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Oral History Interview with Martin Mehron, May 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin Mehron. Mehron joined the Navy in February 1941 after spending a year working for Western Electric while attending night school at the Newark College of Engineering. Upon completion of boot camp at Newport, he attended radio school in Jacksonville, which ended with a secret two-week course in radar. After learning to operate radar in PBYs, he stayed on at Jacksonville as an instructor until being sent to a more rigoro… more
Date: May 31, 2012
Duration: 53 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Mehron, Martin
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Owens, May 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Owens. Owens joined the Navy in 1943, aspiring to be a fighter pilot. He enrolled in the V-12 program but by 1944 there was declining interest in pilots with as little experience as he would have had, so he volunteered for gunnery school. He joined a PBY4-2 Privateer crew in Florida as a turret gunner and deployed to the Philippines. Flying over the South China Sea and along the coastline of Indochina, his crew was of… more
Date: May 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Owens, Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Priddy, May 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Priddy. Priddy joined the Army Air Corps around 1938. He completed Officer Candidate School in mid-1942. He deployed to England, and served as chief of Materials Section, Air Transport Service. Priddy was able to commandeer sufficient resources within the European Theater to assist Patton’s 3rd Army in their drive into Germany in late 1944. For his contribution, General Charles de Gaulle awarded Priddy the French War Cross… more
Date: May 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Priddy, Harold
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard O’Shaughnessy, May 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard O'Shaughnessy. O'Shaughnessy joined the Navy in 1942 and received basic training at Great Lakes. Upon completion of aviation radio and gunnery school, he was assigned to VPB-117, alternating between the top turret and radio of a PBY4-1 Catalina. In early 1944, he deployed to the Pacific in a secret operation that was somehow known to Tokyo Rose, who nicknamed them the Blue Raiders. Being one of the first squadrons eq… more
Date: May 31, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: O'Shaughnessy, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Martin Mehron, May 31, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin Mehron. Mehron joined the Navy in February 1941 after spending a year working for Western Electric while attending night school at the Newark College of Engineering. Upon completion of boot camp at Newport, he attended radio school in Jacksonville, which ended with a secret two-week course in radar. After learning to operate radar in PBYs, he stayed on at Jacksonville as an instructor until being sent to a more rigoro… more
Date: May 31, 2012
Creator: Mehron, Martin
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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