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Oral History Interview with Art Rankin, October 19, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Art Rankin. Rankin was born in 1924 and joined the Navy after he graduated high school, around 1942. He completed boot camp at Camp Perry in Ohio. In the fall of 1943 he traveled to Noumea, New Caledonia and Russell Islands, off Guadalcanal. Rankin continued on to Green Islands where he was assigned to sanitation details and mess cook duty. He traveled on to Leyte Gulf, Samar and Guiuan in the Philippines. His unit built an airst… more

Date: October 19, 2001

Creator: Rankin, Art

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

Oral History Interview with Arthur Talmage, October 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arthur Talmage. Talmage joined the Marine Corps around 1942. He served with the 4th Marine Division, 24th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion. Talmage worked as a runner and bodyguard for Alexander Vandegrift during each campaign. They participated in the battles of Kwajalein, Tinian, Saipan and Iwo Jima. Talmage was discharged in October of 1945.

Date: October 19, 2012

Creator: Talmage, Arthur

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

Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Buck Gibson. Gibson enlisted in the Navy and once he finished boot camp, he was assigned to the USS Indianapolis where he was a loader on a 20mm gun. He first sailed for the Aleutian Islands, then to Tarawa for the invasion. When the island was secure, he went ashore with Admiral Raymond Spruance. He desribes the kamekazi attack on Indianapolis during the Okinawa campaign, then the torpedo attack after leaving Tinian. He spe… more

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Gibson, Buck

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

Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002

Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Strauss' background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck

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

Oral History Interview with Charles Juliussen, October 19, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Juliussen. Juliussen joined the Navy Seabees in March of 1943. He completed boot camp, gunnery school and additional Seabees training at Port Hueneme in California. Juliussen served with the 33rd Naval Construction Battalion. They traveled by freighter to the Russell Islands and had a Shellback initiation when they crossed the equator. They helped load an LST, and invaded the Green Islands, where they were attacked by Jap… more

Date: October 19, 2001

Creator: Juliussen, Charles

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

Oral History Interview with Edgar Damour, October 19, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar Damour. Damour joined the Navy in September of 1939. His first assignment was aboard USS Chester (CA-27) traveling with the British in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. He volunteered for submarine service. Damour served as Radioman aboard USS S-35. From early 1942 through late 1943, they completed war patrols in the defense of the Aleutian Islands. Damour was then assigned to USS Pargo (SS-264). Their base was located at Pea… more

Date: October 19, 2000

Creator: Damour, Edgar

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

Oral History Interview with Ernest Higgins, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ernest Higgins. Higgins joined the Army in August of 1940. He was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, 32nd Infantry Regiment. He participated in the battles of Attu, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa. His job was to ensure that supplies were delivered on the beach within an hour of the beach landings. Higgins continued his service in the military, retiring in 1973 with rank of lieutenant colonel.

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Higgins, Ernest

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

Oral History Interview with Ernest S. Clifford, October 19, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Ernest S. Clifford. Clifford enlisted in the Army Air Force in late 1942. For training, he went to Miami, South Dakota and Virginia. There, he was attached to the 45th Infantry Division to facilitate radio communications between the Air Force and the infantry. They sailed for North Africa to train for the invasion of Sicily. Clifford describes his experience on Sicily and was evacuated with several hundred Italian POWs back to North Africa, where he was reas… more

Date: October 19, 2011

Creator: Clifford, Ernest S.

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

Oral History Interview with Ernest Wingen, October 19, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ernest Wingen discussing his childhood and education and what led him to join the Navy. He talks about boot camp and his experiences in the pacific Theatre of World War Two.

Date: October 19, 2001

Creator: Wingen, Ernest & Pratt, Rick

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

Oral History Interview with Fred Earl Smith, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Earl Smith. Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 20 April 1923. Joining the Navy soon after graduation in 1941, he completed boot training at San Diego. Upon graduating from fire control school, he reported aboard the USS Tennessee (BB-43) at Pearl Harbor. He experienced the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and retrieved bodies in the aftermath. He was assigned to the USS Hornet (CV-8). After the Hornet sank, Smith was t… more

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Smith, Fred Earl

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

Oral History Interview with George De Laughter, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George De Laughter. De Laughter joined the Army in 1942. He was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, 32nd Regiment. He worked as a supply officer. He participated in the battles of Attu, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa. He was discharged in March of 1946.

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: De Laughter, George

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

Oral History Interview with Guatemozin Garcia, October 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Guatemozin Garcia. Garcia was born in Alice, Texas 26 October 1923. Upon graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the Army Air Forces. Four of his brothers were also in the military during World War II. After completing basic training at Shepherd Field, Texas he was sent to Fort Myers, Florida for four weeks of gunnery training. He was then sent to Santa Ana, California where he joined the 34th Bomb Group as a nose gun… more

Date: October 19, 2005

Creator: Garcia, Guatemozin

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

Oral History Interview with Harold Collins, October 19, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Collins. Collins was born in Driftwood, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1920. In 1943 he joined the United States Navy and was sent to Camp Peary for eight weeks of boot training. He then went to Camp Parks, California where he was assigned to Company A, 93rd Construction Battalion. In October 1943 the unit boarded the USAT Perida, arriving at Noumea, New Caledonia on 1 November 1943. Just as the ship anchored in the har… more

