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Oral History Interview with Jimmie Thomas, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jimmie C. Thomas. Thomas was born in Ada, Oklahoma 1 May 1923. He was attending Texas A&M University when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He joined the Navy and went to Del Monte, California for three months of pre-flight before going to Norman, Oklahoma for three months of advanced training. Upon completion, he was sent to Corpus Christi Naval Air Station where he trained in the SNJ-T6 trainer. After graduation, he was … more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Thomas, Jimmie

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

Oral History Interview with Joe Barger, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joe Barger. Barger joined the Navy in October 1943 and trained as a motor machinist. He was then assigned to USS LST-716 and went aboard it in Indiana. He rode it down the rivers, through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific. He recalls unloading materials at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He also recalls being caught in the Sea of Japan in a tsunami that grounded his LST miles offshore. He was still aboard when USS LST-716 was hand… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Berger, Joe

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

Oral History Interview with John Adams, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Adams. Adams enlisted in the Marines Corps Officer’s Procurement Program in March 1942. He went into a V-12 detachment in July 1943, and was sent to Notre Dame University. From there he went to Quantico, then into OCS, then to New River, North Carolina where he was in the 67th Replacement Battalion. This battalion served as guards on a train transporting prisoners from Portsmouth Naval Prison to California, then on a ship to… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Adams, John

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

Oral History Interview with John Farritor, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Farritor. Farritor enlisted in the Marine Corps on 2 July 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa. He completed boot camp in San Diego. In July 1942 he joined the Second Marine Division. In September 1942 his unit helped open Camp Pendleton. While there he met Bob Hope, who introduced him to Frances Langford, Jerry Colona, Les Brown and Bing Crosby. They headed to Auckland, New Zealand in January 1943 on the USS Mount Vernon (AP-22). Elean… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Farritor, John

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

Oral History Interview with John Huffines, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Huffines. After graduating from high school, Huffines enlisted in the Marine Corps and was shipped to San Diego for boot camp. After boot camp, he went to telephone school at Camp Pendleton, then went into the 3rd Battalion, 13th Marines, 5th Marine Division. John trained for 7-8 months, then he was shipped out to the Hawaiian Islands, in Oahu from late 1944-early 1945. Upon arriving in Hawaii Huffines helped unload Coca Col… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Huffines, John

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

Oral History Interview with John Klow, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Klow. Klow joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and after training was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division in time for the invasion of Iwo Jima. He survived and was one of a very few who remained from his company. When the war ended, Klow took his discharge.

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Klow, John

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

Oral History Interview with John Lambert, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Lambert. Lambert joined the Navy in 1944 and after training was assigned to a personnel carrier (it's unclear which ship he served aboard). He recalls his experiences landing Marines at Iwo Jima. Lambert was discharged in October, 1947.

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Lambert, John

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

Oral History Interview with John W. Underwood, February 18, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with John Underwood. Underwood joined the Navy in November 1942 and went to boot camp at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida. Finishing in the top of his class, he had his choice of trade schools and went to aviation radio school in Jacksonville. From there Underwood went to aviation radar school and then to aerial gunnery school in Alameda, California. His gunnery officer was Robert Stack, the actor. After survival school and learning how to jump, he was ass… more

Date: February 18, 2011

Creator: Underwood, John W.

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

Oral History Interview with Johnnie Lee Pechal, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Johnnie Lee Pechal. Pechal was drafted into the Navy in July 1943 and went to San Diego for boot camp. Pechal’s first assignment was in a Naval hospital in New Orleans, then Camp Lejeune for further training with the Marines, then Camp Pendleton, after which he was attached to Company B in the 5th Medical Battalion in the 5th Marine Division. In January 1945 they boarded a troop ship bound for Iwo Jima where his company did not g… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Pechal, Johnnie Lee

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

Oral History Interview with Ken Miller, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Colonel Ken Miller. Miller was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in California. As a student, he became interested in radio communications and went into the California National Guard in 1939. In the Guard he was wth 102nd Signal Radio Intelligence Company. Miller was on his way to Hawaii and then the Philippines when the Japanese attacked. The ship he was on returned to San Francisco and he was sent to Officer Candidte Scho… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Miller, Ken

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

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Henry Root, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth Henry Root. Root was born on a farm in Kansas in 1926 and moved with the family to Fort Worth, Texas in 1938 as a result of the Great Depression. He lied bout his age and entered military service in Houston in 1942 when he was 15 years old. He joined the Navy and trained at San Diego. He trained as a Hospital Corpsman and was assigned to the newly formed Third Marine Division stationed in North Carolina. Eventually, … more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Root, Kenneth Henry

