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Oral History Interview with Eddie W. Cook, July 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eddie W Cook. Cook was drafted into the Army in June 1943. Despite being an experienced ship welder and foreman, he was assigned as a rifleman. When Cook deployed to India in December 1943, the troop ship was fitted with iron bars made to separate white from black soldiers. Upon arrival in Bombay, it was obvious the place had been recently bombed. The men then headed to a replacement depot in Assam. Meanwhile, one of Cook’s … more
Date: July 18, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: Cook, Eddie W
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leo J. Misenheimer, October 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leo Misenheimer. Misenheimer graduated from college in 1941 with an engineering degree and was working for the TVA when the war broke out. He went into the Army Air Force in November 1942, wanting to be involved with aircraft. However, they switched him to meteorology since they needed meteorologists so badly. He was sent to a one year school at the University of Chicago, one of five schools in the country teaching the cours… more
Date: October 18, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Misenheimer, Leo J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wilburn McIntire, December 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wilburn McIntire. McIntire joined the Army in August of 1944. He served as an infantry rifleman with the 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. He deployed to England before participating in the Battle of the Bulge, and saw combat through the Siegfried Line, and liberated prisoners left behind by the SS at Flossenbürg concentration camp. He returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date: December 18, 2007
Duration: 3 hours 43 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: McIntire, Wilburn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Nicholas Herzog, April 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Nicholas Herzog. Herzog shares his family history and growing up during the Great Depression. He joined the Army in March of 1945 and served with the Light Infantry. In October of 1945 he traveled to Camp Lucky Strike in Janville, France. He was later assigned to the 508th Military Police Battalion, Company A, in Munich, Germany. Herzog guarded the body of Hermann Wilhelm Göring, after he was found guilty of war crimes and commit… more
Date: April 18, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Herzog, Nicholas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Jones, May 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Jones. Jones was born in 1925 in Missouri. He joined the Navy in December 1942 and trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. After boot training and gunnery school, Jones was assigned to the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) as a 40mm gun crewmember. Jones was aboard the Bunker Hill from 1943 to the end of the war. He recalls being off Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He describes the kamikaze attack on the Bunker Hill off Okinawa.
Date: May 18, 2007
Duration: 46 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Jones, Howard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Leo J. Misenheimer, October 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leo Misenheimer. Misenheimer graduated from college in 1941 with an engineering degree and was working for the TVA when the war broke out. He went into the Army Air Force in November 1942, wanting to be involved with aircraft. However, they switched him to meteorology since they needed meteorologists so badly. He was sent to a one year school at the University of Chicago, one of five schools in the country teaching the cours… more
Date: October 18, 2007
Creator: Misenheimer, Leo J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Wilburn McIntire, December 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Wilburn McIntire. McIntire joined the Army in August of 1944. He served as an infantry rifleman with the 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. He deployed to England before participating in the Battle of the Bulge, and saw combat through the Siegfried Line, and liberated prisoners left behind by the SS at Flossenbürg concentration camp. He returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date: December 18, 2007
Creator: McIntire, Wilburn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Eddie W. Cook, July 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eddie W Cook. Cook was drafted into the Army in June 1943. Despite being an experienced ship welder and foreman, he was assigned as a rifleman. When Cook deployed to India in December 1943, the troop ship was fitted with iron bars made to separate white from black soldiers. Upon arrival in Bombay, it was obvious the place had been recently bombed. The men then headed to a replacement depot in Assam. Meanwhile, one of Cook’s … more
Date: July 18, 2007
Creator: Cook, Eddie W
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Nicholas Herzog, April 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Nicholas Herzog. Herzog shares his family history and growing up during the Great Depression. He joined the Army in March of 1945 and served with the Light Infantry. In October of 1945 he traveled to Camp Lucky Strike in Janville, France. He was later assigned to the 508th Military Police Battalion, Company A, in Munich, Germany. Herzog guarded the body of Hermann Wilhelm Göring, after he was found guilty of war crimes and commit… more
Date: April 18, 2007
Creator: Herzog, Nicholas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Howard Jones, May 18, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Jones. Jones was born in 1925 in Missouri. He joined the Navy in December 1942 and trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. After boot training and gunnery school, Jones was assigned to the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) as a 40mm gun crewmember. Jones was aboard the Bunker Hill from 1943 to the end of the war. He recalls being off Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He describes the kamikaze attack on the Bunker Hill off Okinawa.
Date: May 18, 2007
Creator: Jones, Howard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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