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Oral History Interview with P. T. Allison, July 31, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with P T Allison. Allison joined the Army in June 1942 and received basic training in Virginia, having spent three years in the Civilian Conservation Corps prior to enlisting. He was assigned to the 1470th Engineer Maintenance Company, where he procured parts for a group of mobile machine shops and welding shops. He arrived in France during the Battle of the Bulge, where his unit repaired tractors, chain saws, and anything else t… more
Date: July 31, 2008
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Allison, P. T.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Amstutz, July 28, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Amstutz. Amstutz joined the Marine Corps in November of 1943. He provides some details of his training, including shooting machine guns and the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Amstutz served with C Company, 9th Marines, 3rd Division. In March of 1944 he traveled to Pearl Harbor, then on to the Marshall Islands, participating in the Battle of Eniwetok in February of 1944. In July of that same year they participated in the B… more
Date: July 28, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Amstutz, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Earl Archer, July 6, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Earl Archer. Archer was born in Medaryville, Indiana on 10 December 1916. Quitting school after the ninth grade, he worked at various jobs until being drafted into the Army in September 1942. After completing basic training at Fort Lewis, Washington, he was sent to Camp Clipper, California where he joined Company F, 123rd Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Division. In 1943 the unit went to Hawaii where they had amphibious tra… more
Date: July 6, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 01 second
Creator: Archer, Earl W.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Arlos L. Awalt, July 6, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arlos L. ""Curly"" Awalt. Curly was drafted into the Army shortly after he finished high school in August, 1944. After basic training, Curly describes getting overseas to Europe. He was shipped to England then sent to France before being assigned to a unit. Once he was in France, he was attached to a heavy mortar section in H Company, 2nd Battalion, 424th Regiment, 106th Infantry Division. Curly arrived as a replacement in t… more
Date: July 6, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Awalt, Arlos L. (Curly)
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Bailey, July 5, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Bailey. Bailey joined the Texas National Guard when he was 14 years old, lying about his age. In November 1939, his unit was mobilized and he left for the Philippines with the 36th Division. Bailey shipped overseas and his group was diverted to Australia after the attack on Pearl Harbor. They boarded a Dutch troop ship and headed for Java. On Java, outnumbered and out of ammunition, his unit surrendered to the Japanese … more
Date: July 5, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: Bailey, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Russell Banwart, July 24, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Russell Banwart. Banwart was born 16 March 1923 in Angona, Iowa into a family of nine children. He describes life during the Great Depression. Upon completing Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego, he entered radio school, after which he was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Regiment. He describes boarding the USS Crescent City (APA-21) and participating in the invasion of Tarawa. Banwart describes the action aro… more
Date: July 24, 2007
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Banwart, Russell G.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Beeler, July 24, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Beeler. Beeler joined the Army in April of 1943. He was assigned to a Military Police battalion with the 45th Infantry Division. In December, he was transferred to Baltimore. He completed Officer Candidate School in the spring of 1944. In December, Beeler completed additional schooling as a marine repair officer. In June of 1945 he deployed to Hickman Field in Hawaii, serving as a shipment officer, in preparation for the i… more
Date: July 24, 2000
Duration: 2 hours 55 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Beeler, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Bischoff, July 31, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Bischoff. Bischoff joined the Army in December of 1942. He served with the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion. They arrived in England in April of 1944. They invaded Normandy on D-Day plus 2. Bischoff and his unit fought across France and into Germany during the summer and early winter of 1944. In December they participated in the Ardennes Campaign, ending the war near the Czechoslovakian border. Bischoff returned to the US a… more
Date: July 31, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: Bischoff, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Barrington Bluetell, July 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barrington Buetell. Buetell grew up in Georgia and was drafted when he turned 18 in 1944. He trained in Georgia before being shipped to Europe in early 1945. He was attached to a headquarters company and recalls liberating a concentration camp at Mulhausen, Austria. When th ewar ended, Buetell rotated back to tUS where he enrolled in college. While there, he completed the Air Force ROTC course and was commissioned just prior… more
Date: July 1, 2006
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Bluetell, Barrington
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Bond, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Bond. Bond joined the Navy in early 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to USS Callaghan (DD-792), where he ran the handling room, sending ammunition up the hoist. He also was coxswain of a 26-foot gig that would be sent out from the main ship periodically. On night voyages he would communicate with the ship using a bell. He endured a perilous typhoon in the China Sea that la… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Bond, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Burl Bonnell, July 9, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Burl Bonnell. Bonnell joined the Army Air Forces in April of 1941. He served as an aircraft mechanic with the 20th Carrier Group. They deployed to Africa in July of 1943, where Bonnell worked as a crew chief in a Ferrying Command. He was discharged in October of 1945.
