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Oral History Interview with Doy Davis, November 8, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Doy Davis. Davis begins with an account of growing up in West Virginia. In August, 1943 Davis joined the Navy and trained at Great Lakes as an electrician. He soon arrived in Kodiak, Alaska. He shares anecdotes about being at a base and in charge of maintaining the harbor craft. When the war ended, Davis took his discharge and went to work for AT&T.

Date: November 8, 2017

Creator: Davis, Doy

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

Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with E. B. Potter. Potter was attached to the Intelligence Section of the 14th Naval District in Oahu during World War II. He graduated with an English degree from the University of Richmond in 1929. He completed an advanced degree in English at the University of Chicago, and during this time the war broke out in Europe. He applied for and received a commission in the Navy. Potter was sent to the Naval Academy as a reservist to teach … more

Date: October 8, 1994

Creator: Potter, E. B.

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

Oral History Interview with Edward Morrissey, February 8, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Morrissey. Morrissey joined the Navy in 1942. He served as Chief Commissary Steward aboard the USS LST-661. Around mid-1944, they traveled to Saipan, then to the Palau Islands during the Invasion of Peleliu, and to Okinawa in 1945. He recalls the battle at Peleliu. They transported soldiers from island to island. He recalls interactions with the Pacific Islander natives. He continued his service after the war ended, receiv… more

Date: February 8, 2018

Creator: Morrissey, Edward

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

Oral History Interview with Ernest Huffman, December 8, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ernest Huffman. Huffman joined the Navy in January 1944 and received basic training in Bainbridge and gunnery training in Norfolk. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) as a pointer on a five-inch gun mount. He was then transferred to the bridge as a talker, relaying information from the CIC to the gunnery officer. While on the midnight watch, he was among the first to become aware of the Jap… more

Date: December 8, 2009

Creator: Huffman, Ernest

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

Oral History Interview with Eugene Dillon, October 8, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene (Curt) Dillon. Dillon was born 19 October 1924 in Wayne Township, Tennessee. He graduated from high school in 1942 and joined the US Navy. Following boot camp at the Great Lakes Training Station he was assigned to study meteorology. Upon completion of his training he was assigned to the USS Bennington (CV-20) prior to the ships commissioning in August 1944. He volunteered to fly on weather reconnaissance planes to col… more

Date: October 8, 2011

Creator: Dillon, Eugene

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

Oral History Interview with Eugene Leonard, December 8, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Leonard. Leonard grew up during the Great Depression and shares details of his family’s experiences during that economic downturn. He joined the Marine Corps in November of 1939. By 1940 he was in Bremerton, Washington and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 2. They were stationed 10 miles from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by 1941. Leonard completed gunnery school. He also grew up learning much about mechanics and pursued that ski… more

Date: December 8, 2001

Creator: Leonard, Eugene

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

Oral History Interview with Evelyn Gordon, December 8, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Evelyn Gordon. Gordon joined the Navy in 1943. She served as Yeoman Second Class in the United States Naval Reserve, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). She trained at Hunter College in The Bronx, New York. From there she was shipped to Port Hueneme, California. Their job was to put the Naval base into commission where they trained and shipped out construction battalions, the Seabees. She provides some details… more

Date: December 8, 2001

Creator: Gordon, Evelyn

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

Oral History Interview with Everett Earhart, July 8, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Everett Earhart. Earhart was born in Dover, Tennessee 19 April 1927. He quit school in the eighth grade to help his widowed mother. He joined the Naval Reserves in 1943 and learned gunnery and communications. In early 1945 he went aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6), which was on station in the South China Sea. He was assigned to Air Group 90 as the rear gunner on a SB2C (dive bomber). He describes the feeling one gets diving t… more

Date: July 8, 2011

Creator: Earhart, Everett

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

Oral History Interview with Francis Blake, January 8, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis Blake. Blake was born in Idaho and finished high school in Portland, Oregon. He then went to California for some college and worked in the mining industry in Arizona before joining the Marine Corps in August 1938. He trained at San Diego, then went to Sea School. Afterward, he was assigned to the USS Idaho (BB-42). He eventually became the captain's orderly and then an admiral's orderly while aboard the Idaho. Blake … more

Date: January 8, 2004

Creator: Blake, Francis E.

