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Oral History Interview with Edgar Granger, March 9, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar Granger. Granger was born in Beaumont, Texas 2 July 1916 and graduated from high school in 1934. In 1935 he joined the Merchant Marines as a deck hand with the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company. In 1941 he entered the Merchant Marine officers training class at Alameda, California. After receiving his third-class mate’s license he went aboard the SS San Antonio. He tells of picking up survivors of the merchant ship SS Ci… more
Date: March 9, 2011
Creator: Granger, Edgar
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Oral History Interview with Edgar Howard, July 9, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar E. Howard. Howard was born 26 April 1924 in Nashville, Indiana. After one year in ROTC at Indiana University, he was drafted into the Army in April 1943. He was assigned to the 69th Infantry Division at Camp Shelby, Mississippi as a tech sergeant. His duties during the year that he was stationed there involved training replacement personnel. His division shipped to Cheltenham, England in February 1944 where he was reas… more
Date: July 9, 2009
Duration: 31 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Howard, Edgar E.

Oral History Interview with Edgar Howard, July 9, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edgar E. Howard. Howard was born 26 April 1924 in Nashville, Indiana. After one year in ROTC at Indiana University, he was drafted into the Army in April 1943. He was assigned to the 69th Infantry Division at Camp Shelby, Mississippi as a tech sergeant. His duties during the year that he was stationed there involved training replacement personnel. His division shipped to Cheltenham, England in February 1944 where he was reas… more
Date: July 9, 2009
Creator: Howard, Edgar E.
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Oral History Interview with Eli Escobar, March 9, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eli Escobar. Escobar was drafted into the Army in May 1944. When Escobar arrived in France in November, 1944, he joined Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division. In January, 1945, Escobar got captured by German troops near Haguenau. He spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. He was liberated in late April and returned to the US. Escobar was discharged in November, 1945.
Date: March 9, 2004
Duration: 47 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Escobar, Eli

Oral History Interview with Eli Escobar, March 9, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Eli Escobar. Escobar was drafted into the Army in May 1944. When Escobar arrived in France in November, 1944, he joined Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division. In January, 1945, Escobar got captured by German troops near Haguenau. He spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. He was liberated in late April and returned to the US. Escobar was discharged in November, 1945.
Date: March 9, 2004
Creator: Escobar, Eli
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Oral History Interview with Eugene George, June 9, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Eugene George. He was born in 1922 in Wichita Falls, Texas. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Texas and worked for a contractor, doing plumbing work at Sheppard Field, Texas. He enlisted in the Air Force Reserve in 1942. After receiving training at various U.S. bases, he graduated from aviation school in 1944. He was sent to an Air Force Base in Goose Bay, Labrador. He describes landing at Bluie West 1 (BW-1), an airfield in Gr… more
Date: June 9, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: George, Eugene

Oral History Interview with Eugene George, June 9, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Eugene George. He was born in 1922 in Wichita Falls, Texas. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Texas and worked for a contractor, doing plumbing work at Sheppard Field, Texas. He enlisted in the Air Force Reserve in 1942. After receiving training at various U.S. bases, he graduated from aviation school in 1944. He was sent to an Air Force Base in Goose Bay, Labrador. He describes landing at Bluie West 1 (BW-1), an airfield in Gr… more
Date: June 9, 2011
Creator: George, Eugene

Oral History Interview with George Duncan, October 9, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Duncan. Duncan graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939. In 1941, he went to flight school at Pensacola after a tour on USS West Virginia (BB-48). He first flew an SOC Seagull in Alaska before transferring to the Solomons, where he caught malaria. Then he was assigned to fighters and boarded USS Hornet (CV-12). He did not stay aboard long before his unit transferred to USS Essex (CV-9) sometime in early 1944. Duncan s… more
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Duncan, George
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Oral History Interview with George O'Brien, December 9, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George O'Brien. O'Brien volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in April, 1944 and trained to be a gunner at Harlingen, Texas. He went overseas to New Guinea in February 1945 and joined the 5th Bomb Group, 72nd Bomb Squadron. He was a nose gunner on a B-24. Soon, he went to Samar with his unit. He started flying combat missions in May over the Philippines. O'Brien flew on about 20 missions bombing refineries, airfield… more
Date: December 9, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: O'Brien, George

