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Oral History Interview with Dale Fagg, February 28, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue of Dale Fagg. Fagg joined the Marine Corps in October of 1942. In Pearl Harbor he was assigned to the Marine Detachment of Admiral Chester Nimitz at Makalapa in Honolulu, and served as his personal chauffer, from 1942 to 1945. He shares numerous stories of his encounters with and work for the Admiral.
Date: February 28, 1990
Duration: 21 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Fagg, Dale
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Oral History Interview with Howard Jackel, April 30, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Jackel. Jackel served aboard the USS Portland (CA-33) beginning in 1937. During World War II, he was aboard the USS South Dakota (BB-57). He noticed a stark difference between the two crews: while the Portland’s crew were polished sailors, the South Dakota’s were fighting men; uniforms did not mean much to them. During the Night Battle of Guadalcanal, Jackel was in the main battery plotting room, taking ranges from fi… more
Date: April 30, 1990
Duration: 22 minutes
Creator: Jackel, Howard
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Oral History Interview with Ray Hunter and Howard Jackel, April 30, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rear Admiral Ray Hunter and Howard Jackel. The interview begins with Admiral Hunter’s experiences aboard USS Washington (BB-56) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Hunter served as officer of the deck, and speaks of events that occurred in company with USS South Dakota (BB-57). In the second interview, Howard Jackel shares his experiences aboard the South Dakota from January of 1942 through January of 1… more
Date: April 30, 1990
Duration: 42 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Hunter, Ray & Jackel, Howard
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Oral History Interview with Ray Hunter, April 30, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Hunter. In this interview, Hunter recounts the Night Battle of Guadalcanal, for which he served as officer of the deck on the USS Washington (BB-56), on the lookout, keeping the ship out of collision with friendly forces, and making sure that the commanding officer’s orders were carried out. The crew had been at general quarters for 12 hours before the first shots were fired. Still, everyone remained calm. At the climax … more
Date: April 30, 1990
Duration: 20 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Hunter, Ray
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Oral History Interview with Harold Buell and Warren Taylor, May 12, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Buell and Warren Taylor. Buell discusses being aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. Buell served as a Dauntless dive bomber pilot. Ingram’s (interviewer) primary interest in the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57). Ingram also interviews Warren Taylor. Taylor served as a gunnery officer aboard the South Dakota. Taylor discusses much about gunnery at sea: targeting, target spotting, plo… more
Date: May 12, 1990
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Buell, Howard & Taylor, Warren
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Oral History Interview with Bob Willig, October 4, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue by Bob Willig. Willig joined the Navy in 1942 and received basic training in Newport, Rhode Island. He went on to receive flight training in Brunswick, Maine; Charleston, South Carolina; and Yellow Water, Florida. From 1944 to 1945 he served as a flight engineer with Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 in Palau, Ulithi, and Yap. He kept a daily journal and gives detailed accounts of a typhoon, a crash landing, an engine failure, a fuel ex… more
Date: October 4, 1990
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Willig, Bob
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Oral History Interview with Jack Jacobson, January 1, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Jacobson. Jacobson was born in 1916. In 1940 he was accepted in the aviation cadet program and graduated in December 1941. He was sent to Fiji where he received additional flight training and was then sent to Guadalcanal. He describes being bombarded for over four hours one night by Japanese ships off the coast. He tells of the experiences of dropping bombs, strafing and escorting bombers during his more than 100 missio… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Jacobson, Jack
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Oral History Interview with John Brush, January 5, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Brush. Brush was assigned to serve as the Chief Engineer of the Philippine Manufacturing Company in Manila, before World War II. He and his wife traveled to Manila in May of 1941 and operated the factory until the end of December. He and his wife were taken prisoner into Santo Tomas Internment Camp in January of 1942. Brush shares details of the accommodations, building structure, atmosphere, food rations, starvation, illnes… more
Date: January 5, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Brush, John
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Oral History Interview with Prudence Burns Burrell, March 27, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Prudence Burns Burrell. Burrell was an African American woman who enlisted in the Army Reserve and served as a medical nurse in World War II. She was stationed in Australia, Java, New Guinea and the Philippines. She provides some details of her work in these areas and with the natives. She also shares experiences of racial discrimination. She completed her degree in public health at the University of Minnesota. She then served as… more
Date: March 27, 1993
Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Burrell, Prudence Burns
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Oral History Interview with Eddie Albert, May 1, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eddie Albert. Albert was born in Rock Island, Illinois on 22 April 1908 and joined the Navy in 1942. Following officer training at Cornell University, he was shipped to the South Pacific. Albert recalls spending a night in November 1943 with Lieutenant Colonel Evans Fordyce Carlson (of Carlson’s Raiders fame) in a hole during the Battle of Tarawa. After the battle he relates that he was called to Washington, DC for duties re… more
Date: May 1, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Albert, Eddie
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Oral History Interview with Martin Clemens, May 1, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Martin Clemens. Clemens was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1915 and, after attending Cambridge University, joined the British Colonial Service and was posted to Guadalcanal in 1938. After Pearl Harbor, Clemens became the only British colonial authority on Guadalcanal and, in February 1942, was assigned coast watching duties prior to the Japanese invasion in May. After the Japanese invasion, he was forced to relocate from his … more
Date: May 1, 1993
Duration: 45 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Clemens, Martin
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Oral History Interview with Sanford Hunt, May 1, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sanford Hunt. Hunt was born in Newark, New Jersey on 18 October 1915 and after graduating from high school in 1934, joined the Naval Reserve as a radioman. In October 1940 he resigned from the Navy Reserves and enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve. He was sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a radio operator, where he worked with Holland M. Smith. He was next transferred to the newly established Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and … more
Date: May 1, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 16 seconds
Creator: Hunt, Sanford
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Oral History Interview with Dick Keresey, May 3, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dick Keresey. Keresey was born in Delawana, New Jersey in 1913 and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1941. He joined the V7 Midshipman Program while at Columbia and completed training in January 1942, followed by motor torpedo boat training in Melville, Rhode Island, from which he graduated in March 1942. He served as captain of PT-105 in the Solomon Islands and recalls meeting John F. Kennedy, when Kennedy, as captain o… more
Date: May 3, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Keresey, Dick
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Oral History Interview with Gerald Martel, May 3, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral monologue with Gerald Martel. Martel was born in Massachusetts and joined the Army in the spring of 1941. He was assigned to the 182nd Infantry Regiment as a machine gunner and headed for Australia. His unit comprised the Americal Division when it was formed. Martel went to Guadalcanal and Leyte. He eventually was pulled from the ranks and put into special services where he performed for GI audiences. Sometimes, he opened before other cele… more
Date: May 3, 1993
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Martel, Gerlad
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Oral History Interview with Norman Hatch, May 3, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Norman Hatch. Hatch was born in Boston in 1921. Following graduation from high school in 1939, he joined the Marine Corps. He volunteered for an English instructor billet at the Marine Corps Institute in Washington, DC. After six months he left for an editorial position at Leatherneck Magazine. Soon thereafter, he took a position at the Office of Information in the Office of Naval Operations, where he assisted in putting out… more
Date: May 3, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Hatch, Norman
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Oral History Interview with David Richardson, May 4, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by 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, 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, the So… more
Date: May 4, 1993
Duration: 47 minutes
Creator: Richardson, David
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Oral History Interview with George DeLong, August 1, 1993

