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Oral History Interview with Howard Towry, January 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific war presents an oral interview with Howard Towry. Towry was born in Graham, Texas 17 December 1926. He quit school in 1943 and began driving a truck. Joining the US Marine Corps in January 1944, he went to San Diego for eight weeks of boot camp. After completing boot training, he was sent to Camp Pendleton where he joined the 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division for a short time. Towry was then sent to a tank destroyer unit at Camp Elliott. He learned to use var… more
Date: January 18, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Towry, Howard
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Towry, January 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific war presents an oral interview with Howard Towry. Towry was born in Graham, Texas 17 December 1926. He quit school in 1943 and began driving a truck. Joining the US Marine Corps in January 1944, he went to San Diego for eight weeks of boot camp. After completing boot training, he was sent to Camp Pendleton where he joined the 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division for a short time. Towry was then sent to a tank destroyer unit at Camp Elliott. He learned to use var… more
Date: January 18, 2005
Creator: Towry, Howard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Couch, January 28, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. Couch. Couch was born in Murrayville, Georgia 4 January 1923. He quit school in December 1941 and joined the Marine Corps. Upon completing boot camp at Parris Island, he went to Camp Lejeune for combat training with the Browning automatic rifle. Assigned to Company G, Second Battalion, 1st Marine Division, he boarded the USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) and sailed to Wellington, New Zealand. Leaving there, the divisio… more
Date: January 28, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Couch, James H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Couch, January 28, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. Couch. Couch was born in Murrayville, Georgia 4 January 1923. He quit school in December 1941 and joined the Marine Corps. Upon completing boot camp at Parris Island, he went to Camp Lejeune for combat training with the Browning automatic rifle. Assigned to Company G, Second Battalion, 1st Marine Division, he boarded the USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) and sailed to Wellington, New Zealand. Leaving there, the divisio… more
Date: January 28, 2005
Creator: Couch, James H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hilton Lockhart, January 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hilton Lockhart. Lockhart joined the Army in February of 1941. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division. They traveled to England in early 1944 and participated in the Normandy landings. They moved into Bastogne, Belgium, participating in the Battle of the Bulge in December. Lockhart shares some stories of General Patton. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: January 1, 2005
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Lockhart, Hilton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Hilton Lockhart, January 1, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hilton Lockhart. Lockhart joined the Army in February of 1941. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division. They traveled to England in early 1944 and participated in the Normandy landings. They moved into Bastogne, Belgium, participating in the Battle of the Bulge in December. Lockhart shares some stories of General Patton. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Lockhart, Hilton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Joseph H. Fulcher, January 19, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph H. Fulcher. Fulcher enlisted in the Army in 1941, trained in Tucson, Arizona and was attending a technical school in Tulsa, Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. When Fulcher was assigned to a unit he shipped out to England in October, 1942 to RAF Bassingbourn, north of London. Fulcher served as an aircraft mechanic and worked on B-17s and other aircraft repairing propellors. He shares several anecdotes re… more
Date: January 19, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Fulcher, Joseph H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Floyd Fulkerson, January 27, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Floyd H. Fulkerson. In January, 1942, Fulkerson joined the Army Air Corps and went into flight training, graduating and being commissioned in September, 1942. From there, he went to train in B-25s in South Carolina. From there, he went overseas to Australia in September, 1943. He received transfer from B-25s to P-38s in Australia and was assigned to the 475th Fighter Group, 431st Fighter Squadron in January 1944. Fulkerson f… more
Date: January 27, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Fulkerson, Floyd H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Cleatis Roach, January 6, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Cleatis Roach. Roach joined the Army Air Forces in April, 1943 and had basic training at Sheppard Field, near Wichita Falls, Texas. After basic, he went to Texas Tech in Lubbock for preflight training. When he learned it would take a lot of time to learn to fly and then be assigned to a combat unit, Roach quit flight school and went to aerial gunnery school. After training, he was assigned to a B-17 crew and went overseas in… more
Date: January 6, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Roach, Cleatis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Johnnie Singleton, January 5, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Johnnie Singleton. Singleton entered the Navy at 16 in June 1941 and trained at Corpus Christi. Singleton is African American and served as a mess attendant in a segregated Navy. He went aboard the USS Maryland (BB-46) at Pearl Harbor in September 1941. On December 7, 1941, Singleton was in the officers' galley when the Japanese struck. He went to his battle station in an ammunition handling room below deck. Next, Singleton … more
Date: January 5, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Singleton, Johnnie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Land, January 2, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Ladd. Mr Ladd was sworn into the Navy July 12, 1938. After boot camp, he was assigned to the USS Maryland (BB-46) which was stationed in Long Beach and San Pedro, California at the time. The Maryland moved to Pearl Harbor in the late summer of 1941. Ladd was a gunner's mate on one of the 5-inch broadside guns. On December 7, 1941, the guns were secured and the ammunition was locked up. It took them about ten minutes to … more
Date: January 2, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Ladd, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Norman DeReese, January 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman DeReese. DeReese joined the Army in January 1942. He was assigned to the 18th Field Artillery and served in the headquarters battalion in communications. He went with his unit to England in early 1943 for further training prior to the Normandy invasion. He landed at Normandy in early July. DeReese's unit was unattached to any larger unit. Instead, his artillery brigade was attached temporarily to several different uni… more
