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[Carlotta Mellon Interviewed by G. Morris]

Description: Sound recording of Carlotta Herman Mellon being interviewed by G. Morris.
Date: June 17, 1983
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Carlotta Herman Mellon Interviewed by G. Morris

Description: Sound recording of Carlotta Herman Mellon being interviewed by G. Morris.
Date: June 17, 1983
Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with William Starke, July 17, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Starke. Starke joined the Army Air Forces in March of 1942. He completed flight training and graduated at Williams Field, Arizona, in July of 1943 as a P-38 pilot. He provides details of his flight training and the various planes he flew. In November he traveled to Guadalcanal and joined the 44th Fighter Squadron, 13th Air Force. Starke served as a P-38 Lightning pilot and completed 121 missions throughout the Pacific, in… more
Date: July 17, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Starke, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Hyak, April 17, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Hyak. Hyak joined the Army Air Corps in August 1940 and received clerical training at Fort Logan. He received glider pilot training in Roswell. Upon completion, he was assigned to the 477th Bomb Group, where he served as a technical clerk assisting the first sergeant. In November 1942 he went to England, where he kept maintenance records and ran troubleshooting for the bomb group as an engineer clerk specialist. He re… more
Date: April 17, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Hyak, Edward
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Cwalino, October 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Cwalino. Cwalino joined the Navy in 1943. He served as a Gunner’s Mate aboard USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) through the ship’s decommissioning in August of 1946. They traveled to Iwo Jima, Tarawa and to the Philippines, escorting carriers and covering landings with naval gunfire. Cwalino was discharged in late 1946.
Date: October 17, 2003
Duration: 18 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Cwalino, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Robert Strehle, October 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Strehle. Strehle joined the Navy in November 1942. He was sent to school to become a torpedoman and then joined the commissioning crew of USS David W. Taylor (DD-551). Strehle describes depth charging and sinking a Japanese submarine. He describes how depth charges functioned and how they were deployed. Strehle discusses the ship hitting a mine and the damage control performed. He volunteered to go into the damaged ar… more
Date: October 17, 2003
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Strehle, Robert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Vincent J. Colan, October 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vincent J. Colan. Born in 1914, he joined the Naval Militia in New York in 1932 on his eighteenth birthday. In January 1941, he was transferred to a destroyer, the USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156), which was part of the Banana Fleet that protected the Panama Canal. He shares an anecdote about learning of the attack on Pearl Harbor while on liberty in Panama. For eleven months, the destroyer escorted ships from Guantanamo to Pana… more
Date: October 17, 2003
Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Colan, Vincent J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Larry Caid, November 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Larry Caid. Caid joined the Army in September of 1944. He served as a light machine gun specialist with the 33rd Infantry Division. He arrived in the Philippines in February of 1945, participating in the Battle of Luzon and the liberation of the islands. He served on occupation duty in Honshu, Japan after the war ended. He was discharged in 1946, though continued his service in the Reserves, retiring as a colonel in the Field Art… more
Date: November 17, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Caid, Larry
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with William Dillon, October 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Dillon. Dillon entered the Navy in April 1942 before finishing high school. After basic training in Rhode Island, he went to radio operator school in New York City. From there, Dillon volunteered for submarines and headed for training in Connecticut. He was then assigned to the USS Sailfish (SS-192) in January 1943. Dillon shares several anecdotes of his time aboard the Sailfish during various war patrols with a lot … more
Date: October 17, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Dillon, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Ward, October 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Ward. Ward joined the Navy in June of 1940. He served aboard USS President Adams (APA-19) as a Higgins Boat Coxswain. They deployed to Guadalcanal, landing Marine forces ashore. He later served in a boat pool ashore in the vicinity of Henderson Field. In September of 1942, Ward served in the Gunnery Department aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3), working as a hot shell man. Ward was aboard the Saratoga during the Guadalcanal Campaign… more
Date: October 17, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Ward, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Cyril Conn, June 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Cyril Conn. Conn joined the Army Air Forces in May of 1942. He served as an aircraft mechanic with the 27th Air Depot Group. From May of 1943 through the fall of 1945, he was stationed in New Guinea. Conn was discharged in November of 1945.
