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Oral History Interview with Ben Smith, July 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ben Smith. Smith was born on a farm in Illinois 9 June 1918. After college he became an embalmer for the state of Colorado. Volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he trained at the Spartan School of Aeronautics before being sent to Brady, Texas for basic flight training, then Kelly Field for advanced. He was then sent to Muroc Air Field, California for P-38 gunnery training. After he was commissioned, he was assigned as an ins… more
Date: July 3, 2007
Duration: 57 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Smith, Ben
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Oral History Interview with Ben Smith, July 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ben Smith. Smith was born on a farm in Illinois 9 June 1918. After college he became an embalmer for the state of Colorado. Volunteering for the Army Air Corps, he trained at the Spartan School of Aeronautics before being sent to Brady, Texas for basic flight training, then Kelly Field for advanced. He was then sent to Muroc Air Field, California for P-38 gunnery training. After he was commissioned, he was assigned as an ins… more
Date: July 3, 2007
Creator: Smith, Ben
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Oral History Interview with Edgar McCann, October 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar McCann. McCann was drafted into the Navy in 1944. He completed boot camp in San Diego. He served in Hawaii for fourteen months and remained at a base during the war repairing landing craft. He provides some details of his work and life in Oahu, Hawaii. He was discharged in Houston in late 1945.
Date: October 3, 2007
Duration: 29 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: McCann, Edgar
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Oral History Interview with Edgar McCann, October 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar McCann. McCann was drafted into the Navy in 1944. He completed boot camp in San Diego. He served in Hawaii for fourteen months and remained at a base during the war repairing landing craft. He provides some details of his work and life in Oahu, Hawaii. He was discharged in Houston in late 1945.
Date: October 3, 2007
Creator: McCann, Edgar
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Oral History Interview with Ethel Tucker, April 3, 2007

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ethel Tucker. She discusses life prior to and on the homefront during the World War II. She gives a detailed portion of her history of going to New York City to work while waiting for her husband to return to port. Her husband was in the U.S. Navy at the time, and she shared an apartment with some of the other wives.
Date: April 3, 2007
Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Ethel
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Oral History Interview with Ethel Tucker, April 3, 2007

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ethel Tucker. She discusses life prior to and on the homefront during the World War II. She gives a detailed portion of her history of going to New York City to work while waiting for her husband to return to port. Her husband was in the U.S. Navy at the time, and she shared an apartment with some of the other wives.
Date: April 3, 2007
Creator: Tucker, Ethel
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Oral History Interview with George Black, October 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Black. Admiral James Richardson inspired Black to join the Navy. Black enlisted on his 18th birthday. He then trained as a radio operator and in January 1945 boarded the USS Franklin (CV-13). Black was in the mess hall after finishing a long watch when the bombs struck. Hungry and tired, he was suddenly tossed against the wall, landing conveniently on a pile of mattresses. But he was also trapped, the hatch inoperable… more
Date: October 3, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Black, George
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Oral History Interview with George Black, October 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Black. Admiral James Richardson inspired Black to join the Navy. Black enlisted on his 18th birthday. He then trained as a radio operator and in January 1945 boarded the USS Franklin (CV-13). Black was in the mess hall after finishing a long watch when the bombs struck. Hungry and tired, he was suddenly tossed against the wall, landing conveniently on a pile of mattresses. But he was also trapped, the hatch inoperable… more
Date: October 3, 2007
Creator: Black, George
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Oral History Interview with Joe Haines, April 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Haines. Haines joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He was assigned to the 9th Bomb Group in a B-17. He served as their photographer. He traveled to North Africa and provides some detail of his job photographing various events in the war, from the B-17, including missions when they were bombing or getting hit with flak. They traveled to Italy, and he describes meeting Pope Pius the 12th and a shares number of other stories fro… more
Date: April 3, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Haines, Joe
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Oral History Interview with Joe Haines, April 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Haines. Haines joined the Army Air Forces in 1942. He was assigned to the 9th Bomb Group in a B-17. He served as their photographer. He traveled to North Africa and provides some detail of his job photographing various events in the war, from the B-17, including missions when they were bombing or getting hit with flak. They traveled to Italy, and he describes meeting Pope Pius the 12th and a shares number of other stories fro… more
Date: April 3, 2007
Creator: Haines, Joe
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Oral History Interview with Kirby Krause, August 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kirby Krause. Krause joined the Navy in September of 1943 and served aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36) in the 4th Division retrieving seaplanes out of the water. He vividly describes his work aboard the ship, including his work with fueling hoses. Krause goes into great detail of life aboard the ship including food, living quarters and overall morale amongst the men. The Nevada served as a convoy escort, providing fire support during… more
Date: August 3, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Krause, Kirby
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Oral History Interview with Kirby Krause, August 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kirby Krause. Krause joined the Navy in September of 1943 and served aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36) in the 4th Division retrieving seaplanes out of the water. He vividly describes his work aboard the ship, including his work with fueling hoses. Krause goes into great detail of life aboard the ship including food, living quarters and overall morale amongst the men. The Nevada served as a convoy escort, providing fire support during… more
Date: August 3, 2007
Creator: Krause, Kirby
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Oral History Interview with Walter Kindrick, August 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Kindrick. Kindrick was born 23 May 1925 in Coffeeville, Kansas. Upon graduating from high school in 1943, he joined the Army. After completing nine weeks of basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky he was assigned as an assistant tank driver of an M-4 Sherman tank. His unit eventually boarded a ship and sailed to South Hampton, England. On 10 June 1944 he crossed over to Normandy on an LST landing at Omaha Beach. There h… more
Date: August 3, 2007
Duration: 54 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Kindrick, Walter
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Oral History Interview with Walter Kindrick, August 3, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Kindrick. Kindrick was born 23 May 1925 in Coffeeville, Kansas. Upon graduating from high school in 1943, he joined the Army. After completing nine weeks of basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky he was assigned as an assistant tank driver of an M-4 Sherman tank. His unit eventually boarded a ship and sailed to South Hampton, England. On 10 June 1944 he crossed over to Normandy on an LST landing at Omaha Beach. There h… more
Date: August 3, 2007
Creator: Kindrick, Walter
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