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

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Johnsen, February 18, 1999

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Johnsen. Johnsen joined the Army Air Corps in August of 1940. He worked as a clerk and postal inspector for the Army at Scott Field, Illinois. He graduated in August of 1942 from the Flying Sergeant Program. He opted not to be a pilot and immediately transferred to the 426th Army Air Forces Band in Waco, Texas as a trombonist. They were sent to San Marcos and provided music for the marching soldiers, the black soldiers in… more

Date: February 18, 1999

Creator: Johnsen, Kenneth

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

Oral History Interview with Larry Hermes, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Larry Hermes. Hermes was attending Rice University when the war started. He enrolled in the Navy’s V-12 program and graduated with a commission in September, 1944. His first assignment was aboard USS LCI(G)-471, which he caught in Guam, and consisted of persuading holdout Japanese to surrender. Next, they headed for Iwo Jima, where they were attacked by shore batteries while supporting underwater demolition team activities t… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Hermes, Larry

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

Oral History Interview with Leonard Dearing, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leonard Dearing. Dearing joined the Navy at seventeen in 1942. He completed basic training in San Diego and then went to Oklahoma for aviation ordnance school where he also trained as a radar operator. He went on to California where he trained as an aerial gunner. While there he also trained with a Norden bombsight on a PBM as a bombardier. At Kaneohe, their planes received jet assisted take off. He flew patrols for air-sea … more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Dearing, Leonard

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

Oral History Interview with Randy James, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Randy James. James was born in Waco, Texas in 1924. In November 1941, he quit high school and joined the US Marine Corps. He was in the mess hall when he received word of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As he had done some radio work prior to his enlistment he was selected to be a member of a Marine radio show with the Mutual Blue Network. He tells of the type of work they did with the coast-to-coast network. He request… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: James, Randy

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

Oral History Interview with Robert Dotson, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Dotson. Dotson joined the Navy at 18 when he finished high school in 1943. He trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Center outside Chicago. From there, he went to Maryland to train in the Navy's Amphibious Forces. Upon completing training, Dotson joined the crew of a brand new Landing Craft, Infantry (USS LCI-471) and headed throught the Panama Canal for the Pacific. Initially, he served as a helmsman while his LCI ca… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Dotson, Robert

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

Oral History Interview with Robert Gourley, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Gourley. Gourley joined the Navy in 1944. Once he finished boot camp, he was assigned to USS President Adams, (APA-19) bound for the invasion of the Philippines. When he arrived at Iwo Jima, Gourley went ashore for several days to help unload supplies. After the war, Gourley remained aboard and made several trips to Japan to haul troops back home. He took his discharge in 1946.

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Gourley, Robert

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

Oral History Interview with Robert Paine, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Paine. When Paine joined the Army in September, 1942, he went into the 955th Engineering Topographic Company. His unit drew maps of islands based on aerial photographs from the Solomons to the Philippines that were used by the other service branches. In 1945, his unit moved to Manila while the city was still being cleared of Japanese, but they were not making maps anymore. They instead performed regular engineering ta… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Paine, Robert

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

Oral History Interview with Robert Sinks, February 18, 1999

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Sinks. Sink was in the Naval Reserve when called up and then trained at Corpus Christi as a meteorologist. He volunteered for duty in China, arriving Chungking in 1944. Sinks eventually headed into the country to establish a weather station in Fujian Province and train Chinese guerrillas. Sinks shares several anecdotes about his time in China. When the war ended, he went to Shanghai before heading back to the US in Novembe… more

Date: February 18, 1999

Creator: Sinks, Robert

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

Oral History Interview with Roy Broughton, February 18, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Broughton. Broughton joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and received his commission and wings in September, 1944. He was stationed in New Guinea at a replacement depot where he flew missions hauling cargo. Toward the end of the war, he recalls preparing for the invasion of Japan. After the war, Broughton was transferred to Europe to an air transport command. After becoming a squadron safety officer and learning about airplane… more

Date: February 18, 2014

Creator: Broughton, Roy

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

Oral History Interview with Terence R. St. Louis, February 18, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Terence R. St. Louis. St. Louis joined the Army Air Corps in June of 1940. He was assigned to an aviation maintenance unit in Trinidad supplying airplanes flying anti-submarine missions. St. Louis was then sent to flight school to become a pilot in 1943, but was reassigned to gunnery school. He was sent to England as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 with the 398th Bomb Group, 601st Bomb Squadron. St. Louis details a typical mi… more

Date: February 18, 2010

Creator: St. Louis, Terence

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

Oral History Interview with Tom Ketchbaw, February 18, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tom Ketchbaw. Ketchbaw joined the Marine Corps in March, 1943 and trained at San Diego. He also attended radio school prior to making the invasion of the Marshall Islands in January 1944. Ketchbaw kept getting thrown in the brig and became a sort of orphan in the Corps without a unit for a while. As a result, he was in several different amphibian tractor battalions and eventually ended up in the 3rd Marine Division as a memb… more

Date: February 18, 2005

Creator: Ketchbaw, Tom

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

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