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Oral History Interview with Joe Matlock, September 19, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe Matlock. Matlock joined the Army Air Forces on 8 December 1941. He received his wings in 1943, and served as a pilot with the 434th Troop Carrier Group, 71st Squadron. From 1944 through 1945, they flew combat paratroopers on airborne assaults on Normandy, southern France, the Netherlands and Germany. They additionally flew resupply missions in the relief of Bastogne and evacuated the wounded. Matlock returned to the US and wa… more
Date: September 19, 2002
Duration: 3 hours 55 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Matlock, Joe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Coleman Harrington, September 26, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Coleman Harrington. Harrington joined the Navy in 1944. He completed Communications School, and stevedore training. He traveled to Okinawa, offloading supplies from ship to shore, where he remained through the end of the war. He traveled to Hong Kong. Harrington returned to the US and was discharged in January of 1946.
Date: September 26, 2002
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Harrington, Coleman
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Raymond & Florence Bower, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Raymond and Florence Bower. Raymond joined the Army in 1940. He completed aircraft mechanics school and joined the 86th Observation Squadron, 7th Air Force, at Bellows Field in Hawaii. He provides vivid details of his first-hand experiences through the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. He recalls the capture of a Japanese soldier from a midget sub, who later attended their 50th squadron reunion in Hawaii. Raymond stayed… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 46 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Bower, Raymond & Florence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Walt McKinney, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Walt McKinney. McKinney joined the Navy around 1944. He worked at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Fallbrook, California, dismantling depth charges. He later served as Yeoman Third-Class on the island of Guam for 4 months, where McKinney processed enlisted men deployed to the Pacific and returning to the US. He then worked aboard the USS Lunga Point (CVE-94). He returned to the US and was discharged in August of 1946.
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 45 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: McKinney, Walt
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Warren S. Adams II, September 18, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Warren S. Adams II. The day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Adams set aside his law career and joined the Marine Corps. Adams began his Marine career as an instructor, but wished for another assignment. He ended up on Saipan and describes his experiences there.
Date: September 18, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Adams, Warren S.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Fleming, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Fleming. Fleming joined the Navy in 1943. He completed Radio School and served as a radio operator aboard the USS Drew (APA-162), beginning October of 1944. They transported troops to and from Saipan, Guam and Japan. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Fleming, Harold
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Fiske Hanley, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fiske Hanley, II. Hanley was born in Brownwood, Texas in 1920. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1943, and joined the Army Air Forces. Completing an advance engineering course at Harvard University he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 504th Bombardment Group as a B-29 flight engineer. Hanley and crew flew to Tinian and began bombing missions over Japan… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 53 minutes 01 second
Creator: Hanley, Fiske
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Lee Soucy

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lee Soucy. Soucy joined the Navy in December of 1937. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as Pharmacist’s Mate aboard the USS Utah (BB-31). He was on board when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After the attack and sinking of the Utah, Soucy worked as an RN and head of the medical laboratory at the Pearl Harbor Hospital. He remained at the hospital through April of 1945. He then completed Malaria Control School with… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 01 second
Creator: Soucy, Lee
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lee Soucy

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lee Soucy. Soucy joined the Navy in December of 1937. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as Pharmacist’s Mate aboard the USS Utah (BB-31). He was on board when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After the attack and sinking of the Utah, Soucy worked as an RN and head of the medical laboratory at the Pearl Harbor Hospital. He remained at the hospital through April of 1945. He then completed Malaria Control School with… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Creator: Soucy, Lee
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sister Mary Aquinas Nimitz, O. P., September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sister Mary Aquinas Nimitz. She begins by relating information about her aunts and uncles on her mother's (Freeman) and her father's (Nimitz) sides of the family. She also sums up her school years by relating all the places she moved to during the period leading up to the war. Nimitz also relates several stories about her parents and her life in a religious community. She also speaks of her parents activities during the war … more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Nimitz, Sister Mary Aquinas
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Vernon Wild, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Wild. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on 11 June 1925. Soon after graduation from high school in 1943, he was drafted into the Navy and attended boot camp at Camp Perry, Virginia. Upon graduating, he was assigned to the 106th Construction Battalion at Camp Endicott, Rhode Island. After six months of training, he was sent to Port Hueneme, California. In April 1945, the unit departed for Ie Shima where the unit… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Wild, Vernon
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam Harris, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sam Harris. Harris joined the Army in February of 1942. He was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. He traveled to Australia in July of 1943, participating in the line defense at Brisbane. In early 1944, as part of the reconnaissance force, Harris was shipped to Ora Bay in New Guinea and made landings on the Admiralty Islands. In October he invaded the Philippine Islands, and ultimately helped in liberating Santo Tomas Internmen… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 33 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Harris, Sam
