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Oral History Interview with Robert Scofield, May 17, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Scofield. Scofield joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and received training in South Carolina and North Carolina. Upon completion, he was assigned to the Fifth Marines and sent to Guadalcanal for further training. He was wounded on Okinawa just two or three days after joining a combat outfit. Scofield was shot in the abdomen and the wrist. He was evacuated by medics, who declared that he was dying. He was air-evacuated t… more
Date: May 17, 2013
Duration: 51 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Scofield, Robert
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 Robert Ellis

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Ellis. Ellis joined the National Guard in Kansas City, Missouri when he was 16 years old. In 1940, his unit was activated and he was training with it in Arkansas when Pearl Harbor was attacked. In 1942, he earned a commission in the Military Police and after some training in Washington DC, he was assigend to a unit based in Los Angeles. Eventually, he was sent overseas to Hawaii where he was in the 810th Military Plli… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 45 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Ellis, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Warren Lee Miller, July 19, 2002

Description: Interview with Warren Lee Miller, a communications expert for the US Coast Guard in the Vietnam War. He answers questions about joining the military and life in the Port of New Orleans.
Date: July 19, 2002
Duration: 58 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Collins, Kim & Miller, Warren Lee
Partner: Lee College
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Oral History Interview with Jack Schaefer, November 10, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Schaefer. Schaefer was 11 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. While in high school, Schaefer worked part-time and contributed the entirety of his wages to the household. He accumulated war savings stamps, participated in bond drives, and collected scrap metal to support the war effort. His family supplemented their meat rations by raising rabbits. In 1950, he joined the Air Force, with a professional background in… more
Date: November 10, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Schaefer, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Leon Sell, June 13, 1976

Description: Interview with Leon Sell, to get his reminiscences and impression during his stay on the Schofield Barracks, at Pearl Harbor, especially during the Pearl Harbor attack. Sell was born in Wallis, Texas in 1920, and went into the Army.
Date: June 13, 1976
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Marcello, Ron & Sell, Leon
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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