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Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS F… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Heigel, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS F… more
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Harold Buell, September 30, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Buell. While attending college in Iowa, Buell took advantage of the Civilian Pilot Training program and earned a pilot's license in 1940. He volunteered for the Navy and went to flight school at Pensacola, Florida, where he earned his wings and a commission in November, 1941. He was assigned to go aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) as a member of Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) and arrived in time for the Battle of the Coral S… more
Date: September 30, 2000
Creator: Buell, Harold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 41.0174 -91.968
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Glennon Ryan, September 16, 1988

Description: Interview with Glennon Ryan, a United States Navy veteran from Saint Louis, Missouri, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Ford Island Naval Air Station as a member of the Assembly and Repair Division.
Date: September 16, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ryan, Glennon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William Ellis, September 17, 1988

Description: Interview with William Ellis, a United States Navy veteran from Denison, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the naval supply vessel USS Antares. It includes an Appendix with more details recording the history of the vessel.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ellis, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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