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Oral History Interview with Mabel Miller, September 1, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mabel Miller. Miller was born 5 October 1925 near Floresville, Texas. She shares her recollections of her childhood, life during the war, and how she met her husband, who served in World War II. Miller provides details of her husband’s service in the war, and their life and family together.

Date: September 1, 2003

Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 16 seconds

Creator: Miller, Mabel

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Henry Weirich

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Weirich. Weirich is joined by his wife, Mrs. Weirich in the interview. They speak on Henry’s familial connection with Admiral Chester Nimitz, and provide details of Nimitz’s genealogy line.

Date: unknown

Duration: 15 minutes 48 seconds

Creator: Weirich, Henry

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with William Ellis

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Ellis. Ellis’s 3 daughters, Marlene Ford, Adrienne DuSell, Kristin Dahlstrom, speak at the ADBC convention regarding their story of being orphaned because of the Japanese atrocities. William was born in 1905 on Corregidor Island in the Philippines. His wife Evelyn and their two daughters, Marlene and Kristin, traveled to Chicago in 1939 and had their 3rd daughter, Adrienne. In August of 1941, Evelyn and her 3 daughters at… more

Date: unknown

Duration: 30 minutes 31 seconds

Creator: Ellis, William

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Barbara Cameron, August 9, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barbara Cameron. Cameron describes her experience on the home front as a child whose older brothers were in the military. Her brother Roger was in the Navy and her brother Victor joined the Coast Guard. Victor wrote home and said that being in the service was much easier than working as a farmhand during the Depression. Cameron’s father worked ten-hour days, seven days a week, making airplane propellers for General Motors. H… more

Date: August 9, 2001

Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 24 seconds

Creator: Cameron, Barbara

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Ruth Hary, April 3, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ruth Hary. Ruth was married to Edward Hary, a former submariner. She shares information of her family history, stories of civilian life during World War II, details of Edward’s time in the service, as well as anecdotes of their marriage in September of 1943. During wartime, Ruth worked at Texas A&M University until she had their first child.

Date: April 3, 2003

Duration: 34 minutes 41 seconds

Creator: Hary, Ruth

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with June Savage, March 15, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with June Savage. Savage was born June 3rd, 1944, in Wellington, New Zealand. Her mother was a Cook Islander, and her father was a United States Marine Corps officer who was stationed in Wellington during the war. At only two months old, Savage was sent back to the Cook Islands to live with her grandparents, who raised her until she was 16. Growing up without a mother or father caused her to feel lonely and isolated, and she pour… more

Date: March 15, 2007

Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 39 seconds

Creator: Savage, June

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with John Joseph O'Malley, June 12, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Joseph O???Malley. O???Malley was drafted into the Army in 1943. In March of 1944 he was sent for airborne training at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. He fought with the 84th Infantry Division in Germany and Belgium, pushing forward from Geilenkirchen, Germany in November, 1944 to Schnackenburg, Germany and ultimately contacting the Russian Army on the Elbe River in April, 1945. O'Malley spoke fluent German and served as an Army … more

Date: June 12, 2009

Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 48 seconds

Creator: O'Malley, John Joseph

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Charles Bast, August 2, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Bast. Bast joined the Navy in January of 1942. He completed courses in seamanship, gunnery, navigation, and attended the Submarine Chaser Training Center in Miami. He was assigned to the USS Anoka (PC-571), of which he was a plank owner. He provides some details of this patrol craft. They were assigned to Port Townsend, Washington protecting the Bremerton Naval Base from enemy submarines. From the fall of 1942 to April of… more

Date: August 2, 2007

Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 12 seconds

Creator: Bast, Charles

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Edward Kozak, July 23, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Kozak. Kozak provides some details of his family’s history as professional musicians, including his experience on the piano, marimba, harp and drums. Kozak served as the head of the department in the Shreveport Symphony, and served as a music teacher at a number of schools, including Juilliard School of Music in New York. He joined the Navy in 1943. He graduated from the Washington D.C. School of Music and was assigned as … more

Date: July 23, 2007

Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 11 seconds

Creator: Kozak, Edward

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Steven Dittrich, September 19, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Steven Dittrich. Dittrich was born 15 October 1952 in Oceanside, New York. He is first generation American and grew up in an extended family that spoke German in the household. In his narrative, he relates the experiences his father and grandmother had during World War II. His father, Erwin K. Dittrich, was born in Westheim, Germany 25 March 1923. His grandmother was Jewish while his grandfather was a Christian. In March 194… more

Date: September 19, 2010

Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 40 seconds

Creator: Dittrich, Steven

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Eleanor Schneider, September 21, 2008

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

Duration: 24 minutes 12 seconds

Creator: Schneider, Eleanor

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Charles Ide, December 6, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Ide. Ide???s father completed the Naval ROTC program at the University of California at Berkley while Admiral Chester Nimitz was there. His father was among Nimitz???s first students. His father joined the Naval Reserve and became a Lieutenant in1940. His father was assigned as skipper of a net tender and he and his family of six headed to Pearl Harbor. They lived at the officer???s quarters. Charles provides some details… more

Date: December 6, 2008

Duration: 43 minutes 34 seconds

Creator: Ide, Charles

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Paul Wallace, December 5, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Wallace in memory of his father Paul Eugene Wallace. Wallace joined the Marines in 1927, graduated from Annapolis in 1933 and completed Marine Corps Officer Training in 1934. He was assigned to the USS Maryland (BB-46). Following that he was a China Marine and served with the 4th Marines in Shanghai. He later served aboard the USS Augusta (CA-31) with the Marine detachment. He completed Chemical Warfare School and was transf… more

