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Oral History Interview with Albert Jeffers, December 28, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Jeffers. Jeffers joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in Illinois. He received diesel engine maintenance and repair training at submarine school in Connecticut. Upon completion, he was assigned to the engine room aboard the USS Threadfin (SS-410) as a fireman, first class. He participated in the tracking operation that led to the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato. He was transferred to the USS M… more

Date: December 28, 2011

Creator: Jeffers, Albert

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

Oral History Interview with Alfred P. Birdwell, August 28, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred P Birdwell. Birdwell joined the Army around 1943. He served as a tank driver with the 3rd Armored Division. He deployed to La Havre, France. Birdwell participated in the Battle of the Bulge, traveling through Germany along the Siegfried Line into Berlin. He returned to the US and received his discharge in late 1945.

Date: August 28, 2004

Creator: Birdwell, Alfred P

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

Oral History Interview with Armand Maffuccio, July 28, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with Armand Maffuccio. Maffuccio begins with some anecdotes about growing up during the Depression. He joined the Navy in 1942. In 1943, Maffuccio boarded the USS Enterprise (CV-6) and served as a baker and in damage control. He describes his duties as a baker. He received a furlough to go home in early 1945 because his mother was dying. He finished the war in Banana River, Florida as a baker at a naval base.

Date: July 28, 2011

Creator: Maffuccio, Armand

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

Oral History Interview with Arthur Kropp, July 28, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Kropp. Kropp joined the Navy in October 1942. Upon completion of radio and aerial gunnery school, he was assigned to Torpedo Squadron 20 (VT-20) as a third class radioman. His plane was equipped with a Norden bombsight and as such was guarded by the Army at all times. Kropp boarded USS Enterprise (CV-6) in July 1944. In the Philippines, mechanical issues forced his plane to conduct a sea landing, and the crew spent th… more

Date: July 28, 2011

Creator: Kropp, Arthur

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

Oral History Interview with Burnett Napier, August 28, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Burnett Napier. Napier joined the U.S. Navy during his senior year in high school. He was sent to Hospital Corps School to train as a corpsman. Napier then spent six weeks at the Oakland Naval Hospital. He was then sent to the Fleet Marine Force and joined a replacement battalion that was shipped to the Pacific. Napier arrived in Pavuvu and joined the 1st Marine Division. He then landed on Peleliu where his unit experienced … more

Date: August 28, 2010

Creator: Napier, Burnett

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

Oral History Interview with Buster Simmons, May 28, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Buster Simmons. Simmons joined the Army National Guard in September of 1940. He served as a combat medic with the 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division throughout the European theater. He provides some details of his basic and medical training. By 1942 Simmons had worked up to Staff Sergeant and was assigned to Camp Blanding, Florida. After 7 December 1941 their camp began receiving casualties, sending out replacement t… more

Date: May 28, 2008

Creator: Simmons, Buster

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

Oral History Interview with C. R. Jack Mummert, August 28, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with C.R. Jack Mummert. Mummert was born in Logansport, Indiana on 3 January 1916 and graduated from high school in Havre, Montana in 1935. Joining the Marine Corps in December 1942, he was sent to boot camp at San Diego, California. He was selected for Officers Candidate School and received his commission at Quantico, Virginia. After undergoing several courses in communications, he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd… more

Date: August 28, 2001

Creator: Mummert, C. R. Jack

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

Oral History Interview with Carl Duncan, September 28, 2002

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

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

Oral History Interview with Carlyle Herring, July 28, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Carlyle Herring. Herring joined the Navy in November 1937 and received basic training in Norfolk. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6) where he tended to aircraft as they landed on the flight deck. He recalls losing a half dozen scouting planes to friendly fire after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During general quarters, Herring manned the gun director of a five-inch mount. He describes different techn… more

Date: July 28, 2011

Creator: Herring, Carlyle

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

Oral History Interview with Charles Kollman, July 28, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Kollman. Kollman joined the Marine Corps in January 1944 and had basic training at San Diego. After training, he went to Hawaii and was at Maui when the war ended. He returned to the US and was discharged in December 1945.

Date: July 28, 2017

Creator: Kollman, Charles

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

Oral History Interview with Charles Ripper, April 28, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Ripper. Born in Fayette, Texas 20 March 1915, Ripper describes his family’s living conditions during The Great Depression. He quit school in the eighth grade to help his family on the farm. Drafted into the Navy in 1943, he had six weeks of boot training at San Diego before being sent to Pearl Harbor where he was assigned to the USS Colorado (BB-45) as a shell man on a sixteen inch gun. He tells of the Colorado pr… more

Date: April 28, 2009

Creator: Ripper, Charles H.

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

Oral History Interview with Chester Reese, February 28, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chester Reese. Reese joined the Army in 1936. He was assigned to the First Infantry Regiment in Wyoming. In 1939, Reese did not re-enlist in the Army, but joined the Marine Corps instead. After basic training, Reese was sent to Hawaii, where he was when the Japanese attacked. He unlimbered his machine gun, set it up and defended Hickam Field. Reese served as an enlisted man on the subsequent Board of Inquiry into the attack … more

Date: February 28, 2004

Creator: Reese, Chester E.

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

Oral History Interview with Clarence Griffith, July 28, 2020

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence Griffith. Griffith was born in Granbury Texas in 1913. He worked as an electrician and volunteered for service in the Navy in 1943. He served with the Seabees in the 76th Naval Construction Battalion and went to Guam during the invasion. While there, his outfit built power stations.

