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Oral History Interview with Douglas A. Skinner, December 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and oral interview with Douglas A. Skinner. Born 13 January 1923 in Fleetwood, Oklahoma, Skinner joined the Army 1 April 1943 and was sent to Fort Hood, Texas for basic training. Upon completion of basic, he volunteered for the Parachute Infantry and was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia for airborne training. He describes the training they received. Assigned to the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division he was sent to England. On … more
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Skinner, Douglas A.
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Good, August 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth O. Good. Good joined the Army Air Forces in December of 1942. He completed Radio Operator and Mechanics Technical School at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and the Aviation Cadet Pilot Training Program in Texas. Good received his wings in August of 1944. He served with the 528th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group, 14th Air Force as a P-51 fighter pilot, under the director of General Claire Chenault. In May of 1945, Go… more
Date: August 30, 2006
Creator: Good, Kenneth
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Oral History Interview with Bob Campaign, June 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Campaign. Campaign joined the Navy in March 1943 and attended the University of Iowa for pre-flight training. He describes a training device consisting of a mock cockpit that would be flipped over and lowered into a swimming pool, giving pilots a chance to practice releasing their harnesses while hanging upside down, submerged in water. He finished his training at Corpus Christi and Fort Lauderdale, transitioning into co… more
Date: June 2, 2006
Creator: Campaign, Bob
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Oral History Interview with Raul Treto, April 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Raul Treto. Treto was born in Harlingen, Texas 4 November 1921. In September 1942 he was drafted into the Army and sent to Camp Robinson, Arkansas for eighteen weeks of basic training. Upon completion of basic he was assigned to the 98th Signal Battalion and sent to Camp Blanding, Florida for advanced training. In June 1944 the battalion traveled by troop train to Camp Stoneman, California. Boarding a liberty ship, they proc… more
Date: April 11, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Treto, Raul
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Oral History Interview with Ursula Kramer, August 11, 2006

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Ursula Kramer. Born in 1907 in Königsberg, East Prussia, she talks about her life during World War I as the daughter of a German Army officer. She then recounts her life in Germany and Austria during World War II as the wife of a professor. She describes the living conditions in Germany during and after the war. She talks about the Allied bombing of Berlin. She discusses her husband's involvement in a secret German resistance effort as well as her own anti-H… more
Date: August 11, 2006
Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Kramer, Ursula
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Oral History Interview with Dick Shumacher, December 18, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dick Schumacher. He was born in 1916 in Canton, Ohio. In about 1941, he received a Navy commission and was sent to Navy Supply Corps School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His first duty assignment was to the Supply Department at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard during the building of the USS New Jersey (BB-62) and the USS Wisconsin (BB-64). He was assigned to the USS Ashland (LSD-1) in 1943 and served in the Pacific Theater unt… more
Date: December 18, 2006
Duration: 38 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Schumacher, Dick
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Oral History Interview with Tina Burnham, January 1, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Tina Burnham. Burnham was born in Sulpher Springs, Texas and graduated from high school in 1940. She attended a trade school in Texarkana, Texas to become a riveter. She was then employed at Spartan Aircraft Industries in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a riveter. On this job she manufactured wings on Grumman Wildcat aircraft. In January 1944 she joined the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARS) and went to Palm Beach, Florida for six weeks… more
Date: January 1, 2006
Duration: 47 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Burnham, Tina
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Oral History Interview with Stan Martin, October 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Stan Martin. Martin was born in New Zealand, and joined the Territorial Army, the New Zealand Navy, around 1941. He worked as a Radarman, and served at radar posts around the Port of Auckland and Wellington. He was later assigned to the Royal Navy, and served aboard a British ship. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He became involved with the 2nd Marine Division Association and helped these veterans reconnect with those w… more
Date: October 2, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Martin, Stan
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Oral History Interview with Richard Paine, March 13, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Paine. Paine joined the Navy Reserves soon after 7 December 1941. He served as a photographer’s mate in charge of a photo printing lab in Washington DC. Paine briefly discusses the equipment he used. He was discharged in 1944 when he contracted a serious case of tuberculosis and took several years to recover.
Date: March 13, 2006
Duration: 24 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Paine, Richard
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Oral History Interview with Al Kiracofe, March 6, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Kiracofe. Kiracofe joined the Navy in 1942 and received yeoman training at Great Lakes. Upon completion, he was assigned to CASU-22 at Quonset Point, helping to prepare squadrons for overseas deployment. He was then assigned to Carrier Air Group 41, which was just beginning to use radar for night flying. One of his duties as yeoman was to send letters of regret to the parents of soldiers who were killed in action. The exp… more
Date: March 6, 2006
Duration: 45 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Kiracofe, Al
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Oral History Interview with Rubin Peterson, June 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rubin Peterson. Peterson joined the Navy in June 1942 and received training at Iowa State College and the University of Georgia. He received training in instrument flying at Whiting Field and formation flying at Barron Field. Upon completion of dive bomber training in DeLand, he was assigned to a night fighter squadron aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22). On his first mission, he shot down a Betty bomber at Palau. He then b… more
Date: June 2, 2006
Duration: 34 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Peterson, Rubin
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Oral History Interview with Jim Scanlon, June 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jim Scanlon. Scanlon joined the Navy in November of 1942. He served as an aviation radio technician with the VF-41 Night Fighter Squadron. Scanlon provides vivid details of his training, and how he was involved with his missions. Scanlon was one of eleven radio technicians. They oversaw 25 airplanes in their squadron. He then served aboard the USS Hancock (CV-19) beginning November of 1944. Upon returning to the United States in … more
Date: June 2, 2006
Duration: 31 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Scanlon, Jim
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Oral History Interview with Jesse Barker, June 3, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jesse T. Barker. Barker joined the Navy and entered the V-5 Naval Aviation Program in April 1941. Completing his training at Pensacola in September, he received his wings and commission. Upon arriving in San Diego, he was assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and traveled to Pearl Harbor. After additional training, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise (CV-5) and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. A group of twelve p… more
Date: June 3, 2006
Duration: 48 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Barker, Jesse T.