Date: December 5, 2008

Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds

Creator: Wallace, Paul

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with William Lindsey, December 20, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Lindsey. Lindsey provides background on his family’s history. He completed a Civilian Pilot Training program in Monticello, Arkansas. He began flying school in February of 1941, training in San Angelo, Barksdale and Great Falls, Montana. The US Army Air Corps accepted him in the 41G Class. He became a Ferry Pilot, working with Jimmy Doolittle’s organization in Pendleton, Oregon, practicing take-offs in B-25s to bomb Japan… more

Date: December 20, 2012

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 45 seconds

Creator: Lindsey, William

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Fred Lee, July 31, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Lee. Lee was born in Portland, Oregon in Chinatown in 1924. His mother and father moved from China to Oregon in 1918, when his father was hired to work on the railroad from Oregon to California. Lee shares his family history, his experiences growing up in segregated schools and his Japanese friends going to holding camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In March of 1943, Lee joined the Army Reserves. He completed training … more

Date: July 31, 2013

Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds

Creator: Lee, Fred

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with George Haddad, August 10, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Haddad. Haddad shares much about his family history and growing up in Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s. He joined the Army in May of 1944. He trained at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and served with the 7th Infantry Division as a gunner on a 155mm gun and a 105mm howitzer. In May of 1945, Haddad traveled to Okinawa aboard USS Leon (APA-48), then went ashore via a Higgins boat. He explains his experiences through the battle, en… more

Date: August 10, 2013

Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 53 seconds

Creator: Haddad, George

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with William Bishop, March 13, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Bishop. Bishop was born in January of 1927. He graduated from high school in 1944, at the age of 17. He provides vivid recollections of life during wartime, with bomb drills, blackouts and living in a farming community in Wellington, Kansas. After graduation, Bishop worked for the US Department of Agriculture, and later served as an Emergency Wartime Carrier Clerk with the US Post Office. When he turned 18 in January of 1… more

Date: March 13, 2013

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 24 seconds

Creator: Bishop, William

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Joy Taylor, August 16, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joy (Cheatham) Taylor. Taylor begins with a summary of her siblings and provides details about an older brother who served in the Navy during World War II aboard the USS Saratoga (CV-3). Taylor reflects on rationing items like gasoline. She also mentions corresponding with her two older brothers in the Navy. Taylor's father died in 1943 and she and her mother went to live on the farm with Taylor's grandparents in Coryell Cou… more

Date: August 16, 2005

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 53 seconds

Creator: Taylor, Joy

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Dorthy Hannemann, June 16, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dorthy Hannemann. Hannemann, nee Henke, was born in Fredericksburg, Texas on 12 August 1923. She is fourth generation of her family who settled in Fredericksburg. She shares details of her family history. She graduated from high school in 1941, then trained as a nurse at Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. After graduating in September of 1944, she married Hans Hannemann. She speaks about life in Fredericksburg during wartime. Ha… more

Date: June 16, 2014

Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 35 seconds

Creator: Hannemann, Dorthy

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Paul Weiblen, November 25, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul Weiblen. Weiblen signed up to be a flying cadet in the Army Air Forces when he was almost finished with high school. In May 1945, he was inducted into the Army and trained as an artilleryman. He was still in training when the war ended and was sent to Germany with occupation forces in November, 1945 and worked in a medical dispensary around Nuremburg. Weiblen managed to visit the war crimes trial at Nuremburg one aftern… more

Date: November 25, 2014

Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 03 seconds

Creator: Weiblen, Paul W

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Barbara Burton, March 4, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barbara Burton. Upon graduation from high school, Burton completed nursing school in 1947 at the University of California. Burton gives detail of civilian life during World War II. She talks about being in Los Angeles on August 15th and the celebration in the streets. After college she became a civilian Navy employee and took a position in the Aleutian Islands in 1947, working for the dispersing officer in the supply departm… more

Date: March 4, 2016

Duration: 52 minutes 55 seconds

Creator: Burton, Barbara

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Elaine Osborn, January 31, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elaine Osborn. Osborn was born in 1932 in Freeman, South Dakota and had just turned 9 years old when World War II began. She shares memories of civilian life during the war, and living in a Mennonite Community during the Great Depression. She had 5 uncles and 2 cousins in the service. Osborn recalls community building between farmers to help feed and care for one another. Additionally, she notes that her Japanese American college… more

Date: January 31, 2019

Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

Creator: Osborn, Elaine

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Juventino Mata, August 16, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Juventino Mata. Mata was born of Mexican-American parents on a ranch in Imperial County, California. He recalls being forced to flee Mexico as a youngster due to the Cristero War conducted by the Mexican dictator Elias Calles. In the US, Mata attended a segregated school to the 8th grade at which time he quit to contribute to the family income. He tells of the family working as itinerate farm workers, picking various crops throug… more

Date: August 16, 2016

Duration: 42 minutes 13 seconds

Creator: Mata, Juventino

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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Oral History Interview with Sara Ella Kurth, October 17, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sara-Ella Kurth. Kurth was born in October 1928 in Huntsville, Texas. She graduated high school in 1945. She describes hearing the news about the attack on Pearl Harbor, and how this affected her family. She had two first cousins aboard the USS New Orleans (CL/CA-32) who participated in the attack and describes their experiences. She describes how her family bought the savings stamps and bonds at school and participated in drives… more

Date: October 17, 2017

Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 37 seconds

Creator: Kurth, Sara Ella

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation