DeWitt. In 1943, he joined the Navy when he was 17. He went to Newport, Rhode Island for basic training and then went to radar operator school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From there, he was assigned to Port Hueneme, California for more radar training. He evetually volunteered for sea duty and was posted to the USS Algol (AKA-54) in August, 1944 as a radar man. He describes the function of and gear aboard the attack cargo ship; being the ranking r… more
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: DeWitt, Ronald
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harry Akune, September 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harry Akune. Akune was born in Turlock, California. He served as a translator and interrogator for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service in the Pacific Theater. The Akune family had 4 brothers, all of whom served in World War II, though two served with the U.S. and two served with Japan. Upon their mother???s death in 1933, the brothers and their father moved to Japan to live with relatives. Once old enough, Harry Akune and… more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Akune, Harry
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Raymond Reestman, September 24, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Raymond Reestman. Reestman was drafted into the Army in August 1942 and trained at Fort Bliss before joining the 531st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. After training, he headed overseas to England in February 1944. On 15 June, his unit landed at Omaha Beach. He provides details about his experiences at the Battle of St. Lo. Reestman describes action at the Battle of the Bulge and then recalls moving into Germa… more
Date: September 24, 2008
Creator: Reestman, Raymond
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Wesley Plummer, September 26, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wesley Plummer. Plummer joined the Marine Corps in February 1943 and trained at San Diego. After boot training, he volunteered for the Marine paratroopers and trained at Camp Gillespie. Then he was assigned to the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion and went to Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella before landing on Bougainville in December, 1943. Plummer details some of his experiences in the jungle at Bougainville. He returned to the US for… more
Date: September 26, 2008
Creator: Plummer, Wesley
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Tim Ashcraft, September 2, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tim Ashcraft. Ashcraft joined the Army in October of 1943. He was assigned to the Medical Department. He worked at Ashford General Hospital in West Virginia. He traveled to Europe in 1944, including Germany and France. He was discharged in 1945.
Date: September 2, 2008
Creator: Ashcraft, Tim
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Earl Kling, September 3, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Earl Kling. Kling joined the Army Air Forces and received basic training in St. Louis. He was trained as a B-17 pilot before being transferred to the Northern Mariana Islands as a B-29 pilot. He did not engage in battle during his service, and he retired with 35 years combined active and reserve duty. Kling notes that while many of the troops were against serving beside African American soldiers, he felt camaraderie with eve… more
Date: September 3, 2008
Creator: Kling, Earl
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Steward, August 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Steward. Steward was born in Waverly, Illinois. After enlisting in the Army Air Corps, and spending four weeks in basic training, he went to aircraft maintenance school. In 1944 he went to the South Pacific and was stationed in the Philippines. One night Japanese paratroopers attacked, killing a number of Americans in their tents. On another occasion at Clark Air Base, the Japanese, under cover of darkness, put time b… more
Date: August 30, 2008
Creator: Steward, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harrold Weldon, August 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harrold Weldon. Weldon joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned as a coxswain to the USS Neville (APA-9) for the invasion of Saipan. He was transferred to the USS Brookings (APA-140), which was loaded with Marines in anticipation of the invasion of Japan. When the war ended, the Marines were delivered instead as occupational forces. Weldon was in Tokyo Bay for the sig… more
Date: August 30, 2008
Creator: Weldon, Harrold
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lin Williams, September 3, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lin Williams. Williams joined the Army in November 1942 after spending a year in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He received basic training at Fort Meade and joined the 4th Cavalry. He was sent to California for desert training but sailed to England in February 1943. He landed on an island off the coast of Utah Beach before dawn on D-Day. There was no German opposition, but 19 men were killed and 55 injured by land mines. W… more
Date: September 3, 2008
Creator: Williams, Lin
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Wallace Ashwood, October 18, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Ashwood. Ashwood joined the Navy in 1943 and boarded the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) as a seaman. In the Bering Sea, Ashwood stood watch in freezing winds. But later, at Makin Island, it was so hot that sailors around him collapsed from heat exhaustion. Ashwood often worked as an ammunition handler but happened to be working in the food storage locker on the day that a 200-pound can of gunpowder exploded, killing severa… more
Date: October 18, 2008
Creator: Ashwood, Wallace
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Caposella, October 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Caposella. Caposella left his studies at Ohio State University to join the Navy in March 1944. He received basic training at Great Lakes and attended radio school in Bedford Springs. After completing amphibious training at Camp Bradford and Fort Pierce, he was assigned to the USS Ostara (AKA-33) where he rode in LCVPs transporting troops and supplies throughout the Pacific. Although it was not well-armored, it survived… more
Date: October 22, 2008
Creator: Caposella, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Theodore Anderson, October 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Theodore Anderson. Anderson was drafted into the Navy in April of 1943. He graduated from the hospital corps in San Diego and worked at Long Beach Naval Hospital. As a hospital corpsman Anderson was assigned to the 13th Marines, 5th Marine Division artillery group H & S Battery in the fall of 1944. They traveled to Saipan in preparation for the Battle of Iwo Jima. Anderson provides details of his experiences at Iwo Jima, includin… more
Date: October 22, 2008
Creator: Anderson, Theodore
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frederick Coffee, October 24, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frederick Coffee. Coffee was born in Decatur, Indiana 16 August 1923 and graduated from high school in 1942. Upon joining the Navy, he underwent eight weeks of boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois before entering Aviation Machinist School. He was then sent to Memphis, Tennessee for radio and radar training. After that, he attended gunnery school at Hollywood, Florida before going Ft. Lauderdale w… more
Date: October 24, 2008
Creator: Coffee, Frederick
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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