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Oral History Interview with O. H. King, September 28, 2002

Description: Interview with O. H. "Karl" King of Fort Worth, Texas, who is a World War Two veteran of the United States Marine Corps. In the interview, Mr. King recalls memories of his travels, the Japanese attack on Clark Field, the Battle for Bataan, and when he was a Japanese prisoner-of-war. He also talks about other experiences he had while serving in the Marines and his life before and after the war.
Date: September 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Graham, Eddie & King, O. H.
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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
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Martha F. Hilliard, February 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martha Hilliard. Hilliard was born in October 1928. She provides a good description of what her home town life was like growing up as a teenager during the war years.
Date: February 28, 2002
Duration: 24 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Hilliard, Martha F.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Frank Malinosky, October 28, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Malinosky. Malinosky completed the Navy Aviation Cadet Training Program, and received his wings in November of 1939. He was assigned to the USS Chenango (CVE-28), and served as a Landing Signal Officer. They deployed to North Africa in October of 1942. In early 1943, they traveled to New Caledonia. Malinosky completed missions over Guadalcanal and Tarawa, providing close support to Marines ashore. He returned home in May of… more
Date: October 28, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Malinosky, Frank
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hadwick Thompson, November 28, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hadwick Thompson. Thompson joined the Navy in 1939 and received basic training in San Diego. Upon completion, he was assigned to steward school because he was African American. He boarded the USS Ramsay (DM-16), which broke down twice en route to Pearl Harbor. Thompson became the number-one loader in charge of a four-inch mid-ship gun. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he shot at planes while a lieutenant loaded ammunition … more
Date: November 28, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Thompson, Hadwick
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Bousman, April 28, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with the Reverend Dr. R. Thomas Bousman. Bousman was born in the Manila, Philippines in 1928. His parents were Christian missionaries. He fled to Los Banos with his family, but returned to Manila in late December, 1941. He was interned at Santo Tomas with his family for only a short period of time before being released and placed under house arrest because his parents were missionaries. In 1944, they were transferred to Los Banos… more
Date: April 28, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Bousman, R. Thomas
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Dwight Dahmes, October 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight A. Dahmes. Dahmes was born 18 July 1918 in Clements, Minnesota. In 1936 he attended Westmar College in Lemars, Iowa where he joined the 133rd Infantry Regiment of the Iowa National Guard (part of the 34th Infantry Division). On 1 February 1941 the unit went to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Soon after, Dahmes was made sergeant of a weapons platoon and trained with various weapons. Upon completion of training the unit move… more
Date: October 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Dahmes, Dwight
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Merrill Pierce, November 28, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Merrill Pierce. Pierce entered the Navy in September, 1941 and was in training when the war started. His assignment was with the Armed Guard and he rode a tanker to Hawaii. He switched ships and hauled molasses up from Chile. On another ship, he carried bombs to Australia and India. Next they hauled a load of jute to New York. He landed at Peleliu and worked as a stevedore. When the war ended, Pierce was tasked with dumping … more
Date: November 28, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Pierce, Merrill
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Wesolowski, March 28, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Wesolowski. Wesolowski joined the Navy in January 1941 after 2 years of college. He began flight training immediately and finished at Pensacola with a commission in September, 1941. Just after the war started, he was assigned to the USS Wasp (CV-7). Later, he went to Pearl Harbor and rode out on the Saratoga (CV-3) to the Solomon Islands. His squadron landed on Guadalcanal and joined the Cactus Air Force. After 36 days … more
Date: March 28, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Wesolowski, John M.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Warren Wishnack, March 28, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Warren Wishnack. Wishnack joined the Army in August of 1942. He trained to serve as a radio operator. He joined the 6th Cavalry, a reconnaissance unit, and provides some details of their unique training. Wishnack was assigned to an M-8 armored car where he tapped out Morse Code to communicate with headquarters and also worked with an FM radio for short distances. He provides details of his radio training and the M-8 armored vehic… more
Date: March 28, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Wishnack, Warren
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Buster Simmons, May 28, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Buster Simmons. Simmons joined the Army National Guard in September of 1940. He served as a combat medic with the 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division throughout the European theater. He provides some details of his basic and medical training. By 1942 Simmons had worked up to Staff Sergeant and was assigned to Camp Blanding, Florida. After 7 December 1941 their camp began receiving casualties, sending out replacement t… more
Date: May 28, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 39 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Simmons, Buster
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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
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Sam Shelton, August 28, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sam Shelton. Shelton was born in rural Kansas on 18 August 1917. He participated in the Civilian Pilot Training Program while attending Fort Hays College. Upon completing the program in 1939, he joined the Navy. After completing flight training at Pensacola, he was sent to the Corpus Christi (Texas) Naval Air Station as a flight instructor. In 1943 he was assigned to VF-7, a fighter squadron, stationed at San Diego, flying F… more
Date: August 28, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Shelton, Sam