Oral History Interview with George O'Brien, December 9, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George O'Brien. O'Brien volunteered for service in the Army Air Forces in April, 1944 and trained to be a gunner at Harlingen, Texas. He went overseas to New Guinea in February 1945 and joined the 5th Bomb Group, 72nd Bomb Squadron. He was a nose gunner on a B-24. Soon, he went to Samar with his unit. He started flying combat missions in May over the Philippines. O'Brien flew on about 20 missions bombing refineries, airfield… more
Date: December 9, 2014
Creator: O'Brien, George
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Oral History Interview with George Redman, March 9, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Redman. Redman joined the Navy in May of 1941. He served on the deck force aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41). From May to 7 December, they escorted convoys back and forth across the North Atlantic. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, they transferred to the Pacific Fleet. Redman completed diving school and worked with the ship’s pumps. He became Seaman First Class, Coxswain, and later became head diver and Gun Captain. Aboa… more
Date: March 9, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Redman, George

Oral History Interview with George Redman, March 9, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Redman. Redman joined the Navy in May of 1941. He served on the deck force aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41). From May to 7 December, they escorted convoys back and forth across the North Atlantic. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, they transferred to the Pacific Fleet. Redman completed diving school and worked with the ship’s pumps. He became Seaman First Class, Coxswain, and later became head diver and Gun Captain. Aboa… more
Date: March 9, 2006
Creator: Redman, George
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Oral History Interview with Gerald Parascandolo, August 9, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerald T. Parascandolo. Parascandolo was born in Brooklyn, New York on 7 January 1925. He was drafted into the Army in August 1943. After a brief period at Fort Custer, Michigan, he was sent to Fort Hood, Texas for 16 weeks of basic training. He initially trained for tank destroyer duty in North Africa, but when the fighting ended there, he was sent to Camp Hale, Colorado for mountain training with the 10th Mountain Division… more
Date: August 9, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Parascandolo, Gerald

Oral History Interview with Gerald Parascandolo, August 9, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gerald T. Parascandolo. Parascandolo was born in Brooklyn, New York on 7 January 1925. He was drafted into the Army in August 1943. After a brief period at Fort Custer, Michigan, he was sent to Fort Hood, Texas for 16 weeks of basic training. He initially trained for tank destroyer duty in North Africa, but when the fighting ended there, he was sent to Camp Hale, Colorado for mountain training with the 10th Mountain Division… more
Date: August 9, 2009
Creator: Parascandolo, Gerald

Oral History Interview with Gordon Gayle, October 9, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Gordon D. Gayle. Gayle was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma 13 September 1917. After graduating from high school in 1934 he entered West Point 18 July 1935. Upon graduating in 1939 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He then went to a basic school for newly commissioned officers at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Upon completing the course he was assigned to the 5th Marine Regiment at Quantico, Virginia. Their… more
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Gayle, Gordon
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Oral History Interview with Guy Stayton, August 9, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Guy Stayton. Stayton joined the Navy in December of 1942. He worked as an Electrician’s Mate aboard a Landing Craft Infantry, the USS USS LCI-400. Stayton provides some details of the ship. He worked in the engine room and shares details of his work aboard the ship. They traveled to England, and he shares his experiences there prior to the invasion of France. They served with the first wave participating in the Normandy Invasion.… more
Date: August 9, 2001
Duration: 38 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Stayton, Guy

