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Oral History Interview with Louie Sullivan, September 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Louie Sullivan. Sullivan was married with a son on the way when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was placed on the draft, with a 3-A exemption. He completed mechanics school at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He was sent to Love Field in Dallas to work as a machinist. He joined the Navy in 1942 and completed basic engineer school and provides some details of basic training and learning how to swim for the Navy. In 1944 Sul… more
Date: September 19, 2009
Creator: Sullivan, Louie
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard Youngs, November 19, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Youngs. Youngs joined the Navy and was sent to gunnery school. He was then assigned to USS LST-290. Youngs describes getting sea-sick and a collision with a civilian ship in which he was injured. He was reassigned to the commissioning crew of USS LST-947. Youngs describes his duties as a coxswain including an incident where he received a speeding ticket at Pearl Harbor in his LCVP. He discusses how his ship carried e… more
Date: November 19, 2011
Creator: Youngs, Richard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ralph Nelson Smith, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ralph Nelson Smith. Smith joined the Merchant Marines in the spring of 1945 at the age of 17. Upon completion of training at Catalina Island, which included hand-to-hand combat and jumping into flaming gasoline-covered water, he was assigned to the SS H. Weir Cook (1944) as a messman and storekeeper. In August 1945, he sailed out of San Francisco in blackout conditions but soon learned of the Japanese surrender. Despite that… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Smith, Ralph
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Corbisiero, December 19, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Corbisiero. Corbisiero was a freshman on Notre Dame's national champion football team when he was drafted, in 1944. With draft board approval, he joined the Merchant Marine Officer Training School at Alameda, where he was welcomed by officers who would become professional football stars. After running the academy's football team, Corbisiero boarded the SS Clovis Victory (1944), in the spring of 1945. As an engineer cade… more
Date: December 19, 2013
Creator: Corbisiero, John
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lyle Bradley, November 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lyle Bradley. Bradley was born in Key West, Iowa on 22 November 1924. After graduating from the University of Dubuque, in 1942 he joined the Navy and went to Aberdeen, South Dakota where he began his initial pilot training. He was stationed at several airfields and flew various aircraft prior to going to Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida where he received his wings in April 1944. After taking advanced training in the F4F … more
Date: November 19, 2009
Creator: Bradley, Lyle
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Francis Manniello, March 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis Manniello. Manniello joined the Army Air Corps in April 1941 after being drafted. In his county, the sons of Democrats were drafted before Republicans, so Manniello had been expecting this and took the aviation cadet exam early on. He was ultimately trained as a bombardier and navigator and in 1943 he deployed to England as a replacement for the 96th Bomb Group, 337th Squadron. He came under heavy fire during his fir… more
Date: March 19, 2012
Creator: Manniello, Francis
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Dwayne Jose, February 19, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dwayne Kendall Jose. Jose joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He received his wings in 1943, and served as a B-26 bomber pilot with the 17th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. Beginning in mid-1944, he traveled to North Africa, and completed 50 missions over Italy and Germany. They participated in the Italian Campaign and the Battle of the Bulge, bombing air fields, refineries and bridges. He shares vivid details of combat. Jose returne… more
Date: February 19, 2019
Creator: Jose, Dwayne
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Edmund Russell, November 19, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edmund Russell. Russell joined the Army Air Corps in 1940. He was stationed at Wheeler Field in Hawaii, serving in the mess hall and with a fatigue unit, assisting with ditch digging, garbage hauling and other manual labor. Russell was in Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He later completed Navigator School and served as an A-26 Bombardier/Navigator in India and China, supporting Chinese nationalists. Russell returned to … more
Date: November 19, 2013
Creator: Russell, Edmund
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Morgan, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Morgan. Morgan joined the Navy in January of 1944. Beginning June, he served aboard the USS Holt (DE-706) as a Seaman 2nd Class, and worked as a quartermaster. They provided anti-submarine patrol, protection for operations in Leyte Gulf and escort services to Hollandia, New Guinea. They steamed with a convoy toward Mindoro for the establishment of a motor torpedo boat base on the island, and the Holt provided gunfire supp… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: Morgan, William
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ernest Howe, September 19, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ernest Howe. Howe joined the Navy in 1943 when he finished high school. He trained as a pharmacist's mate and worked in the Oak Knoll Hospital in Oakland. He then was assigned to a large hospital in Noumea, New Caledonia. Later in the war, he moved up to the Philippines and worked in a clinic in Manila. When the war ended, Howe opted for a discharge.
Date: September 19, 2017
Creator: Howe, Ernest
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Myer, August 19, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Myer. Myer joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He served as a flight engineer and waist gunner on a B-24 bomber in the 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 489th Bomb Group, 846th Bomb Squadron. While in the European theater, Myer was stationed at Halton Field in Halesworth, England. On 31 July 1944, during his 31st and final mission, he was shot down and captured by the Germans. Myer was taken to Stalag Luft IV in … more
Date: August 19, 2009
Creator: Myer, James
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frank M. 'Tommy' Thompson, February 19, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank M. ""Tommy"" Thompson. Thompson was attending the University of Virginia in 1942 when he decided to enlist in the Marine Corps with some friends. Soon, he found himself training in Hawaii. He describes the lines of men waiting to get into the whorehouses in Honolulu. He landed on Saipan with the Second Marine Division where he describes a banzai attack by the Japanese infantry. Thompson witnessed the famous incident wh… more
Date: February 19, 2005
Creator: Thompson, Frank M. 'Tommy'
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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