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Oral History Interview with James G. Graff, January 9, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James G. Graff. Born in 1925, he was inducted into the Army in 1944. Following basic training in Camp Hood, Texas, he was transferred to Co. C, 1st Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Infantry Division. The Division was part of the Ardennes Campaign where he shares an anecdote about fighting alongside the 784th Tank Battalion. He describes battles on the banks of the Ruhr River or Maas, the cold weather and proble… more

Date: January 9, 2013

Creator: Graff, James

Oral History Interview with Leonard Tate, January 9, 1984

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leonard W. Tate. Tate was born in Perry, Oklahoma 16 May 1918. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve while attending Oklahoma State College. After graduation he reported to midshipman’s school at Columbia University. After completing the four month course, Tate was commissioned and reported to the Amphibious Force at Little Creek, Virginia, where he trained as a boat officer of landing craft. He volunteered for the scouts and ran… more

Date: January 9, 1984

Creator: Tate, Leonard

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

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 Wilbur Weeks, January 9, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wilbur Weeks. Weeks joined the Navy in July 1940 and was assigned to the USS San Francisco (CA-38) at Pearl Harbor as a deckhand. His pre-war duty involved working with the catapult for the ship’s observation planes. He later maintained guns and was promoted to third-class gunner’s mate. Weeks saw the first wave of enemy planes while his ship was in dry dock, and he boarded the USS New Orleans (CA-32) to help ready the guns.… more

Date: January 9, 2001

Creator: Weeks, Wilbur

Oral History Interview with Irving Newton, January 9, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Irving Newton. Newton joined the Army Air Forces in mid-1941. He completed school for weather forecasting. He served as the forecaster at Marshall Field, Fort Riley, Kansas. In 1943 he was transferred to Hickman Field in Hawaii, and later to Tarawa, Okinawa, the Philippines and Japan.

Date: January 9, 2004

Creator: Newton, Irving