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Oral History Interview with Joseph F. Malleske, September 27, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Malleske. Malleske enlisted in the Navy in January 1944 at Great Lakes, Illinois and took boot camp there. After boot camp, they sent him down to Norfolk (Camp Bradford) for amphibious training where he got picked up to go to radar school. After that he was formed into a crew for LST duty and sent to Little Creek, Virginia for a two week training cruise on the Chesapeake Bay in a LST. In late May 1944, they sent them … more
Date: September 27, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Malleske, Joseph F.
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 James Reed, September 27, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with James Reed. Reed was drafted and went into the Army 11 Nov 1943. After basic training in Waco, Texas he was sent overseas, landing in England. He was put in a tank destroyer outfit to start with but got separated from them. After a hospital stay, he was put in the 101st Airborne Division, 327th Glider Infantry. He was wounded by shrapnel on 20 Dec 1944 in his right leg during the Battle of the Bulge. He was at Bastogne. Once wounded, he was sent back to Fran… more
Date: September 27, 2011
Duration: 16 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Reed, James L.
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 Oris Brehmer, September 27, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Oris Brehmer. Brehmer was born in Luckenbach, Texas in 1924. Drafted in March, 1943 with a choice of services, he chose the Navy. He went through boot camp and Corpsman School in San Diego, then to Marine Field Medical School. He sailed for the South Pacific and joined the 1st Marine Division in Australia. In December, 1943 the division landed at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Brehmer's company saw no combat there. From March… more
Date: September 27, 2013
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Brehmer, Oris
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 Ky Putnam, September 27, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ky Putnam. Putnam enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 in El Paso, Texas. After training, he was assigned to the 414th Night Fighter Squadron. His squadron was based in Italy and Putnam describes his living conditions, his squadron mates, and several of his combat experiences. Putnam tells the story of the time he got shot down in February, 1945. He and his radar man both parachuted out of the damaged P-61 and landed separ… more
Date: September 27, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Putnam, Ky
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 Orville Schwanger, September 27, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orville Schwanger. Schwanger joined the Army Signal Corps around 1942. He completed radio repair training. From 1943 through the end of the war, Schwanger traveled to Brisbane, Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Leyte Gulf. On the islands, he set up and worked in radio repair shops. He received his discharge in 1946.
Date: September 27, 2018
Duration: 35 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Schwanger, Orville
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 Robert Miller, September 27, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Miller. Miller joined the Junior Naval Reserves around 1936, at the age of 13. He joined the Navy in 1940, and served aboard USS Wyoming (BB-32) as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class. Shortly after the war started, he was transferred to USS Raven (AM-55) as a gunner. He recalls spotting and shooting at German U-boats along Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. In early 1942, they escorted tankers along the east coast, up to N… more
Date: September 27, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Miller, Robert
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 Henley Bennett, September 27, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henley Bennett. Bennett joined the Navy in December 1943 and trained in San Diego. Upon completion he was assigned to USS Long Island (CVE-1) and went to the Marshall Islands. He was also stationed on Guam for a while. He served with utility Squadrons 7 and 17 while overseas. When the war ended, Bennett was discharged in June 1946.
Date: September 27, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Bennett, Henley
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 John Crichton, September 27, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Crichton. Crichton enlisted in the Army in June 1942 and was assigned to the 31st Infantry Division. In New Guinea, as captain of his unit he took no prisoners when intercepting elite Japanese forces even though the natives brought in prisoners bound in vines. While Crichton was evacuating all women from combat zones, he read in a Japanese diary that Americans planned to annihilate the Japanese, sparing only the most be… more
Date: September 27, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Crichton, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ky Putnam, September 27, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ky Putnam. Putnam enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 in El Paso, Texas. After training, he was assigned to the 414th Night Fighter Squadron. His squadron was based in Italy and Putnam describes his living conditions, his squadron mates, and several of his combat experiences. Putnam tells the story of the time he got shot down in February, 1945. He and his radar man both parachuted out of the damaged P-61 and landed separ… more
Date: September 27, 2011
Creator: Putnam, Ky
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert Miller, September 27, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Miller. Miller joined the Junior Naval Reserves around 1936, at the age of 13. He joined the Navy in 1940, and served aboard USS Wyoming (BB-32) as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class. Shortly after the war started, he was transferred to USS Raven (AM-55) as a gunner. He recalls spotting and shooting at German U-boats along Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. In early 1942, they escorted tankers along the east coast, up to N… more
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Miller, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Henley Bennett, September 27, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henley Bennett. Bennett joined the Navy in December 1943 and trained in San Diego. Upon completion he was assigned to USS Long Island (CVE-1) and went to the Marshall Islands. He was also stationed on Guam for a while. He served with utility Squadrons 7 and 17 while overseas. When the war ended, Bennett was discharged in June 1946.
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Bennett, Henley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Orville Schwanger, September 27, 2018

