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Oral History Interview with Calvin Stowell, May 30, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Calvin Stowell. Stowell joined the Army in June of 1943. He served as a rifleman and litter-bearer with the 41st Infantry Division, 116th Medical Unit. He was deployed in June of 1944 to the island of Biak. He was later transferred to the Philippines, serving as a combat medic. After the war ended, Stowell served with occupation forces in Japan. He was assigned for duty at a prophylactic station. After the servicemen spent intima… more
Date: May 30, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 01 second
Creator: Stowell, Calvin
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Oral History Interview with Calvin Stowell, May 30, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Calvin Stowell. Stowell joined the Army in June of 1943. He served as a rifleman and litter-bearer with the 41st Infantry Division, 116th Medical Unit. He was deployed in June of 1944 to the island of Biak. He was later transferred to the Philippines, serving as a combat medic. After the war ended, Stowell served with occupation forces in Japan. He was assigned for duty at a prophylactic station. After the servicemen spent intima… more
Date: May 30, 2019
Creator: Stowell, Calvin
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Oral History Interview with Clinton Stork, May 30, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Clinton Edward Stork. Stork joined the Navy in early 1943 and took basic training at San Diego. Upon completion of training, Stork was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43), and joined her at Bremerton, Washington. Stork sailed with the Tennessee to the Aleutian Islands and patrolled there and in the Bering Sea. His job aboard the Tennessee was working on the shell deck. All the 16-inch shells were stored there and Stork's team hoisted them up to turret #1 t… more
Date: May 30, 2008
Duration: 31 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Stork, Clinton Edward
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Oral History Interview with Clinton Stork, May 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Edward Stork. Stork joined the Navy in early 1943 and took basic training at San Diego. Upon completion of training, Stork was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43), and joined her at Bremerton, Washington. Stork sailed with the Tennessee to the Aleutian Islands and patrolled there and in the Bering Sea. His job aboard the Tennessee was working on the shell deck. All the 16-inch shells were stored there and Stork's t… more
Date: May 30, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Stork, Clinton Edward
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Oral History Interview with Clinton Stork, May 30, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clinton Edward Stork. Stork joined the Navy in early 1943 and took basic training at San Diego. Upon completion of training, Stork was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43), and joined her at Bremerton, Washington. Stork sailed with the Tennessee to the Aleutian Islands and patrolled there and in the Bering Sea. His job aboard the Tennessee was working on the shell deck. All the 16-inch shells were stored there and Stork's t… more
Date: May 30, 2008
Creator: Stork, Clinton Edward
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Oral History Interview with Clinton Stork, May 30, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Clinton Edward Stork. Stork joined the Navy in early 1943 and took basic training at San Diego. Upon completion of training, Stork was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43), and joined her at Bremerton, Washington. Stork sailed with the Tennessee to the Aleutian Islands and patrolled there and in the Bering Sea. His job aboard the Tennessee was working on the shell deck. All the 16-inch shells were stored there and Stork's team hoisted them up to turret #1 t… more
Date: May 30, 2008
Creator: Stork, Clinton Edward
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Oral History Interview with George W. Meyers, May 30, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George W. Meyers. Meyers worked as a welder and on an oil rig prior to joining the Navy just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Meyers was eventually assigned to a naval construction battalion and recalls assembling massive oil tanks, a hospital and a radar installation in the Solomon Islands. He also shares anecdotes about welding pontoons together at the Admiralty Islands. Meyers was discharged in November, 1945.
Date: May 30, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Meyers, George W.
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Oral History Interview with George W. Meyers, May 30, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George W. Meyers. Meyers worked as a welder and on an oil rig prior to joining the Navy just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Meyers was eventually assigned to a naval construction battalion and recalls assembling massive oil tanks, a hospital and a radar installation in the Solomon Islands. He also shares anecdotes about welding pontoons together at the Admiralty Islands. Meyers was discharged in November, 1945.
Date: May 30, 2012
Creator: Meyers, George W.
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Oral History Interview with Harvey Brush, May 30, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harvey Brush. Brush graduated from Penn State in 1942 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was inducted into the Navy in August of 1943 as an Ensign. He attended radar school at MIT, and then was assigned to the Clinton Naval Air Station in Oklahoma, assisting in developing drones. In late 1944 he was assigned to the Hawaiian Islands. He received orders to join a destroyer escort division. He served as staff radar officer ab… more
Date: May 30, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Brush, Harvey
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Oral History Interview with Harvey Brush, May 30, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harvey Brush. Brush graduated from Penn State in 1942 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was inducted into the Navy in August of 1943 as an Ensign. He attended radar school at MIT, and then was assigned to the Clinton Naval Air Station in Oklahoma, assisting in developing drones. In late 1944 he was assigned to the Hawaiian Islands. He received orders to join a destroyer escort division. He served as staff radar officer ab… more
Date: May 30, 2013
Creator: Brush, Harvey
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Jordan, May 30, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Jordan. Jordan joined the Navy on 15 December 1941. Beginning February of 1942, he served on the deck force and as aviation mechanic aboard the USS Wichita (CA-45). In March, they were assigned to Task Force 39, to reinforce the British Home Fleet based in Scapa Flow. In November, they participated in the Naval Battle of Casablanca. In April of 1943 they traveled to Pearl Harbor and Adak, Alaska, where they were assigned t… more
Date: May 30, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Jordan, Thomas
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Jordan, May 30, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Jordan. Jordan joined the Navy on 15 December 1941. Beginning February of 1942, he served on the deck force and as aviation mechanic aboard the USS Wichita (CA-45). In March, they were assigned to Task Force 39, to reinforce the British Home Fleet based in Scapa Flow. In November, they participated in the Naval Battle of Casablanca. In April of 1943 they traveled to Pearl Harbor and Adak, Alaska, where they were assigned t… more
Date: May 30, 2018
Creator: Jordan, Thomas
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Lyman, May 30, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Lyman. After completing one year at The Ohio State University, Lyman joined the Navy 1943. He trained at Great Lakes and was assigned to the USS Colorado (BB-45). He was assigned to the 40mm anti-aircraft guns aboard the Colorado and participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands. He describes the Colorado receiving fire from a Japanese shore battery at Tinian. Lyman then describes opera… more
Date: May 30, 2005
Duration: 19 minutes 01 second
Creator: Lyman, Thomas
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Lyman, May 30, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Lyman. After completing one year at The Ohio State University, Lyman joined the Navy 1943. He trained at Great Lakes and was assigned to the USS Colorado (BB-45). He was assigned to the 40mm anti-aircraft guns aboard the Colorado and participated in the invasions of the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands. He describes the Colorado receiving fire from a Japanese shore battery at Tinian. Lyman then describes opera… more
Date: May 30, 2005
Creator: Lyman, Thomas
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