Date: January 17, 2005
Duration: 46 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: DeReese, Norman W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hearol Veteto, January 11, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hearol Veteto. Veteto joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps until he was called to active duty in early 1943. He then joined the Army Air Forces and trained as an aerial gunner in Kingman, Arizona. He also trained as a bombardier and was commissioned. Veteto went overseas in December 1944 to England. On a mission over Berlin in February, Veteto’s plane was shot down and he bailed out. On the ground, he met another crewman and th… more
Date: January 11, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Veteto, Hearol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Melvin Perez, January 13, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Melvin Perez. Perez joined the Navy in August, 1943. From basic training, he went to radio school in Colorado. After radio school, Perez was assigned to a Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO) unit. Navy personnel were pulled from JASCO units while Perez was in Hawaii. Instead, he was assigned to USS Montrose (APA-212) and rode it to Leyte in time for the invasion. There, Perez helped establish shore to ship voice communicati… more
Date: January 13, 2005
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Perez, Melvin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James William (Bill) Harrison, January 27, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James William ""Bill"" Harrison. He begins by explaining how he joined the navy and started in San Diego without going to boot camp, then working on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack, then transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea, then he was transfered to Admiral Nimitz public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific, p… more
Date: January 27, 2005
Duration: 58 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Harrison, James William (Bill)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dr. Buckner Fanning, January 18, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr Buckner Fanning. After graduating from high school, Fanning enlisted in the Marine Corps and went to boot camp at Paris Island. He states that the Marine Corps changed his life. Fanning went to Camp Lejune for basic training and was slated to go to Quantico to be commissioned. However, he didn't want to go there (neither did his buddies) so the Marine Corps sent them to Camp Pendleton where they were assigned to the 6th R… more
Date: January 18, 2005
Duration: 40 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Fanning, Dr Buckner
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Stackpole, January 20, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Stackpole. Stackpole joined the Navy Reserves before the start of World War II and was in the Hospital Corps. He went on active duty to Great Lakes and they put him to work in the recruit receiving line. After some additional work at the hospital there, he was sent to Alameda and put aboard the SS Matsonia which sailed for Espiritu Santo. From there they went on a coastal tramp steamer to Noumea, New Caledonia where … more
Date: January 20, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Stackpole, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard H. 'Rickie' Feuile, January 26, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rickie Feuille. Feuille left the University of Texas Law School the day after Pearl Harbor and enlisted in the Army soon thereafter. After serving for about five months with the Signal Corps in Arizona, he was sent to Air Corps OCS in Miami, Florida and commissioned as a second lieutenant after graduation. His first assignment was with an Air Corps service outfit in Pendleton, Oregon. Within a few months, he was sent to Ther… more
Date: January 26, 2005
Duration: 38 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Feuile, Richard H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Description: Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about t… more
Date: January 27, 2005
Duration: 58 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Richard H. 'Rickie' Feuile, January 26, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rickie Feuille. Feuille left the University of Texas Law School the day after Pearl Harbor and enlisted in the Army soon thereafter. After serving for about five months with the Signal Corps in Arizona, he was sent to Air Corps OCS in Miami, Florida and commissioned as a second lieutenant after graduation. His first assignment was with an Air Corps service outfit in Pendleton, Oregon. Within a few months, he was sent to Ther… more
Date: January 26, 2005
Creator: Feuile, Richard H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lester Carvey, January 29, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lester Carvey where he discusses his childhood and what compelled him to join the Navy. He describes his experiences during the war in the Pacific Theatre working in a Navy hospital.
Date: January 29, 2005
Creator: Carvey, Lee D.; Tombaugh, John B. & Meter, Peg Van
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Norman DeReese, January 17, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman DeReese. DeReese joined the Army in January 1942. He was assigned to the 18th Field Artillery and served in the headquarters battalion in communications. He went with his unit to England in early 1943 for further training prior to the Normandy invasion. He landed at Normandy in early July. DeReese's unit was unattached to any larger unit. Instead, his artillery brigade was attached temporarily to several different uni… more
Date: January 17, 2005
Creator: DeReese, Norman W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Hearol Veteto, January 11, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hearol Veteto. Veteto joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps until he was called to active duty in early 1943. He then joined the Army Air Forces and trained as an aerial gunner in Kingman, Arizona. He also trained as a bombardier and was commissioned. Veteto went overseas in December 1944 to England. On a mission over Berlin in February, Veteto’s plane was shot down and he bailed out. On the ground, he met another crewman and th… more
Date: January 11, 2005
Creator: Veteto, Hearol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joseph H. Fulcher, January 19, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph H. Fulcher. Fulcher enlisted in the Army in 1941, trained in Tucson, Arizona and was attending a technical school in Tulsa, Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. When Fulcher was assigned to a unit he shipped out to England in October, 1942 to RAF Bassingbourn, north of London. Fulcher served as an aircraft mechanic and worked on B-17s and other aircraft repairing propellors. He shares several anecdotes re… more
Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: Fulcher, Joseph H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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