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- [Letter from Cecelia McKie to Harry Ives Shoemaker - May 2, 1943]
- Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Harry Ives Shoemaker, recorded in the letter as 'Mr. H. R. Shoemaker' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Lowell Gustin Bagman (?)', who is attempting to get a message to 'Mrs. Ronald Barnick (Barney) (?), Max (Knox) (?), North Dakota'. McKie explains that the message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo asks that Shoemaker be notified but does not know the reason. McKie asks that he write back with the correct name and address of the internee's family.
- [Letter from Cecelia McKie to Herman Besser - May 2, 1943]
- Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Herman Desser', regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Leo Besser, recorded in the letter as 'Leo Desser'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to brother from internee on Radio Toyko.
- [Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. Berman - May 2, 1943]
- Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. Berman (?)' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'William Howard Berman (Doorman)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to father from internee on Radio Tokyo.
- [Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Frank C. Bennett - May 2, 1943]
- Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Frank C. Bennett', of Carmel, California, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Frank C. Bennett, c/o Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to wife from internee on Radio Tokyo.
- Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010
- The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.
- Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010
- The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.
- Oral History Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, May 2, 2006
- Interview with Cleatus A. LeBow, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. LeBow joined the navy in 1943 and went from Lubbock, Texas to San Diego for recruit training. He shipped out to Pearl Harbor aboard an LST from San Francisco. At Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to a work detail aboard the USS Oklahoma, which had just been righted. Shortly thereafter, he boarded the USS Indianapolis to serve as a range finder operator on one of the gun turrets. Upon leaving Hawaii, the Indianapolis went to Tarawa and then the Marshall Islands. LeBow witnessed Japanese civilian suicides on Saipan. He also witnessed the flag-raising on Iwo Jima from his range finder position aboard the ship. LeBow describes being hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa. He also discusses delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian and being torpedoed on the way to the Philippines. He describes abandoning the ship and spending five days in the water, including his faith in God, hallucinations, rescue, and his recovery.