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Oral History Interview with Daryl Haerther, April 22, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Daryl Haerther. Haerther joined the Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 96th Infantry Division a few days after the beginning of the invasion of Okinawa. He was assigned to A Company, 383rd Infantry Regiment. While there, Haerther qualified as a medic and shares several anecdotes from his combat experiences. Eventaully, Haerther was wounded and evacuated to Guam. He was still in the hospital when the war ended and Haerther elect… more
Date: April 22, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Haerther, Daryl
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Oral History Interview with Lindsey Wilcox, October 22, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lindsey Wilcox. Wilcox joined the Navy in November of 1942 and completed machinist school. He was sent to Alaska and then assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) beginning in January of 1943. His job aboard was in the number two fire room, operating the boilers. Throughout 1943, he participated in the Aleutian, Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaigns. In 1944 Wilcox participated in the Mariana campaign and the Battle of Tinian, a… more
Date: October 22, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Wilcox, Lindsey
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Oral History Interview with Hiroshi Sakahara, May 22, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Hiroshi Sakahara. Sakahara is second generation Japanese-American. He provides some details of his family history and life growing up in Tacoma, Washington during the Great Depression. In 1941 he joined the Army and volunteered for the 442nd Infantry Combat Team, 5th Army. They fought in Belgium and Italy on the front lines opposite the Germans. He served as an ammunition carrier and later carried the Browning Automatic Rifle. In… more
Date: May 22, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Sakahara, Hiroshi
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Oral History Interview with Walter Skeldon, September 22, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walter Skeldon. Skeldon recalls several anecdotes from growing up during the Great Depression. He enlisted in the Navy in August 1941 and trained at Newport, Rhode Island. He was in aviation mechanic school when the war started. Skeldon describes the initiation when a ship crosses the Equator while aboard USS Santee (CVE-29) and was involved in the invasion of North Africa. He shares stories from Morocco. He went to arresting gea… more
Date: September 22, 2007
Duration: 5 hours 14 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Skeldon, Walter
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Oral History Interview with Olian Perry, December 22, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Olian Perry. Perry went to boot camp in San Diego. They were supposed to have ten week's of training but only had seven before they were shipped overseas on the Mastonia, landing in New Zealand. He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, 18th Marines, 1st Battalion, Company "C" as a dynamite man. After some training on New Zealand, they went to Guadalcanal on a troop ship. Once onshore, they started digging their foxholes but couldn't get any sleep because … more
Date: December 22, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Perry, Olian Thomas
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Oral History Interview with Theodore Anderson, October 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Theodore Anderson. Anderson was drafted into the Navy in April of 1943. He graduated from the hospital corps in San Diego and worked at Long Beach Naval Hospital. As a hospital corpsman Anderson was assigned to the 13th Marines, 5th Marine Division artillery group H & S Battery in the fall of 1944. They traveled to Saipan in preparation for the Battle of Iwo Jima. Anderson provides details of his experiences at Iwo Jima, includin… more
Date: October 22, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Anderson, Theodore
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Oral History Interview with James Caposella, October 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Caposella. Caposella left his studies at Ohio State University to join the Navy in March 1944. He received basic training at Great Lakes and attended radio school in Bedford Springs. After completing amphibious training at Camp Bradford and Fort Pierce, he was assigned to the USS Ostara (AKA-33) where he rode in LCVPs transporting troops and supplies throughout the Pacific. Although it was not well-armored, it survived… more
Date: October 22, 2008
Duration: 31 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Caposella, James
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Oral History Interview with James L. Bell, Jr., August 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James L. Bell, Jr. He joined the Marine Corps in August, 1944. After basic training in California, he was sent to the Parker Ranch in Hawaii where he practiced maneuvers. He describes landing on Red Beach and fighting on Iwo Jima when he was in the 5th Marine Division. He discusses the placement of the American flag on the island, the Japanese tunnels, and the suicides of Japanese soldiers. After Iwo Jima, he joined the 2nd … more
Date: August 22, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Bell, James L., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with James C. Chandler, July 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James C Chandler. Chandler joined the Marine Corps in the spring of 1943. He was assigned to the 1st Armored Amphibian Battalion. Chandler participated in the battles of Guam and Okinawa. He returned to the US and was discharged in December of 1945
Date: July 22, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Chandler, James C
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Oral History Interview with Robert Bass, May 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert G. Bass. Bass was born in Walnut, Illinois on 18 November 1922. He was drafted into the Army in February 1943. After three months of basic and combat military police training at Fort Riley, Kansas, Bass was accepted in the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Indiana. The program was disbanded in early 1944 and Bass was sent first to an armored infantry unit and then to the 243rd Combat Engineers, tr… more
Date: May 22, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: Bass, Robert G.