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral presentation given by George DeLong in 1993. DeLong tells of joining the Navy in January 1941 and of being on the battleship Oklahoma (BB-37) during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He describes the ship turning over and his being trapped, along with 32 other shipmates for one and a half days. DeLong describes the struggle to stay alive before being rescued and spending time in the hospital. He discusses causes of the war with Japan, a… more
Date: August 1, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 28 seconds
Creator: DeLong, George
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Oral History Interview with James Donovan, September 9, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Donovan. In January 1943 Donovan served as a member of the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division as it joined the ongoing battle at Guadalcanal. His unit was withdrawn in February to New Zealand, and after recuperating from widespread malaria, his battalion landed at Tarawa on the day after the initial landing. After Tarawa, Donovan recalls that members of his battalion were put ashore by the USS Nautilus onto the N… more
Date: September 9, 1994
Duration: 46 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Donovan, James
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Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with E. B. Potter. Potter was attached to the Intelligence Section of the 14th Naval District in Oahu during World War II. He graduated with an English degree from the University of Richmond in 1929. He completed an advanced degree in English at the University of Chicago, and during this time the war broke out in Europe. He applied for and received a commission in the Navy. Potter was sent to the Naval Academy as a reservist to teach … more
Date: October 8, 1994
Duration: 41 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Potter, E. B. & Marcello, Ronald E.
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Oral History Interview with Douglas Hubbard, November 14, 1994

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue with Douglas Hubbard. Hubbard recalls several events surrounding the recovery of the artifacts from various Pacific battlefield areas during the 1971-72 time period. His father, Doug, Sr., served as museum director in 1971, and during that time Hubbard, Jr. was serving in Vietnam with the US Naval Intelligence Command. Through his numerous travels through New Guinea and other Pacific Islands, Hubbard identified remaining artifacts that… more
Date: November 14, 1994
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Hubbard, Douglas
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Oral History Interview with Jim Woods, March 7, 1995

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue by Jim Woods. Woods joined the Marine Corps in January of 1943. He served with the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, participating in the Bougainville Campaign in November of 1943, the Battle of Guam in 1944, landing on Emirau Island, the Okinawa Campaign in April of 1945 and landing on Japan on 30 August 1945. After Bougainville, the Raiders were disbanded and Woods joined the 4th Marine Regiment for the remainder of his service. He provid… more
Date: March 7, 1995
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Woods, Jim
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Oral History Interview with George McColm, March 18, 1995

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George McColm. McColm was born on a farm in Kansas in 1911. In 1928, he was selected to go to Washington, DC where he met President Herbert Hoover and his wife. Graduating from Kansas State College in Manhattan in 1935 he began studying terrain, weather and demand in crop growing. He tells of recognition and honors he received in the agricultural field. Soon after the war with Japan began, he was offered a commission in the … more
Date: March 18, 1995
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: McColm, George L.
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Oral History Interview with Tex Hill, Joe Robert and Dick Rossi, June 17, 1996

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents oral interviews with Tex Hill, Joe Robert and Dick Rossi. Hill and Burken go into great detail regarding an issue of LIFE Magazine with a picture of General Claire Lee Chennault on the cover and a drawing of a panda bear dressed like a cowboy, as Hill was a member of the Panda Bear squadron of the Flying Tigers. Burken then visits with Joe Robert about a print that Joe is looking to sell and a LIFE Magazine that Joe is featured in, sitting on the … more
Date: June 17, 1996
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Hill, Tex; Robert, Joe & Rossi, Dick
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Oral History Interview with Arthur E. Owen, September 11, 1996

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Owen. Owen enlisted in the Marine Corps in May 1941. After boot camp in San Diego, he was assigned to the Marine Detachment at San Clemente Island, California. After he was there for a year, they transferred him to Camp Elliott in San Diego where he became part of the 2nd Marine Division. In Oct 1942, they sailed for New Zealand and additional training. They made several practice landings and then invaded Tarawa on No… more
Date: September 11, 1996
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Owen, Arthur E.
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