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[Shoe Purchase Coupon]

Description: Shoe purchase coupon for Carl A. F. Holler and administered by the Office of Price Administration.
Date: August 18, 1945
Creator: Office of Price Administration

[Merry Christmas Flyer]

Description: Flyer sent by the Office of Dependency Benefits titled "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year."
Date: October 25, 1944
Creator: Office of Dependency Benifits

[Tobacco Ration Card]

Description: Tobacco ration card issued to "Holler, Carl A. F."
Date: June 3, 1945
Creator: War Department

[University of California Football Ticket]

Description: Football game ticket for the University of California for the season of 1942. Ticket states that football games were 50 cents for servicemen in uniform.
Date: 1942
Creator: University of California

[Victory Food Specials for 1943]

Description: Single sheet of home front recipes titled, "Victory Food Specials for 1943." Recipes include omelet with vegetables, eggs and spinach, and meat loaf.
Date: 1943

[Recipes]

Description: Pamphlet with recipes for peanut butter soup, spinach soup, raw vegetable salad, sour cream dressing, and baked hamburger with vegetables.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: Nutrition Committee of Onondaga County and Syracuse

[Recipes]

Description: Pamphlet from the Nutrition Committee of Onondaga County and Syracuse with recipes for meatloaf with oatmeal, liver loaf with crumbs, liver in casserole, breaded kidneys, and scalloped corn.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: Nutrition Committee of Onondaga County and Syracuse

[Nutrition Course]

Description: Nutritional course pamphlet by the National Defense Program, Syracuse, N.Y. diet plans, food equivalents and substitutions are outlined, including recipes for sour cream dressing; cooked salad dressing; carrot, apple and raisin salad; cabbage, spinach, apple and raisin salad; macaroni, celery, and green pepper salad; potato and beet salad; prune and cottage cheese salad; and tomato and cottage cheese salad.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: National Defense Program, Syracuse N.Y.

[Recipes]

Description: Recipe pamphlet by the National Defense Program, Syracuse, N.Y. on how to make cream soups and white sauces. Recipes include cream of spinach soup, peanut butter soup, braised kidney and vegetable stew, liver loaf with crumbs, baked stuffed haddock, fluffy omelet, cheese scuffle.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: National Defense Program, Syracus, N.Y.

[Sugarless Desserts]

Description: Recipe pamphlet by the National Defense Program, Syracuse, N.Y. on how to make sugarless desserts. Recipes include cherry blancmange, cherry sauce, coffee custard, strawberry marshmallow pudding, fruit brown bread.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: National Defense Program, Syracus, N.Y.

[Envelope Addressed to Mrs. Rena L. Wolsheimer and Miss Julio O. Flikke, 1943~]

Description: Envelope from Mrs. F. M. Borey, Washington, D.C. Handwritten in pencil on lower half: '8-28-43 - Gave her names of Mrs. Rena L. Wolsheimer (7-13-43), also Miss Julio O. Flikke, 103 Anne St., Takoma Park, Md (5-26-43) also Mme. [illegible (Carla? Courea?)], 2006 Columbia Road, N.W.'. Front of envelope has been removed by creator.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Borey, Mrs. F. M.

Oral History Interview with William Huffman, November 30, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Huffman. Huffman joined the Army Air Forces in 1943. He served as a B-24 Navigator, stationed in Virginia. He flew throughout the US during the war, and did not go overseas. Huffman received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: November 30, 2018
Creator: Huffman, William

Oral History Interview with Forrest Biard, August 15, 1984

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Forrest Biard. Biard graduated from the Naval Academy in 1934. From 1939 through September 1941, he completed full immersion in Japanese language and culture training in Tokyo. Biard was a cryptologic linguist, serving in all three Navy codebreaking units during World War II. In September, Biard was stationed at Pearl Harbor as a senior linguist for Station HYPO, the codebreaking unit at Pearl Harbor where he served as a language… more
Date: August 15, 1984
Creator: Biard, Forrest