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Orville Schwanger. Schwanger joined the Army Signal Corps around 1942. He completed radio repair training. From 1943 through the end of the war, Schwanger traveled to Brisbane, Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Leyte Gulf. On the islands, he set up and worked in radio repair shops. He received his discharge in 1946.
Date: September 27, 2018
Creator: Schwanger, Orville
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James Reed, September 27, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with James Reed. Reed was drafted and went into the Army 11 Nov 1943. After basic training in Waco, Texas he was sent overseas, landing in England. He was put in a tank destroyer outfit to start with but got separated from them. After a hospital stay, he was put in the 101st Airborne Division, 327th Glider Infantry. He was wounded by shrapnel on 20 Dec 1944 in his right leg during the Battle of the Bulge. He was at Bastogne. Once wounded, he was sent back to Fran… more
Date: September 27, 2011
Creator: Reed, James L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Oris Brehmer, September 27, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Oris Brehmer. Brehmer was born in Luckenbach, Texas in 1924. Drafted in March, 1943 with a choice of services, he chose the Navy. He went through boot camp and Corpsman School in San Diego, then to Marine Field Medical School. He sailed for the South Pacific and joined the 1st Marine Division in Australia. In December, 1943 the division landed at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Brehmer's company saw no combat there. From March… more
Date: September 27, 2013
Creator: Brehmer, Oris
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with John Crichton, September 27, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Crichton. Crichton enlisted in the Army in June 1942 and was assigned to the 31st Infantry Division. In New Guinea, as captain of his unit he took no prisoners when intercepting elite Japanese forces even though the natives brought in prisoners bound in vines. While Crichton was evacuating all women from combat zones, he read in a Japanese diary that Americans planned to annihilate the Japanese, sparing only the most be… more
Date: September 27, 2001
Creator: Crichton, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Joseph F. Malleske, September 27, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Malleske. Malleske enlisted in the Navy in January 1944 at Great Lakes, Illinois and took boot camp there. After boot camp, they sent him down to Norfolk (Camp Bradford) for amphibious training where he got picked up to go to radar school. After that he was formed into a crew for LST duty and sent to Little Creek, Virginia for a two week training cruise on the Chesapeake Bay in a LST. In late May 1944, they sent them … more
Date: September 27, 2007
Creator: Malleske, Joseph F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[WASP Veterans with SNJ Texan, Blurry]

Description: Out-of-focus photograph of fifteen WASP veterans posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.
Date: September 27, 1986
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Line of WASPs sitting on Truck Bed]

Description: Photograph of six WASP veterans sitting on the edge of what appears to be a flat truck bed. Four of them are wearing their uniforms. More women sit on the left end of the bed, behind which are two standing uniformed women, as well as a man with a camera to their right and a younger woman walking behind them.
Date: September 27, 1986
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Veterans with SNJ Texan, Blurry]

Description: Out-of-focus photograph of fifteen WASP veterans posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.
Date: September 27, 1986
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Veteran in Warbird Cockpit]

Description: Photograph of a WASP veteran at an airshow sitting in the front cockpit of a blue World War II era trainer, possibly a Vultee BT-13. There is a hand with a video camera on the left edge of the frame, and several people in a crowd are visible in the left background.
Date: 1986-09-27?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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