Date: July 28, 2020

Creator: Griffith, Clarence

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

Oral History Interview with Clarence Kendall, November 28, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence Kendall. Upon graduating from the University of Missouri in 1942, Kendall enrolled in Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School at Notre Dame. His first assignment was on the USS Stack (DD-406) as an assistant gunnery officer. He recounts dramatic details of the Battle of Vella Gulf and feels that his success in combat was due to his diligent studies and mastery of technology such as radar. Kendall transferred to the USS Es… more

Date: November 28, 2008

Creator: Kendall, Clarence

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

Oral History Interview with Clarence Schilperoort, February 28, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clarence Schilperoot. Schilperoot joined the Navy in May of 1936. He served as an Electrician’s Mate and joined the Asiatic Fleet in 1940. He was assigned to USS Houston (CA-30). After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Houston joined the American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) naval force at Surabaya. Schilperoot worked aboard the ship until it sank in March of 1942 during the Battle of Sunda Strait. He was captured by the Japanese, a… more

Date: February 28, 2002

Creator: Schilperoort, Clarence

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

Oral History Interview with Dale Fagg, February 28, 1990

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue of Dale Fagg. Fagg joined the Marine Corps in October of 1942. In Pearl Harbor he was assigned to the Marine Detachment of Admiral Chester Nimitz at Makalapa in Honolulu, and served as his personal chauffer, from 1942 to 1945. He shares numerous stories of his encounters with and work for the Admiral.

Date: February 28, 1990

Creator: Fagg, Dale

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

Oral History Interview with Dallas R. Clark, February 28, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dallas Clark. Clark enlisted in the Navy in January 1931 in Ashville, North Carolina. He was sent to Norfolk, Virginia for boot camp and after boot camp he went to mechanical school there for about a year. He requested and got duty on the USS Texas where he spent the next six years as a machinist. Clark reenlisted in 1936 and was assigned to the USS Yorktown, being built in Newport News, Virginia. After two years on the York… more

Date: February 28, 2002

Creator: Clark, Dallas R.

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

Oral History Interview with David Richardson, September 28, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Richardson. Richardson served as a journalist and sergeant in the Army from 1941-1945. In 1941 he worked as editor of the Camp Pendleton newspaper. He then worked for the Army Weekly and Yank in New York in 1942. They sent him, with orders, to General MacArthur in Australia to put together a group of journalists to document the war in the China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. He participated in battles in New Guinea, t… more

Date: September 28, 2002

Creator: Richardson, David

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

Oral History Interview with Dwight Dahmes, October 28, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight A. Dahmes. Dahmes was born 18 July 1918 in Clements, Minnesota. In 1936 he attended Westmar College in Lemars, Iowa where he joined the 133rd Infantry Regiment of the Iowa National Guard (part of the 34th Infantry Division). On 1 February 1941 the unit went to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Soon after, Dahmes was made sergeant of a weapons platoon and trained with various weapons. Upon completion of training the unit move… more

Date: October 28, 2002

Creator: Dahmes, Dwight

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

Oral History Interview with Earl Stevens, September 28, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Earl Stevens. Stevens served aboard the USS New Mexico (BB 40) as an electrician beginning October of 1942. He was a gun electrician and took care of the firing mechanisms and the telephones. He provides his experience of joining the Navy with his dad and three brothers. He describes life aboard the New Mexico. He recalls traveling to Australia for liberty. Stevens describes the explosion of the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) and the r… more

Date: September 28, 2001

Creator: Stevens, Earl

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

Oral History Interview with Edith Scott, November 28, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edith Scott. Scott graduated from high school in 1942. She began nursing school in October of 1943 at John Sealey College of Nursing (now the University of Texas Nursing School) in Austin. She joined the US Cadet Nurse Corps and graduated in 1946, after the war ended. She describes in detail her experiences through nursing school and corps training. Scott also notes that there were several Japanese ladies going through training w… more

Date: November 28, 2015

Creator: Scott, Edith

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

Oral History Interview with Edwin Simmons, September 28, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edwin H. Simmons. Simmons was born 21 August 1921 in Paulsboro, New Jersey. Graduating from Lehigh University in 1942 he entered the Marine Corps as a 2nd lieutenant. Upon graduating from the reserve officers training course at Quantico, Virginia he served as an instructor. In the fall of 1943 he went to New Caledonia aboard the USS Orizaba (AP-24). He was then sent to Guadalcanal and assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment as a… more

Date: September 28, 2002

Creator: Simmons, Edwin H.

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

Oral History Interview with Edwin Smith, July 28, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edwin Smith. Smith joined the Navy in 1943 at the age of 15 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-6) where he joined a work division, primarily cleaning and painting the ship. His battle station was at the gun director of a 40-millimeter mount, where his duties included maneuvering the barrel and pulling the weapon’s trigger. When a kamikaze hit the ship’s number… more

Date: July 28, 2011

Creator: Smith, Edwin

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

Oral History Interview with Eugene Crispi, February 28, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eugene Crispi. Crispi joined the Navy in February of 1940. He served aboard USS Houston (CA-30). Crispi worked aboard the ship until it sank in March of 1942 during the Battle of Sunda Strait. He swam ashore on Java Island and was captured by the Japanese. Crispi was taken to a POW Camp in Serang, Java, and later to a camp in Jakarta. After 3 years of imprisonment, he was placed into an Army hospital. He returned to the US and wa… more

Date: February 28, 2002

Creator: Crispi, Eugene

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

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