Date: July 9, 2002
Duration: 16 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Bonnell, Burl
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert B. Bradley, July 16, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Robert B. Bradley. Bradley begins by speaking of his childhood days growing up in Washington, DC. While attending the University of Maryland, Bradley enlisted in the Army in October, 1942. After Bradley finished training as a medic, he was assigned to Company E, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. He went to England in February, 1944. He arrived at Omaha Beach one day after the invasion. Bradley moved forward with the infantry until he was captu… more
Date: July 16, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 51 seconds
Creator: Bradley, Robert B.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Wallace Brunton, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Brunton. Brunton was born in Glouster, Ohio in 1924. Drafted at age 18, he went into the Navy and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He was then selected for training in sonar. Upon completion of the sound school he received training in both surface and air search radar. He tells of going aboard the USS Callaghan (DD-792) and being seasick during four days of the shakedown cruise. He recalls… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Brunton, Wallace
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Cannon, July 7, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Cannon. Cannon served as coxswain of an LCM at Buckner Bay during the initial assault on Okinawa, delivering food and supplies to the beach. LCMs were able to navigate the coral, no matter the tide, so Cannon worked around the clock, laying smoke screens at night and dodging flak and kamikazes during the day. After the war ended, Cannon stayed another six months, delivering cargo from one ship to another. He returned ho… more
Date: July 7, 2006
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: Cannon, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James C. Chandler, July 22, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James C Chandler. Chandler joined the Marine Corps in the spring of 1943. He was assigned to the 1st Armored Amphibian Battalion. Chandler participated in the battles of Guam and Okinawa. He returned to the US and was discharged in December of 1945
Date: July 22, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Chandler, James C
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mike Cianflone, July 24, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Gino Cianflone. Cianflone was drafted into the Navy in 1942. He served as a machinist mate aboard an LST. His battle station was first loader at a 20mm cannon. They traveled to the Hawaiian and Marshall Islands. At the Marshall Islands they prepared for invasion, supporting LVTs and the 4th Marine Division. They also participated in the invasion of Saipan. He was involved in the West Loch disaster at Pearl Harbor in May of 1944 a… more
Date: July 24, 2008
Duration: 37 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Cianflone, Gino
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Archie Clark, July 30, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Archie Clark. Clark was born May 19, 1920 in Pulaski County, Indiana, drafted into the Army on July 17, 1942 and was transferred to the 80th Infantry Division. In July 1944 he was shipped across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary with 22,000 other people on the ship. The battalion eventually landed at Utah Beach, 58 days following D-Day. His platoon's first engagement was with the retreating Germans at the Battle of the Falaise … more
Date: July 30, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Clark, Archie
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Clevenger, July 16, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Clevenger. Clevenger was born in Fulton County, Indiana in May 1925 and enlisted in the Marine Corps in March 1944. Following boot camp and communications training in January 1945, he embarked aboard the USS Meriwether (APA-203) in San Diego and sailed to Pearl Harbor. He boarded another troopship in Hawaii and sailed to Saipan. Clevenger then boarded USS LST-641 bound for Okinawa. During that transit the LST sailed … more
Date: July 16, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Clevenger, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Donald Coldsmith, July 15, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr. Donald C. Coldsmith. Coldsmith was born in Ottawa, Kansas in 1926, the son of a Methodist minister. He tells of hearing of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while attending a state of Kansas YMCA convention. Being eligible for the selective-service act, he received his draft notice in 1944 and was inducted into the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for basic training. He… more
Date: July 15, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: Coldsmith, Donald
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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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
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Cooper, July 5, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Cooper. Cooper was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He served aboard the USS Callaghan (DD-792) as an electrician. He describes life aboard the destroyer. They participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June of 1944, and he describes his experiences through this event. They were in Task Force 39.3 and traveled throughout the Pacific. In October of 1944 they participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He describes goin… more
Date: July 5, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Cooper, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000

Description: Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Macia recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date: July 21, 2000
Duration: 4 hours 10 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Cox, July 27, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Cox. Cox was born in 1931, and shares his family’s involvement in World War II. He shares his experiences as a young boy growing up between Austin and San Antonio in wartime. He had two older brothers in the war, and two younger sisters at home he helped care for. Cox knew several families working at Kelly Air Force Base, where he learned to fly and help rebuild airplanes. He speaks about rationing during the early 1940s. Fr… more
Date: July 27, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: Cox, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Cumbie, July 21, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Cumbie. Cumbie joined the Army in January of 1943. He completed Officer???s Candidate School in May of 1943, earning a commission as a second lieutenant. He began training in the Army Air Forces in November of 1943. He provides details of his pilot training, including glider training in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated in the fall of 1944. Their glider pilot training was in preparation for an airborne crossing of the Rhine Riv… more
Date: July 21, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Cumbie, Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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