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Oral History Interview with Alfredo Buentello, May 18, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alfredo Buentello. Buentello joined the Army in September 1940 and received basic training at Fort Sam Houston. He received medical corpsman training for three years before landing on Normandy on 6 June 1944 with the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, supporting the 38th Regiment. He recalls the devastation at Normandy and remembers saving the lives of two men, one of whom was a German soldier. Buentello spent 160… more
Date: May 18, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Buentello, Alfredo
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 DeLane

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John DeLane. DeLane joined the Army in January 1941 and received basic training at Dodds Field. At Camp Bullis, he specialized in communication in the 38th Field Artillery Battalion. He received winter survival training at Camp McCoy, where he learned to ski with a radio on his back, and was transferred to Headquarters Battery. He went to Europe and arrived at Normandy on D-Day plus one. Communication equipment was still abo… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: DeLane, 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 Crescencio Trevino, November 11, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Crescencio Trevino. Trevino joined the Army in April 1944 and received basic training at Fort Robinson. He deployed to Metz, France, as a rifleman with the 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division. Locals referred to them as The Iron Men of Metz. Trevino lost half of his platoon in Metz and survived combat on the Siegfried Line, moving on to clear out German holdouts in the Ruhr Pocket. Although he had only fired a ba… more
Date: November 11, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Trevino, Crescencio
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 Hetty Walker, September 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hetty Walker. Walker was born in Holland in 1935. Her family took shelter from air raids by hiding under their kitchen table, the children wearing pots on their heads. During severe bombing, they spent an entire month in their basement. In May 1940, the sky was so full of planes that it looked dark. Her mother salvaged parachutes from downed aviators and used the silk to make clothing for her family. Food was scarce, and the… more
Date: September 15, 2007
Duration: 15 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Walker, Hetty
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 William Calloway Scott, June 23, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Calloway Scott. Scott joined the Army in October 1943 and received medical training at Camp Grant. Upon completion, he was sent to Omaha Beach with the 9th Infantry Division, arriving eight days after D-Day. Although there should have been three medics assigned to each company, they were often short-staffed, with only one medic per several hundred men. Scott participated in house-to-house fighting in Cherbourg and pu… more
Date: June 23, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Scott, William
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 Jack Homrighausen, June 13, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Homrighausen. Homrighausen joined the Army in November 1943 and received basic training at Camp Gordon. Upon completion, he was assigned to Cherbourg where he was a half-track driver in the 10th Armored Infantry Division. He arrived in September 1944 and went through France, liberating Trier along the way. By mid-December he was in the Ardennes with snow up to his hips. His unit functioned as a mobile reserve for foot t… more
Date: June 13, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Homrighausen, Jack
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 D. Marshall, September 30, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John D. Marshall. Born in 1924, he was drafted into the Army in 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Grant, Illinois. He was assigned to the 94th Medical Gas Treatment Battalion and received his medical training at Camp Ellis, Illinois and Camp Sibert, Alabama. He was talks about training with mustard gas in Bushnell, Florida and mentions being burned by the gas. He was sent to France in July, 1944. He served as a medic at a first aid station as well… more
Date: September 30, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Marshall, John D.
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 Woody Sproul, October 25, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Woody Sproul. Sproul joined the Army Air Forces in 1943 and received basic training in Miami. He received radio training in Madison, Wisconsin, and top-secret radar training in Boca Raton. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 441st Troop Carrier Group and sent to Europe. He participated in Operation VARSITY, using Holophane lights to signal other planes as they towed gliders under radio silence. When the war ended, he was… more
Date: October 25, 2012
Duration: 32 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Sproul, Woody
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 Glenn Reynolds, December 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glenn Reynolds. Reynolds left high school to join the Navy in 1939. In March 1940 he was assigned to USS Maryland (BB-46). Anchored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, Reynolds was writing a letter to his girlfriend when the war began. He manned his battle station, despite being barefoot, and then helped fight fires on a nearby fuel tanker. He later transferred to USS Halawa (AOG-12) as a gunner’s mate. In August 194… more
Date: December 5, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Reynolds, Glenn
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 Carl Duncan, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carl Duncan. Duncan joined the Navy around 1944. In February of 1945, he completed Midshipman’s School, and received his commission in July. He recalls his experiences and the celebrations in New York’s Times Square on both V-E Day and V-J Day. Duncan joined the USS Cotten (DD-669) in Tokyo Bay, beginning late September of 1945. He served as an Assistant Communications Officer. They participated in the allied occupation of Japan … more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 31 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Duncan, Carl
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 Robert Reynolds, August 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Reynolds. Reynolds joined the Royal Air Force on 4 September 1939 and entered active duty in July of 1940. He completed flight training and received his wings in March of 1941. Reynolds served as a flight instructor in Ontario and returned to England in early 1943 as a pilot officer. He continued serving as an instructor to the 8th Air Force, training Americans in map reading and how to navigate through cloudy, European sk… more
Date: August 1, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Reynolds, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Glenn Reynolds, December 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Glenn Reynolds. Reynolds left high school to join the Navy in 1939. In March 1940 he was assigned to USS Maryland (BB-46). Anchored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, Reynolds was writing a letter to his girlfriend when the war began. He manned his battle station, despite being barefoot, and then helped fight fires on a nearby fuel tanker. He later transferred to USS Halawa (AOG-12) as a gunner’s mate. In August 194… more
Date: December 5, 2009
Creator: Reynolds, Glenn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with William Calloway Scott, June 23, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Calloway Scott. Scott joined the Army in October 1943 and received medical training at Camp Grant. Upon completion, he was sent to Omaha Beach with the 9th Infantry Division, arriving eight days after D-Day. Although there should have been three medics assigned to each company, they were often short-staffed, with only one medic per several hundred men. Scott participated in house-to-house fighting in Cherbourg and pu… more
Date: June 23, 2011
Creator: Scott, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Homrighausen, June 13, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Homrighausen. Homrighausen joined the Army in November 1943 and received basic training at Camp Gordon. Upon completion, he was assigned to Cherbourg where he was a half-track driver in the 10th Armored Infantry Division. He arrived in September 1944 and went through France, liberating Trier along the way. By mid-December he was in the Ardennes with snow up to his hips. His unit functioned as a mobile reserve for foot t… more
Date: June 13, 2011
Creator: Homrighausen, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Woody Sproul, October 25, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Woody Sproul. Sproul joined the Army Air Forces in 1943 and received basic training in Miami. He received radio training in Madison, Wisconsin, and top-secret radar training in Boca Raton. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 441st Troop Carrier Group and sent to Europe. He participated in Operation VARSITY, using Holophane lights to signal other planes as they towed gliders under radio silence. When the war ended, he was… more
Date: October 25, 2012
Creator: Sproul, Woody
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John D. Marshall, September 30, 2010