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Oral History Interview with Israel Berger, May 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Israel Berger. While attending medical school, Berger took an officer’s correspondence course with the Navy in May 1942. After interning at the Norfolk Naval Hospital and completing the V-12 program, he boarded the USS Drew (APA-162) as a general medical officer, traveling between Oahu and Saipan. Berger was relieved to be treated kindly despite being one of only two Jewish men on his ship. Despite having grown up in a koshe… more
Date: May 22, 2008
Duration: 48 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Berger, Israel
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Oral History Interview with John Espie, February 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Espie. Although Espie was enrolled at Indiana University and joined the Army ROTC with intentions of being commissioned, he grew anxious about the draft and decided to enlist in the Navy in December 1942. Upon completion of quartermaster school, he embarked on amphibious training and was assigned to USS LST-734. He was at the helm in the Panama Canal and was an expert in dead reckoning at sea. At Guadalcanal he was trai… more
Date: February 22, 2008
Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Espie, John
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Oral History Interview with Frank Crain, June 22, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Crain. Crain left law school to join the Army Air Forces in January 1942. He was assigned to an ordnance detachment with the 3rd Air Depot Group in Agra, India, where he loaded ammunition onto trains. He was transferred to Karachi, where he made reusable practice bombs out of tin cans and sand. He applied to OCS and returned to the States in April 1943. As an Infantry officer he taught math, reading, and ordnance use. … more
Date: June 22, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Crain, Frank
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Oral History Interview with William McAnany, February 22, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William McAnany. McAnany joined the Navy in October of 1938. He completed Hospital Corps and X-Ray Technician School. McAnany worked at naval hospitals in Virginia and Philadelphia. In August of 1941 he was assigned aboard the USS Solace (AH-5) and traveled to Pearl Harbor in October. McAnany was on Ford Island during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and he treated wounded soldiers. He continued his service supporting campaigns includ… more
Date: February 22, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: McAnany, William
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Oral History Interview with Sam D. Jones, January 22, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sam D. Jones. Jones joined the Army in 1937. He served with the 12th Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston. Jones details his duties caring for the horses and how caissons operated. He discusses camp life and talks about the exercises his unit participated in. Jones tells an interesting story about his last ride before his horse was retired and tells how that horse was given a military burial many years later. He left the Army… more
Date: January 22, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Jones, Sam
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Oral History Interview with George Steiger, March 22, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Steiger. Born in 1924, Steiger joined the Marines in 1943. He received artillery training as well as DUKW (also referred to as a Duck (an amphibios vehicle)), radio, and telephone training. He was an assistant gunner with the Fifth Marine Division. He describes his role in invasion of Iwo Jima as well as seeing the first American flag raised on Mount Suribachi. At the end of the war, he was sent to Sasebo, Japan as pa… more
Date: March 22, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Steiger, George
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Oral History Interview with Gilbert Clark, December 22, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gilbert Clark. Clark joined the Navy in February 1941 and trained at Great Lakes. After optical training, he joined the USS Helena (CL-50) at San Diego and served aboard as a rangefinder. Clark was aboard when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He also describes some action he was involved in later around the Solomon Islands and describes when the Helena was sunk at Kula Gulf. Clark made it to an island and was rescued off it. H… more
Date: December 22, 2005
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Clark, Gilbert
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Oral History Interview with Harry Miller, August 22, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harry Miller. Miller was born in Beaver Township, Indiana on 28 April 1922. Upon joining the Navy in November 1942, he went to Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois for boot training. Upon his arrival he was selected for six months of training as a pharmacist’s mate. Upon completion of the course he was assigned to the Midshipman’s School at Notre Dame University. Among those from whom he drew blood, for medical purpo… more
Date: August 22, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Miller, Harry O.
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Oral History Interview with Willard Cole, June 22, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willard Cole. Cole was drafted into the Army in April, 1943. Cole went to Camp Maxey in Paris, Texas and was assigned to the 125th Evacuation Hospital, Semimobile when it formed. He went overseas to England with the unit in November, 1944. Cole arrived in France in March 1945. By early April, they had established their hospital in Krefeld, Germany and began receiving casualties. When the war ended, they were around Munchen and re… more
Date: June 22, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Cole, Willard C.
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Oral History Interview with Archie L. Sherman and Ray Magro, May 22, 2004

Description: Transcript of a simultaneous oral interview with Archie L. Sherman and Ray Magro. Both served in the Navy. Sherman served for a while on patrol craft in Alaska before transferring to the USS Cummings (DD-365). He was released from the Cummings due to excessive seasickness, but eventually was assigned tothe USS Smith (DD-378). Magro joined the Navy in 1940 and served aboard the USS Mahan (DD-364) and the USS Cummings before being assigned to the USS Smith. Magro describes his actions and impress… more
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Sherman, Archie L.
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Oral History Interview with Eugene Tietjen, May 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene Tietjen. Born in 1920, he joined the Navy in January 1940. He was first assigned to the USS Dixie (AD-14) destroyer tender. He was transferred to the USS Smith (DD-378) in February 1942 where he served as a machine gun loader as well as a gunner. He discusses the aftermath of the explosion on the Smith during the Battle of Santa Cruz. He describes the configuration of the artillery as well as the living conditions on … more
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 49 seconds
Creator: Tietjen, Eugene
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Oral History Interview with Joseph and Vivian Malmstrom, May 22, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joseph and Vivian Malmstrom. Joseph Malmstrom joined the Navy in 1942. He served on the deck force aboard the USS Smith (DD-378). Malmstrom recalls when a Japanese torpedo plane crashed into their ship in October of 1942. In April of 1943 they traveled to Guadalcanal to perform antisubmarine patrols. In mid-1943 he was reassigned to the USS Casablanca (CVE-55). They served as a training ship for escort carrier crews. In late 1943… more
Date: May 22, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Malmstrom, Joseph & Malmstrom, Vivian
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