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

Oral History Interview with Frank Lowry, July 8, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Lowry. Lowry attended Northern Illinois University until August 1942, when he enlisted in the Coast Guard. He was initially stationed in Baltimore as an apprentice seaman, where he guarded foreign merchant ships overnight, armed only with an empty pistol. He later attended Duke University through the Navy College Training Program. After small boats training, he was assigned to the patrol craft USS PC-819 in Adak. As th… more

Date: July 8, 2008

Creator: Lowry, Frank

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

Oral History Interview with Fred Leighton, November 8, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Leighton. Leighton joined the Navy in 1939. After basic training, he was assigned to the USS Ramsay (DM-16). He was aboard when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Afterwards, Leighton stayed aboard the Ramsay and headed for Samoa to lay mines, then to the Aleutian Islands. Leighton was then assigned to the YMS-395 and returned to Samoa. Afterwards, he was assigned to the USS Navarro (APA-215) and was wounded aboard the… more

Date: November 8, 2002

Creator: Leighton, Fred

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

Oral History Interview with Fred McDaniel, April 8, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Mc Daniel. McDaniel was born in Houston, Texas on 5 September 1923 and graduated from high school in 1941. Upon entering the Marine Corps in 1942, he began flight training and received his wings in 1943. After receiving training as an instructor, he was sent to Hutchinson Naval Training Station in Kansas as a primary flight instructor. He was then sent to Jacksonville, Florida where he began flying the F4U Corsair fight… more

Date: April 8, 2015

Creator: McDaniel, Fred

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

Oral History Interview with G. Earl Paulk, November 8, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with G. Earl Paulk. In 1933 Paulk completed 15 months with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona, building roads and serving as a telephone linesman. He was drafted into the Navy in September of 1943. He completed diesel engine school in Chicago. He completed advanced mechanic school in Boston. Beginning in December of 1943 Paulk served as a Motor Machinists Mate aboard USS LST-1017. He also served as a 20mm antiaircraft gunner. … more

Date: November 8, 2007

Creator: Paulk, G. Earl

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

Oral History Interview with Garland Swann, December 8, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Garland Swann. Swann joined the Marine Corps in June of 1940. He trained to serve as an aviation mechanic. In January of 1941 he was stationed in Hawaii, working as an airplane mechanic and helping to build the Marine Corps Air Station at Ewa. He recalls the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. From Pearl, he was shipped to Midway Island for 13 months. Around 1943, Swann was transferred to Majuro, and moved throughout the Pacific. He… more

Date: December 8, 2001

Creator: Swann, Garland

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

Oral History Interview with George Kardaseski, October 8, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Kardaseski. As a teenager, Kardaseski worked as a machinist with Globe Valve Company in support of the military. He joined the Navy in the spring of 1944, just before his 18th birthday. Upon completion, of gunnery school, he was assigned to the USS Bennington (CV-20) as a second loader on a 40mm gun. With his background in machining, he volunteered for and was accepted to the main engine room crew, where he took down … more

Date: October 8, 2011

Creator: Kardaseski, George

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

Oral History Interview with George P. Shultz, April 8, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Pratt Shultz. Shultz left his economics studies at Princeton to join the Marine Corps. Upon completion of officer school and antiaircraft artillery training, he deployed to Tarawa. By the time they arrived, the Japanese had already left the island. Sighting an enemy bomber overhead, it was suggested they take cover in a nearby church. Shultz instead yelled for everyone to disperse, and the church was bombed. His next … more

Date: April 8, 2015

Creator: Shultz, George P

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

Oral History Interview with Gerald Shepherd, October 8, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gerald Shepherd. Shepherd joined the Australian Navy in July of 1944. He completed training at Flinders Naval Depot. Beginning in May of 1945, he served aboard the HMAS Bataan (I91). He was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He did not participate in any combat missions. After the war ended, they completed tours of duty in Japanese waters during the occupation. Shepherd continued his service after the war.