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Hagen, August 28, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Hagen. Hagen served as the gunnery officer aboard the USS Johnston (DD-557). The ship’s captain, Commander Ernest Evans, was well liked and highly respected by the crew. Hagen recalls the Johnston was with a group of seven destroyers and six escort carriers supporting the troop landing at Leyte Gulf. On 24 October 1944 they were alerted to the approach of a large Japanese force led by Admiral Kurita. Hagen describes i… more
Date: August 28, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Hagen, Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Russell Barager, January 28, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Russell Barager. Barager joined the Navy in October of 1944 after spending a year in the Merchant Marine. He was assigned to USS LSM-326 and served in the deck department. Barager mentions delivering supplies to Saipan and the Philippines. He discusses landing Marines in the eleventh wave on Okinawa. Barager describes feeling the impact of a kamikaze landing in the water nearby and firing on another that hit a cruiser. His s… more
Date: January 28, 2009
Duration: 24 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Barager, Russell
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Ripper, April 28, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Ripper. Born in Fayette, Texas 20 March 1915, Ripper describes his family’s living conditions during The Great Depression. He quit school in the eighth grade to help his family on the farm. Drafted into the Navy in 1943, he had six weeks of boot training at San Diego before being sent to Pearl Harbor where he was assigned to the USS Colorado (BB-45) as a shell man on a sixteen inch gun. He tells of the Colorado pr… more
Date: April 28, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Ripper, Charles H.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with G. K. Guennel, May 28, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with G. K. Guennel. Guennel moved to the United States from Germany in 1934. From January of 1933 to September of 1934, prior to moving to the States, he lived under the Hitler regime and provides some details of this experience. While attending Butler University in Indiana Guennel enlisted in the Army Reserve in the summer of 1942. He was called to active duty in June of 1943 after his graduation. He was invited to take Army Intellig… more
Date: May 28, 2009
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Guennel, G. K.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Hawk Hawkins, August 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Hawk Hawkins. Hawkins joined the Marine Corps in spring 1942. He was sent to radio school after boot camp. Hawkins then joined a replacement battalion and was assigned to the 1st Signal Company for a landing on Cape Glouster. Next Hawkins’ unit landed on Peleliu. He describes the battle and tells some stories from his experience. Hawkins was then sent to back to the States where he spent the remainder of the war working at a… more
Date: August 28, 2010
Duration: 31 minutes
Creator: Hawkins, Hawk
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Philip Lapaglia, November 28, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Philip Lapaglia. As an only child, Lapaglia was exempt from the draft, but he enlisted with the Army Air Forces upon learning that they were looking for aviation cadets. After completing pre-flight training, he learned that they were looking for Romance language translators, so he went to Camp Richards for intelligence school as a speaker of French and Italian. The need for translators suddenly dropped following the surrende… more
Date: November 28, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Lapaglia, Philip
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Ho, January 28, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Ho. Ho was a boy living in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. Ho’s father served as a major general in the Chinese Nationalist Army and the Japanese were after him and his family. They changed their identities and escaped to Luchow and joined his father. When the Japanese overran Luchow, Ho escaped to Kunming. He remained there for the rest of the war. When the war ended, Ho went to Macao before re… more
Date: January 28, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Ho, Robert
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Garfield Crawford, January 28, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Garfield Crawford. Crawford was born 13 June 1922 in Edgar, Wisconsin and graduated from high school in Green Bay. He entered the Army Air Forces in March 1943. He trained at various bases and with a variety of aircraft. Upon graduating from multi-engine, he was assigned as an aircraft commander and went to Walla Walla, Washington for crew training. Arriving at Nadzab, New Guinea he made several training flights with experie… more
Date: January 28, 2008
Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Crawford, Garfiled
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Frost, April 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Frost. Frost joined the Army Air Forces around late 1942 and served as a pilot in the 13th Army Air Force, 5th Bombardment Group, 394th Bomb Squadron. In mid-1944 he was assigned to pilot and serve as Squadron Navigator aboard B-24s in the Pacific. They provided air support during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He describes one event where he and his crew were shot down over Mindanao in the Philippines. They were taken to Morotai… more
Date: April 28, 2010
Duration: 38 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Frost, John
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Virgil Sansing, April 28, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Virgil Sansing. Sansing joined the Army Air Forces in November of 1941. He completed Aircraft Maintenance School, and served as a repairman for over a year, then received approval for flight school. In late 1943 Sansing served as a fighter pilot with the 359th Fighter Group, 369th Fighter Squadron in England. He flew missions over Europe in P-47s and P-51s. On 20 June 1944, while participating in the invasion of Normandy, Sansing… more
Date: April 28, 2010
Duration: 21 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Sansing, Virgil
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Buchanan, February 28, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Buchanan. Buchanan joined the Navy in 1939 and was assigned to the USS Holland (AS-3). He was then sent to submarine school and joined the USS Cachalot (SS-170) to work on diesel engines. Buchanan was on duty the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor and describes the events that he witnessed from the Navy Yard where his ship was undergoing repairs. He describes seeing the plane that launched a torpedo on the USS Helena… more
Date: February 28, 2011
Duration: 59 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Buchanan, John
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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