Oral History Interview with Guy Stayton, August 9, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Guy Stayton. Stayton joined the Navy in December of 1942. He worked as an Electrician’s Mate aboard a Landing Craft Infantry, the USS USS LCI-400. Stayton provides some details of the ship. He worked in the engine room and shares details of his work aboard the ship. They traveled to England, and he shares his experiences there prior to the invasion of France. They served with the first wave participating in the Normandy Invasion.… more
Date: August 9, 2001
Creator: Stayton, Guy
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Oral History Interview with H. L. Tyree, January 9, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with H.L. Tyree. Tyree was born in Cullman County, Alabama on 4 August 1924. Drafted into the Army in 1943 he was sent to Camp Polk, Louisiana for basic training. He then went to Fort Ord, California where he trained as an amphibious tractor driver. After six months training, he was assigned to the 536th Amphibious Tractor Battalion and assigned as a tractor driver. After two months of advanced training, the unit boarded USS LST-… more
Date: January 9, 2008
Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Tyree, H. L.

Oral History Interview with H. L. Tyree, January 9, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with H.L. Tyree. Tyree was born in Cullman County, Alabama on 4 August 1924. Drafted into the Army in 1943 he was sent to Camp Polk, Louisiana for basic training. He then went to Fort Ord, California where he trained as an amphibious tractor driver. After six months training, he was assigned to the 536th Amphibious Tractor Battalion and assigned as a tractor driver. After two months of advanced training, the unit boarded USS LST-… more
Date: January 9, 2008
Creator: Tyree, H. L.

Oral History Interview with Hal Lamar, October 9, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Commander Hal Lamar. He discusses his childhood, what led him to join the Naval Academy and how he became an aide to Admiral Chester A. Nimitz. He describes his time working with Admiral Nimitz and his experiences in the Navy during World War Two and what he did after the war.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Lamar, Hal & Christman, Calvin
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Oral History Interview with Harold F. Neuberger, November 9, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Harold F. Neuberger. Neuberger grew up on a farm in Illinois and joined the Navy after he finished high school in 1943. He trained at Camp Farragut, Idaho. From there, he went to a machinist school at the University of Kansas. Then he attended a naval optics school in Washington, DC. Upon graduating, Neuberger was assigned to the USS Bennington (CV-20), and was a crewmember upon the ship's commissioning (thus making him a plankowner). He describes going thro… more
Date: November 9, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Neuberger, Harold F.

Oral History Interview with Harold F. Neuberger, November 9, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Harold F. Neuberger. Neuberger grew up on a farm in Illinois and joined the Navy after he finished high school in 1943. He trained at Camp Farragut, Idaho. From there, he went to a machinist school at the University of Kansas. Then he attended a naval optics school in Washington, DC. Upon graduating, Neuberger was assigned to the USS Bennington (CV-20), and was a crewmember upon the ship's commissioning (thus making him a plankowner). He describes going thro… more
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Neuberger, Harold F.
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Oral History Interview with Hichael Nedeff, December 9, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hichael Nedeff. Nedeff was born in 1925 in West Virginia. In 1943 he entered the Navy. After basic training, Nedeff shipped overseas and was assigned to USS LST-610 at Hawaii. Nedeff recalls transporting Army personnel to Angaur, going ashore and seeing an Army field hospital. He also was present unloading materiel at Leyte during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. At Lingayen Gulf, USS LST-610 was damaged by a Japanese suicide boat … more
Date: December 9, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 36 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Nedeff, Hichael M.

Oral History Interview with Hichael Nedeff, December 9, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hichael Nedeff. Nedeff was born in 1925 in West Virginia. In 1943 he entered the Navy. After basic training, Nedeff shipped overseas and was assigned to USS LST-610 at Hawaii. Nedeff recalls transporting Army personnel to Angaur, going ashore and seeing an Army field hospital. He also was present unloading materiel at Leyte during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. At Lingayen Gulf, USS LST-610 was damaged by a Japanese suicide boat … more
Date: December 9, 2005
Creator: Nedeff, Hichael M.
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