Date: October 8, 2009

Creator: Shepherd, Gerald

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

Oral History Interview with Glenn Delos Amor, September 8, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Glen Delos Amor. Delos Amor was drafted into the US Army Engineers in the fall of 1943. He was assigned to the 171st Combat Engineers and the 84th Infantry Division. He completed basic training at Camp Carson, Colorado. In the spring of 1944 he traveled to England. He was stationed at a base in Liverpool. His unit traveled to Normandy for the D Day invasion. He discusses his officers and some of their experiences during D Day and… more

Date: September 8, 2006

Creator: Delos Amor, Glenn

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

Oral History Interview with Goldie Conley, January 8, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Goldie Conley. Conley was born in San Saba County, Texas in 1922. She describes living conditions in the small town of Cherokee during the Depression years. She married Wilbur Conley in May 1942, one month after he was inducted into the Army Air Forces. In October 1942, Wilbur was sent overseas and she briefly discusses his various assignments. She went to work as a welder with the Bethlehem Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumon… more

Date: January 8, 2016

Creator: Conley, Goldie

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

Oral History Interview with Gordon Hurd, February 8, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gordon Hurd. Hurd joined the Army in January of 1944. He was assigned to the 124th Cavalry Regiment as a second lieutenant in the China India Burma campaign. They deployed to India in August of 1944, and operated as dismounted cavalry alongside Chinese troops. He participated in battles with the Japanese to recapture sections of the Burma Road, and helped train Chinese troops to take over after the Japanese surrendered. Hurd was … more

Date: February 8, 2008

Creator: Hurd, Gordon

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

Oral History Interview with Harold Leith, October 8, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Leith. Leith joined the Army and learned Chinese at the University of Chicago. Upon completion, in May 1945 he was assigned to the OSS in Kunming, China. He parachuted near to the Mukden prisoner-of-war camp in Manchuria where General Wainwright was being held. A group of Japanese soldiers unaware of the surrender held Leith and his group hostage, despite a Nisei’s attempt to reason with them. Leith’s group was brough… more

Date: October 8, 2010

Creator: Leith, Harold

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

Oral History Interview with Harold Placette, December 8, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Placette. Placette joined the Navy in July of 1940. He provides some vivid details of boot camp. He served 5 years aboard the USS Phelps (DD-360). He trained in radio maintenance and radar. They arrived in Hawaii in November of 1940, and they conducted fleet maneuvers and antisubmarine training. He was assigned to the Bofors gun, which he describes. Phelps was on board during the attack at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. … more

Date: December 8, 2001

Creator: Placette, Harold

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

Oral History Interview with Harold Sampson, June 8, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Sampson. Sampson joined the Army in October of 1943. In May of 1944 he traveled to Hawaii and served as a clerk typist in the Headquarters Company Pacific Ocean Area, stationed at Fort Shafter and Fort Ruger in Honolulu. His job included typing orders for emergency leaves and transfers. He provides some details of his work and life in general in Hawaii. He remained in Hawaii until February of 1946 and was discharged in Mar… more

Date: June 8, 2009

Creator: Sampson, Harold

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

Oral History Interview with Harry Hill, March 8, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harry Hill. He was born at Fort Washakie, Wyoming on the Wind River Indian Reservation on 14 September 1920. Upon graduation from Texas A&M College in May 1942, he received a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He was immediately sent to Page Field, Fort Meyers, Florida and assigned to the B-24 Aircraft Maintenance Division. Soon thereafter, he underwent three months of advanced B-24 maintenance training at… more

Date: March 8, 2002

Creator: Hill, Harry B

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

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