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Oral History Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, March 29, 2003

Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Olivares dropped out of high school and decided to join the U. S. Navy after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He took his 16-week basic training course at Great Lakes in Illinois where he learned how to fire various guns and recognize aircraft. After basic training, he was assigned to Algiers, Louisiana where he learned how to weld. Aboard the USS Bordelon (DD-881), he served as a Ship Fitter in the … more

Date: March 29, 2003

Duration: 49 minutes 40 seconds

Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Olivares, Hazael R.

Item Type: Sound

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

[Dan Melli and Irving Denemark in a Wooded Area]

Photograph of Dan Melli and Irving Denemark standing together in a wooded area. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, helmets, and bedrolls.

Date: September 29, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Bearing a Man on a Litter]

Photograph of Irving Denemark and Dan Melli carrying an unnamed soldier on a litter. A man identified as Bernikow stands over the unnamed soldier and holds his hand.

Date: September 29, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Posing and Eating Apples]

Photograph of five soldiers posing together in a field. They are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, field jackets, and helmets. Bernikow and Dan Melli are eating apples while standing behind the kneeling trio of Irving Denemark and two other soldiers. Several other soldiers are visible near small trees and a truck in the background.

Date: September 29, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Resting Outside Receiving Medical Station]

Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers resting together outside a tent in a wooded area. The tent is identified as a medical receiving station. The men are identified from left to right as Paul O'Connell, Irving Denemark, Dan Melli, and Julian Marchado.

Date: September 29, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Resting Outside Receiving Medical Station]

Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers resting together outside a tent in a wooded area. The tent is identified as a medical receiving station. The men are identified from left to right as Howard Levine, Dan Melli, Irving Denemark, and Julian Marchado.

Date: September 29, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Treating a Patient on a Litter]

Photograph of Dan Melli, Nathan Levine, and Irving Denemark standing over another soldier who is lying on a litter. Melli sponges the man's face while Denemark is holding and bandaging his left leg. The men are all wearing U.S. Army uniforms and helmets.

Date: September 29, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum