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Oral History Interview with Odd Aarstad, November 4, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Odd Aarstad. Aarstad joined the Navy in August 1944 and trained to be a corpsman. Upon completion of training, Aarstad reported to the Annapolis Naval Hospital where he served and treated wounded and sick patients. Eventually, Aarstad worked on artificial limbs for amputees. He also served at a rehabilitation station in Philadelphia where people were being fitted for prosthetic legs. Aarstad was discharged in October 1946.
Date: November 4, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Aarstad, Odd
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Oral History Interview with John O'Leary, May 4, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John O’Leary. O’Leary joined the Marine Corps in February of 1943. He completed Aircraft Mechanic School, and served with the 1st Marine Division. In February of 1944 he traveled aboard the USS Barnes (CVE-20) to Espiritu Santo, where he was stationed at a Marine fighter airstrip base. O’Leary installed water injection on Corsair planes, enhancing the performance of the plane. He later traveled to Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Bougainv… more
Date: May 4, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: O'Leary, John
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Oral History Interview with James Reynolds, January 4, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Lee Reynolds. Reynolds was drafted into the Army in January of 1946. After basic training, he was deployed to Yokohama, Japan with occupation forces. He shares what the city looked like after the bombing and how the people treated him. He was transferred to Kobe, where his job was to process uniforms and anything that had to be salvaged or replaced. He shares his experiences living and working in Japan after the war. He ret… more
Date: January 4, 2017
Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Reynolds, James
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Oral History Interview with Walter Wier, November 4, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Wier. Wier joined the Navy in June, 1942 and trained at San Diego. With training complete, Wier was assigned to the Armed Guard and board the SS Day Star (1939) in San Francisco. Wier’s son provides a chronology of Wier’s first cruise in the Pacific starting in early 1943. After one voyage aboard the Day Star, he was transferred to the Young America. His third voyage was aboard the William H Moody. Wier sailed in the … more
Date: November 4, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Wier, Walter
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Oral History Interview with Edward Campbell, May 4, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Campbell. Campbell joined the Army Air Forces in late 1943. He completed gunnery school. He served as a B-24 turret gunner with the 394th Bomb Squadron. He completed 50 combat missions, over Tarawa, Borneo, bombing oil fields, refineries and ports. He returned to the US and received his discharge in 1945.
Date: May 4, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Campbell, Edward
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Oral History Interview with P. A. Penley, April 4, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with P.A. Penley. Penley joined the Army in 1942. He studied mechanical engineering at several universities before becoming an infantryman. Penley joined the 66th Infantry Division and was sent to Europe. He mentions a submarine attack on the convoy during the voyage to France that resulted in the loss of over 700 of his fellow soldiers. Penley served as a jeep driver in a weapons company and describes the bitter cold he encounte… more
Date: April 4, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Penley, P. A.
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Oral History Interview with Barbara Burton, March 4, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barbara Burton. Upon graduation from high school, Burton completed nursing school in 1947 at the University of California. Burton gives detail of civilian life during World War II. She talks about being in Los Angeles on August 15th and the celebration in the streets. After college she became a civilian Navy employee and took a position in the Aleutian Islands in 1947, working for the dispersing officer in the supply departm… more
Date: March 4, 2016
Duration: 52 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Burton, Barbara
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Oral History Interview with Bill Marten, February 4, 2016

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Marten. Marten joined the Merchant Marine in November 1943. He started as a fireman working as a water tender in the engine room. Marten describes some of his service on tankers crossing the Atlantic. He details an incident where he witnesses another tanker in his convoy explode after it was hit by a torpedo. Marten took part in 12 voyages and eventually left the Merchant Marine in 1948.
Date: February 4, 2016
Duration: 48 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Marten, Bill
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Oral History Interview with Robert Archer, November 4, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Archer. Archer entered the Navy in September 1943. He completed basic in Farragut, Idaho and Bremerton, Washington. From Washington he made two trips to Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. He was aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31, serving as a fireman. He was aboard during the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns. He was discharged December 1946.
Date: November 4, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Archer, Robert
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Pugh, August 4, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Pugh. Pugh joined the Marine Corps in August, 1941 and trained at San Diego. In October, he was assigned to a headquarters and service company in the 2nd Engineer Battalion, Fleet Marine Force. He went to Hawaii briefly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but broke his wrist and returned to San Diego to go to scout sniper school. Then he was assigned to another H & S company in the 19th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Divis… more
Date: August 4, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Pugh, Thomas
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Oral History Interview with James Rose, August 4, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Rose. Rose joined the Navy in July 1942 out of a desire to fly Corsairs. After being selected as an aviation cadet, he ultimately landed at an advanced fighter training base at Kingsville. Upon completion of flight training he became an instructor. After qualifying in carrier landings, he was transferred to Attack and Bombing Squadron 98 (VBF-98) at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. After spotting a Corsair at fleet repa… more
Date: August 4, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Rose, James
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Oral History Interview with E. Grover Pearson, August 4, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with E Grover Pearson. Pearson joined the Navy in mid-1942. He completed training as an aviation gunner and radioman. He served for one year in the submarine patrol off the West Coast. Beginning September of 1944, Pearson served as a flight aviation radioman aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38). Catapulting off the cruiser, he and his flight crew participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, providing air cover for the first group … more
Date: August 4, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: Pearson, E. Grover
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Oral History Interview with Richard Heyman, December 4, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Heyman. Heyman joined the Army in June, 1942. Once he was in, he qualified for flight training. Once he finished flight schools and was commissioned, he was assigned to the 364th Fighter Squadron and shipped to England in January, 1944. Once there, he began flying bomber escort missions over France and Germany. He flew 300 combat hours in a P-38 or a P-51 before going back to the US to serve as an instructor. Toward … more
Date: December 4, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Heyman, Richard
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Oral History Interview with Robert McBride, June 4, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents on oral interview with Robert McBride. McBride volunteered in the Army Air Forces in October, 1942 after having taken a course on aircraft mechanics. He served as a flight engineer aboard bombers before applying for the same position aboard B-29s. He was accepted and went to an officer training course, graduating in September, 1945 before being assigned as a flight engineer. He eventually went to pilot training. He served in Korea flying fighters.… more
Date: June 4, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: McBride, Robert W.
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Oral History Interview with Robert Vollmer, August 4, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Vollmer. Vollmer was drafted into the Army in March, 1943. As his unit, the 66th Infantry Division, was arriving in France, his ship was torpedoed and hundreds of men from his division drowned. Vollmer stayed with the 66th throughout the France campaign and was still on hand for occupation duty around Koblenz before he went to Austria for occupation duty. He returned home and was discharged in April, 1946.
Date: August 4, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Vollmer, Robert
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Oral History Interview with Robert Alma, February 4, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Alma. Alma went into the Army Air Forces in March 1943 and trained in Florida before training as an engine mechanic. He went overseas in March, 1946 to Germany. There he repaired aircraft engines.
Date: February 4, 2014
Duration: 38 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Alma, Robert
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Oral History Interview with William Mehling, September 4, 2014

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William G. Mehling. Mehling was born in Alexandria, Indiana on 1 October 1924. In April 1943, he was drafted into the Army. Following basic training at Camp Roberts, California, he was sent to the Army Specialized Training Program at Stanford University, then to Indiana University for a nine month course in engineering. In May 1944 he was sent to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky for refresher basic training, then to Fort Campbell… more
Date: September 4, 2014
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Mehling, William
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Oral History Interview with Dale Ball, June 4, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Dale Ball. Ball joined the Navy around 1942. In 1943, he began serving as a Storekeeper aboard USS LST-1005 in the Pacific Theater. They traveled to Hawaii, the Caroline Islands, Eniwetok and Leyte Gulf, Philippines. He recalls a typhoon he experienced in 1945. He served with occupation troops in Japan after the war ended. Ball returned to the US, and continued his service in the Navy.
Date: June 4, 2013
Duration: 58 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Ball, Dale
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Oral History Interview with Eugene N. Fithian, February 4, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene N. Fithian. Born in 1925, he joined the Navy in 1943. He describes basic training and living conditions in Great Lakes, Illinois. Following basic training, he was assigned to the Navy Overflow Annex from Treasure Island where he worked in the fleet post office becoming a Mailman, Third Class. He was then assigned to the destroyer, USS Farenholt (DD-491). On the Farenholt, he became a cook and was assigned as a leader … more
Date: February 4, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Fithian, Eugene
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Oral History Interview with Henry Zapalac, February 4, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Henry Zapalac. Zapalac joined the Navy in February 1941 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Alameda Naval Air Station for ordnance training. While there, he serviced PBYs that were used in flight training. His first assignment in the Pacific was loading ammunition onto an island near Tarawa. He suffered a bout of malaria while there. At Saipan he flew patrols, dropping rafts and … more
Date: February 4, 2013
Duration: 44 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Zapalac, Henry
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Oral History Interview with Edward Hahnemann, January 4, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Hahnemann. Hahnemann joined the Navy in December of 1942. He was trained as an aviation machinist and was assigned to USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). Hahnemann describes his duties related to the maintenance of the flight deck arresting gear. He mentions how he was acquainted with George H. W. Bush. Hahnemann gives an overview of some of the actions he was involved in, particularly going through several typhoons and seeing … more
Date: January 4, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Hahnemann, Edward
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Oral History Interview with Jack Merrick, December 4, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Merrick. Merrick joined the Air Force Reserves. By 1942 he had earned his pilot license and completed two civilian pilot training courses. He graduated as a flight officer from the glider pilot program in Lubbock, Texas in May of 1943. Merrick was assigned to the 437th Troop Carrier Group and the 84th Squadron. In January of 1944 he was shipped to England and provides details of his experiences there and additional trai… more
Date: December 4, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Merrick, Jack
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Oral History Interview with Merton Thurston, October 4, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Merton Thurston. Thurston was born on 28 September 1924. He joined the Army Air Forces on 5 December 1942. In March of 1944, Thurston served as a B-17 radio operator and gunner with the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, 45th Combat Wing of the 3rd Air Division of the 8th Air Force, located in Snetterton Heath, England. Thurston and his crew flew 35 missions over Germany, Poland, France, Holland and Belgium. In early 1945, he … more
Date: October 4, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes
Creator: Thurston, Merton
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Oral History Interview with David Greene, October 4, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Greene. Greene joined the Army Air Forces in late 1942. Beginning in 1944, he served as B-24 navigator with the 392nd Bombardment Group. He completed 30 missions over Germany and France. Greene returned to the US in 1945, and remained in the Reserves through 1970.
Date: October 4, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Greene, David
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