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Oral History Interview with Melvin Schmidt, December 2, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Melvin N. Schmidt. Schmidt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 4 March 1926. Expecting to volunteer for the Navy when he turned 18, he ended up joining the Marines on 1 June 1944. Boot camp was at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. From there he went up the coast to Camp Pendleton for advanced infantry training. Training completed, Schmidt sailed for the Western Pacific in November, 1944. With brief stops … more
Date: December 2, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Schmidt, Melvin
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sammie Marshall. Marshall was a student at the University of Texas where she met her future husband, Keifer. She describes how they met and writing him everyday when he joined the Marine Corps. Marshall discusses knitting sweaters for soldiers that traveled through her hometown by rail. She mentions hearing about the atomic bomb when she was with her aunt who had a son that had been wounded and was in the hospital. Marshall … more
Date: December 2, 2014
Duration: 46 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Marshall, Sammie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Melvin Schmidt, December 2, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Melvin N. Schmidt. Schmidt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 4 March 1926. Expecting to volunteer for the Navy when he turned 18, he ended up joining the Marines on 1 June 1944. Boot camp was at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. From there he went up the coast to Camp Pendleton for advanced infantry training. Training completed, Schmidt sailed for the Western Pacific in November, 1944. With brief stops … more
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Schmidt, Melvin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Sammie Marshall, December 2, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sammie Marshall. Marshall was a student at the University of Texas where she met her future husband, Keifer. She describes how they met and writing him everyday when he joined the Marine Corps. Marshall discusses knitting sweaters for soldiers that traveled through her hometown by rail. She mentions hearing about the atomic bomb when she was with her aunt who had a son that had been wounded and was in the hospital. Marshall … more
Date: December 2, 2014
Creator: Marshall, Sammie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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