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Oral History Interview with George Franke, June 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Franke. Franke joined the Navy in December of 1942. He completed radio, radar and gunnery school. He first trained in an ABX with hand-crank antennas. He later traveled to Florida to train in the Grumman TBF Avengers. In February of 1944 he volunteered for night flying in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. His unit practiced night flying to and from the USS Independence (CVL-22). They also completed anti-submarine patrol mission… more
Date: June 2, 2006
Duration: 35 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Franke, George
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Oral History Interview with Margaret Gardner, June 3, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Gardner. Gardner married Russell Emmett Edwards on 2 November 1943. Edwards joined the Navy in 1941. Gardner provides some details of Edwards’ flight training in Florida, where he was selected for a night fighter squadron. He completed additional training in Charleston, Rhode Island aboard the Grumman F6F Hellcats. Gardner notes the various places she and Edwards lived while he was training in Florida and Rhode Island. S… more
Date: June 3, 2006
Duration: 34 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Gardner, Margaret
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Oral History Interview with Cy Heinrich, December 27, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Cy Heinrich. Heinrich entered the Navy and served with the VF-41 Night Fighter Squadron, aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) as a Landing Signal Officer. Around January 1944 he was assigned to Las Alamedas to work with Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 33, CASU-33. He helped implement reflective material down the legs of their flight suits in order to see one another more easily during night landings. Heinrich was assigned back to t… more
Date: December 27, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Heinrich, Cy
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Oral History Interview with Ben Howden, June 6, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ben Howden. Howden joined the Navy in 1942. He received preliminary flight training Wisconsin and Iowa and further training in Corpus Christi, Melbourne, and Vero Beach. Upon completion, he was assigned to VF(N)-106 and then transferred to a squadron aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22). He performed combat air patrols and anti-submarine patrols for three months in the Philippines. Howden traveled through a typhoon during hi… more
Date: June 6, 2006
Duration: 9 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Howden, Ben
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Oral History Interview with Bob Campaign, June 2, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bob Campaign. Campaign joined the Navy in March 1943 and attended the University of Iowa for pre-flight training. He describes a training device consisting of a mock cockpit that would be flipped over and lowered into a swimming pool, giving pilots a chance to practice releasing their harnesses while hanging upside down, submerged in water. He finished his training at Corpus Christi and Fort Lauderdale, transitioning into co… more
Date: June 2, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Campaign, Bob
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Oral History Interview with L. T. Tracy, June 14, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with L.T. Tracy. Tracy completed Machinist School prior to entering the service. Tracy joined the Navy in December of 1940 and immediately went aboard the USS Lexington (CV-2). He participated as a gunner in the Battle of the Coral Sea. His spine was injured during this battle. In late 1942 Tracy was assigned to the USS Nevada (BB-36). They participated in the invasions of Attu and Kiska, as well as supporting the Normandy and Marseil… more
Date: June 14, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 01 second
Creator: Tracy, L. T.
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Oral History Interview with Ken Kewley, June 18, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ken Kewley. Kewley joined the Navy in September of 1941. He completed Electric Hydraulic and Advanced Gunnery School. He served aboard the USS Richmond (CL-9). After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Richmond escorted transport ships carrying troops to the South Pacific. In 1942, they were instrumental in driving the Japanese out of the Aleutian Islands. Kewley recounts his experiences through the Battle of the Komandorski Islands … more
Date: June 18, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Kewley, Ken
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Oral History Interview with James Van de Hey, December 20, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James M. Van de Hey. Born in Maribel, Wisconsin 15 March 1916, Van de Hey attended a one room school for eight years before graduating from high school in Antigo, Wisconsin. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for two years before joining the Army Air Corps in 1936. Upon entering the Air Corps, he went to Chanute Field, Illinois for aircraft and maintenance school. While there he took examinations and was accepted for … more
Date: December 20, 2006
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Van de Hey, James
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Oral History Interview with Charles Thuet, December 15, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles A. Thuet. Thuet was born in Wilmington, Delaware 21 August 1921. In 1940 he began working in the local shipyard. In 1942 he volunteered for the Navy and underwent six weeks of boot training at Newport, Rhode Island. Afterward, he was assigned to the USS Wainwright (DD-419) and became served as an orderly for Commodore D.P. Moon. He recalls being in Convoy PQ-17 to Murmansk, Russia that was attacked by German air and … more
Date: December 15, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 13 seconds
Creator: Thuet, Charles
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Oral History Interview with Nellis Verhey, November 30, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Nellis Verhey. Verhey joined the Army in April of 1943. He served with G Company, 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. In 1944 they traveled to England. Verhey parachuted into Normandy on D-Day in June and into Belgium during Operation Market Garden in September. Verhey was discharged in December of 1945. After the war ended, he served on Honor Guard duty for both Eisenhower and Truman.
Date: November 30, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Verhey, Nellis
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Oral History Interview with Robert Ross, November 7, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Ross. Ross joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939, and joined the Navy in August of 1942. In September he was sent to Bremerton, Washington and helped with refurbishing the USS Nevada (BB-36). In May of 1943 they participated in the capture of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. In April of 1944 they escorted convoys to the United Kingdom, and provided fire support during the Normandy invasion. They supported landings du… more
Date: November 7, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Ross, Robert
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