Date: October 19, 2001

Creator: Collins, Harold

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

Oral History Interview with Henry Freitas, October 19, 1999

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Freitas. Freitas joined the Navy in 1939. Freitas served as Fireman Second Class aboard the USS Tangier (AV-8) from April of 1941 to December of 1942. The Tangier picked up military personnel in Pearl Harbor and delivered them to combat areas. Freitas was aboard the Tangier when it was moored abaft the former battleship Utah at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Freitas describes in detail his duties during the attack. He hel… more

Date: October 19, 1999

Creator: Freitas, Henry

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

Oral History Interview with John Hotova, October 19, 2006

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Hotova. Hotova was born in November 1918. He describes conditions during the Great Depression. He left high school at 15 years of age and joined the National Guard in 1939. He was assigned to the 242nd Coast Artillery. Hotova applied for flight training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He did not qualify for advanced flight training and was assigned to aircraft mechanics school at Keesler Field, Mississippi. After four mo… more

Date: October 19, 2006

Creator: Hotova, John

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

Oral History Interview with John Wolfe, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Wolfe. Wolfe joined the Army in 1939. He was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, 32nd Regiment. He served as a commanding officer and participated in the battles of Attu, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa.

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Wolfe, John

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

Oral History Interview with Joseph Williams, October 19, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph F. Williams. Williams was born 7 December 1921 in New Orleans. After being drafted into the US Army on 23 February 1943 he took basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama for three months. Williams was then sent to Fort Dix, New Jersey where he was assigned to a headquarters company in the Quartermaster Corps. There he received driver training for various vehicles. On 18 January 1944 he sailed to Belfast, Ireland. In J… more

Date: October 19, 2009

Creator: Williams, Joseph F.

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

Oral History Interview with Ken McCloud, October 19, 1985

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ken McCloud. McCloud, known as Tex by the 339th Fighter Squadron, recounts a dogfight that occurred over Rabaul in which he encountered over a dozen Zeros. He shot down one plane before being hit, causing his right engine to catch fire. He landed in the water and deployed his life raft. He was pursued by sharks and fought an albatross to the death. Using a piece of driftwood and his parachute, he fashioned a sail and rode ou… more

Date: October 19, 1985

Creator: McCloud, Ken

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

Oral History Interview with Ken Prescott, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth W. Prescott. Prescott was born 9 August 1920 in Jackson, Michigan. Upon graduating from midshipman’s school at Northwestern University in December 1942, Prescott volunteered to serve with a PT boat squadron. He was sent to Melville, Rhode Island for training. When complete, went to Tulagi and was assigned as executive officer aboard PT Boat 61. Commenting on the construction of a PT boat he also discusses the armamen… more

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Prescott, Ken

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

Oral History Interview with Melvin Shumake, October 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Melvin Shumake. Shumake joined the Marine Corps in September of 1943. He served as a rifleman in the 3rd Marine Division, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion. In January of 1944, he deployed to Australia, participating in the Battle of Guam and the Battle of Okinawa. He served with occupation forces in Japan. Shumake returned to the US after the war ended.

Date: October 19, 2012

Creator: Shumake, Melvin

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

Oral History Interview with Robert Conner, October 19, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert W. Conner. Conner was born in Pennsylvania on 8 September 1914. He attended Duke University prior to joining the 93rd Construction Battalion in 1941. Initial training began in Williamsburg, Virginia, after which the unit moved to California where they were trained in the use of arms. The unit was then transported to Green Island where they built two airstrips and support buildings. He tells of his admiration for the N… more

Date: October 19, 2001

Creator: Conner, Robert

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

Oral History Interview with Robert McCoy, October 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert P. McCoy. McCoy was working in the aircraft industry in Los Angeles when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. He was still a civilian on his way to Fairbanks, Alaska when the Japanese attacked Dutch Harbor. It took him a week to fly to Alaska as a result. After he returned, he went to work for the Lockheed Corporation and was employed building Norden bombsights. He spent some time installing the bombsights in aircraft in Irel… more

Date: October 19, 2005

Creator: McCoy, Robert P.

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

Oral History Interview with Thomas Johnson, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Johnson. Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas 9 April 1918. He was attending Washington University in St. Louis when he was drafted into the US Army. After serving for nine months he received a hardship discharge. Soon after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, he joined the Navy. Johnson tells of the pilot training he received at Murray, Kentucky prior to washing out of the program. He then went to the Great Lakes Naval Trainin… more

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Johnson, Thomas

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

Oral History Interview with Thomas Whitehair, October 19, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Whitehair. Whitehair joined the Navy in March of 1945. He served as a Storekeeper and deck hand aboard a Landing Ship Medium, traveling to Johnston Island, Midway and Kwajalein. They decommissioned the ship Manus Island and then stationed Whitehair on Guam. He completed duty at Pearl Harbor. He was sent back to the US and discharged in 1948. Whitehair re-enlisted in the Navy and retired in August of 1966.

Date: October 19, 2002

Creator: Whitehair, Thomas

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

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