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Carl Duncan, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carl Duncan. Duncan joined the Navy around 1944. In February of 1945, he completed Midshipman’s School, and received his commission in July. He recalls his experiences and the celebrations in New York’s Times Square on both V-E Day and V-J Day. Duncan joined the USS Cotten (DD-669) in Tokyo Bay, beginning late September of 1945. He served as an Assistant Communications Officer. They participated in the allied occupation of Japan … more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 31 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Duncan, Carl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jim Calvert, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jim Calvert. Calvert joined the Army Air Forces in May of 1943. He is one of two pilots in the US who carried the wings on his uniform of 3 Air Forces, including the US, the Royal Air Force of Great Britain and the Chinese Air Force. Calvert served as a C-47 pilot with the Air Transport Command and flew missions over China, India, and Burma, including flying over the Himalaya Mountains, the Hump. He returned to the US and was dis… more
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 43 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Calvert, Jim
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with J. J. Knaupp, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with J J Knaupp. Knaupp joined the Marine Corps in November of 1943. He completed boot camp in March of 1944. He joined the 5th Marine Division, and remained in Hawaii through December. He participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima serving as a gunner on 81mm mortars. After the war ended, Knaupp was transferred to the 2nd Marine Division and sent with occupying troops to Sasebo, Japan. He worked in administration. He returned to the US an… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 20 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Knaupp, J. J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with David Richardson, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Richardson. Richardson served as a journalist and sergeant in the Army from 1941-1945. In 1941 he worked as editor of the Camp Pendleton newspaper. He then worked for the Army Weekly and Yank in New York in 1942. They sent him, with orders, to General MacArthur in Australia to put together a group of journalists to document the war in the China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations. He participated in battles in New Guinea, t… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 50 seconds
Creator: Richardson, David
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Howell, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Howell. Howell joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He completed engineering school. He graduated from the Platoon Commanders Class at the Marine Corps Quantico Base, Virginia in May of 1945. Before the war ended, he deployed aboard a troop ship to invade mainland Japan. He then served in the Occupation of Japan after the surrender from November through January of 1946. He was discharged in early 1946.
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 44 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Howell, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Kicklighter, September 20, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Kicklighter. Kicklighter attended Armstrong Jr. College in Savannah, Georgia and secured a pilot’s license through the Civilian Pilot Training Program. He had an appointment to the US Naval Academy, but joined the US Marine Corps instead. Selected for flight training, he became one of six marines in the aviation class of 106 at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida. Upon graduation he was assigned to multi-engine tr… more
Date: September 20, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Kicklighter, Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frances W. Lipe, September 29, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frances W. Lipe. Lipe recalls anecdotes and events from the life of her father, Colonel Worthington. Her father joined the Army in 1917 and trained as a veterinarian. Her father was on Bataan when the US forces surrendered there in 1942. Her father escaped and was captured by the Japanese and taken to Manila. From there, he went to Formosa and then on to Mukden, Manchuria.
Date: September 29, 2002
Duration: 40 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Lipe, Francis W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Gerald Graham, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gerald Graham. Graham joined the Georgia National Guard in the 1930s, and enlisted in Troop C, 108th Cavalry. In 1940, his unit was re-designated to Battery C, 101st Anti-aircraft Battalion. He was stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Beginning May of 1942, his unit was transferred to the 40th Coastal Artillery Brigade, and they served as the first ground troops in New Guinea. Graham worked as th… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 24 seconds
Creator: Graham, Gerald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with O. H. Karl King, September 8, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with O.H. Karl King. King joined the Texas National Guard when he was 14 - an amiable captain fixed his age on paper. He enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was 15 during the Great Depression and was assigned to boot camp at San Diego, California. Upon completion, he shipped out for the Philippines and was at Cavite Naval Yard when the Japanese attacked. He saw General King on his way to surrender at Bataan and swam to Corregido… more
Date: September 8, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: King, O. H. Karl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Green, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Green. Green joined the Army in the spring of 1943. He served with the 763rd Tank Battalion, 96th Infantry Division, and transferred to Scofield Barracks in Hawaii in January of 1944. They participated in the battles of Leyte and Okinawa. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Green, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edwin Simmons, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edwin H. Simmons. Simmons was born 21 August 1921 in Paulsboro, New Jersey. Graduating from Lehigh University in 1942 he entered the Marine Corps as a 2nd lieutenant. Upon graduating from the reserve officers training course at Quantico, Virginia he served as an instructor. In the fall of 1943 he went to New Caledonia aboard the USS Orizaba (AP-24). He was then sent to Guadalcanal and assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment as a… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 36 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Simmons, Edwin H.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Inami, September 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Inami. Inami was born in April of 1921 in Madera, California. After graduating from Madera High School, Frank attended the University of California, Berkeley. While working on his degree in electrical engineering, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Inami and his family, all Japanese-Americans, were removed from the west coast and incarcerated in Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas. In 1944, while still in Jerome, Inami volun… more
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 37 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Inami, Frank
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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