Oral History Interview with Robert L. (Bob) Groves, April 30, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Grove. He discusses joining the Marine Corp, shipping out to New Zealand before landing on Guadacanal a few days after the invasion started there, then going to Tarawa, getting malaria, returning to Hawaii for more training before going to fight on Saipan, getting hit by shrapnel and shot in the leg. He describes battle conditions, getting caught in storms abroad ships crossing the Pacific, returning to the states after … more
Date: April 30, 2004
Creator: Groves, Robert L. (Bob)

Oral History Interview with Walter Buczek, August 9, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Buczek. Buczek joined the Army in 1943 and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. He completed Automotive Transport School, repairing trucks. During his schooling he was assigned as a mechanical instructor. In June of 1945 he traveled to Hawaii, then landed on Ie Shima, Okinawa in July. Buczek served with the 1631st Engineer Construction Battalion. He worked with heavy equipment on road construction and building airfield… more
Date: August 9, 2004
Creator: Buczek, Walter

Oral History Interview with Douglas A. Skinner, December 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and oral interview with Douglas A. Skinner. Born 13 January 1923 in Fleetwood, Oklahoma, Skinner joined the Army 1 April 1943 and was sent to Fort Hood, Texas for basic training. Upon completion of basic, he volunteered for the Parachute Infantry and was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia for airborne training. He describes the training they received. Assigned to the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division he was sent to England. On … more
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Skinner, Douglas A.

Oral History Interview with Stephen Perrone, March 7, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stephen Perrone. Perrone joined the Army Air Forces in October of 1941. He completed training for airplane instrumentation, mechanic and flying cadet. He served as a Radar Bombardier with the 63rd Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force. Perrone was in the B-24 snooper squadron. They bombed targets in Indonesia, Malaysia and New Guinea, including shipping areas, airfields and railways. They operated out of a c… more
Date: March 7, 2007
Creator: Perrone, Stephen

Oral History Interview with Tom Gillespie, May 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tom Gillespie. Gillespie joined the Navy and went right to radio school because he was already a radio technician ion civilian life. He was assigned to Special Task Air Group 1 and trained with them to conduct drone strikes on Japanese targets. When he went overseas, he was based at Banika Island, near Pavuvu in the Russell Islands. They attempted a few strikes, but nothing ever came of the project, so the unit went back to the U… more
Date: May 21, 2008
Creator: Gillespie, Tom

Oral History Interview with Michael Kuryla, August 10, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Michael Kuryla. Kuryla was born in Chicago, Illinois on 10 September 1925 into a family of eight children. He describes his family’s living conditions during the Depression. Joining the US Navy in 1942, he underwent boot training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois. Following boot camp, he was assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) as the fire director of a five-inch gun. He explains the job of the gun director… more
Date: August 10, 2007
Creator: Kuryla, Michael W.

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Good, August 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth O. Good. Good joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He completed Radio Operator and Mechanics Technical School at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and the Aviation Cadet Pilot Training Program in Texas. Good received his wings in August of 1944. He served with the 528th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group, 14th Air Force as a P-51 fighter pilot, under the director of General Claire Chenault. In May of 1945, Go… more
Date: August 30, 2006
Creator: Good, Kenneth

Oral History Interview with George Burnet, March 16, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Burnet. He discusses his childhood growing up during the Great Depression and what led him to join the chemical warfare service of the US Army. He describes all the different training camps he was sent to around the US and eventually being deployed in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two.
Date: March 16, 2021
Creator: Burnet, George & Misenhimer, Richard

Oral History Interview with Beverly Bagley, May 3, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Beverly Bagley of Fullerton, California. She discusses where she was when Pearl Harbor was bombed and recalls hearing President Roosevelt's speech about the incident. Mrs. Bagley also talks about how her father wanted to volunteer for the military, but her mother refused to sign off on it, so he was barred from joining the war. Mrs. Bagley recalls having to save everything from aluminum cans to chewing gum wrappers and the w… more
Date: May 3, 2018
Creator: Bagley, Beverly Kolman
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