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with John D. Marshall. Born in 1924, he was drafted into the Army in 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Grant, Illinois. He was assigned to the 94th Medical Gas Treatment Battalion and received his medical training at Camp Ellis, Illinois and Camp Sibert, Alabama. He was talks about training with mustard gas in Bushnell, Florida and mentions being burned by the gas. He was sent to France in July, 1944. He served as a medic at a first aid station as well… more
Date: September 30, 2010
Creator: Marshall, John D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Crescencio Trevino, November 11, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Crescencio Trevino. Trevino joined the Army in April 1944 and received basic training at Fort Robinson. He deployed to Metz, France, as a rifleman with the 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division. Locals referred to them as The Iron Men of Metz. Trevino lost half of his platoon in Metz and survived combat on the Siegfried Line, moving on to clear out German holdouts in the Ruhr Pocket. Although he had only fired a ba… more
Date: November 11, 2002
Creator: Trevino, Crescencio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Carl Duncan, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carl Duncan. Duncan joined the Navy around 1944. In February of 1945, he completed Midshipman’s School, and received his commission in July. He recalls his experiences and the celebrations in New York’s Times Square on both V-E Day and V-J Day. Duncan joined the USS Cotten (DD-669) in Tokyo Bay, beginning late September of 1945. He served as an Assistant Communications Officer. They participated in the allied occupation of Japan … more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Duncan, Carl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Reynolds, August 1, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Reynolds. Reynolds joined the Royal Air Force on 4 September 1939 and entered active duty in July of 1940. He completed flight training and received his wings in March of 1941. Reynolds served as a flight instructor in Ontario and returned to England in early 1943 as a pilot officer. He continued serving as an instructor to the 8th Air Force, training Americans in map reading and how to navigate through cloudy, European sk… more
Date: August 1, 2002
Creator: Reynolds, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Hetty Walker, September 15, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hetty Walker. Walker was born in Holland in 1935. Her family took shelter from air raids by hiding under their kitchen table, the children wearing pots on their heads. During severe bombing, they spent an entire month in their basement. In May 1940, the sky was so full of planes that it looked dark. Her mother salvaged parachutes from downed aviators and used the silk to make clothing for her family. Food was scarce, and the… more
Date: September 15, 2007
Creator: Walker, Hetty
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John DeLane

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John DeLane. DeLane joined the Army in January 1941 and received basic training at Dodds Field. At Camp Bullis, he specialized in communication in the 38th Field Artillery Battalion. He received winter survival training at Camp McCoy, where he learned to ski with a radio on his back, and was transferred to Headquarters Battery. He went to Europe and arrived at Normandy on D-Day plus one. Communication equipment was still abo… more
Date: unknown
Creator: DeLane, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Alfredo Buentello, May 18, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alfredo Buentello. Buentello joined the Army in September 1940 and received basic training at Fort Sam Houston. He received medical corpsman training for three years before landing on Normandy on 6 June 1944 with the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, supporting the 38th Regiment. He recalls the devastation at Normandy and remembers saving the lives of two men, one of whom was a German soldier. Buentello spent 160… more
Date: May 18, 2000
Creator: Buentello, Alfredo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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