Date: June 17, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Conn, Cyril
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jack Butler, January 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jack Butler. Butler joined the Army in March of 1943. He volunteered to join the paratroopers and completed jump school in Fort Benning, Georgia. In June of 1944 he traveled to Sicily. In August he was assigned to Head Quarters Company 509th, Parachute Infantry Regiment. They traveled to Naples where he served in a machine gun squad. They moved on to southern France, then on to Belgium where their job was to hold a cross road in … more
Date: January 17, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Butler, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with George Reed, December 17, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Reed. Reed was born in Alice, Texas on 28 August 1922. Prior to joining the US Army Air Corps in 1942, he participated in the Civilian Pilot Training program. Upon entering the Air Corps he was sent to California and after testing, he was selected for pilot training. He tells of the various phases of flight training and the types of aircraft he flew. After graduating and receiving his wings, he was sent to Albuquerque… more
Date: December 17, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Reed, George
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Margaret Zarzanello, May 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Margaret Zarzanello. Zarzanello graduated from St. Mayfield Nursing School in 1944, and joined the Navy. She was stationed in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island where she worked in hospitals discharging patients. She was recalled again during the Korean War. Zarzanello shares her experiences during training, enlisting, her family and working as a nurse.
Date: May 17, 2002
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Zarzanello, Margaret
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Richard Roper, March 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Roper. Roper was born in Atchison, Kansas in 1922. He left college in 1941 and joined the United States Marine Corps. Upon completing boot camp he was sent to Parris Island and assigned to heavy artillery of the 5th Defense Battalion. He landed on Funafuti in the Ellice Islands on 2 October 1941. The only contact with the outside world was with a Navy boat that would come from Samoa weekly. He remembers there were tw… more
Date: March 17, 2002
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Roper, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Floyd Loomis, October 17, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Floyd Loomis. Loomis joined the Navy in March of 1940. He served as Fireman Second-Class aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48) and deployed to Pearl Harbor. He then transferred to the USS New Orleans (CA-32). They were moored in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. In February of 1942, he was transferred to Treasure Island, in California, placing a converted yacht into commission. They completed patrol missions between Diamond… more
Date: October 17, 2001
Duration: 57 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Loomis, Floyd
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Allen Faust, December 17, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Allen Faust. Faust graduated from the Naval Academy in 1936. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor, along with his wife who worked at the Office of Naval Intelligence. He then completed Submarine School at the Naval Submarine Base in New London. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Faust took command of USS R-7 (SS-84), an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine, conducting anti-submarine patrols in the shipping lanes between Bermud… more
Date: December 17, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Faust, Allen
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Skirvin, February 17, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Skirvin. Skirvin was born on a farm in Iowa on 26 January 1922. He dropped out of school after the eighth grade to work on the farm. In 1942 he was drafted into the Army and spent six week of infantry basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. He then went to Fort Bliss, Texas where he was assigned to the Troop G, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He recalls training as cavalry with horses until early 1943 wh… more
Date: February 17, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Skirvin, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Spangler, June 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Spangler. Spangler joined the Marine Corps in January 1942. He went through basic training at Paris Island and describes his experiences. Spangler was sent to radio school and joined an artillery unit. He deployed to Guadalcanal and operated a Pack 75mm howitzer. Spangler discusses receiving Thanksgiving during the battle for Bougainville. He also talks about his experiences during the invasion of Guam including an o… more
Date: June 17, 2003
Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Spangler, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with John Wilhelm, September 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Wilhelm. Wilhelm joined the Navy in April of 1944. He served as a Gunner’s Mate aboard USS El Dorado (AGC-11) from August of 1944 through August 1945. They served as a communications ship through the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Wilhelm was discharged in 1946.
Date: September 17, 2003
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Wilhelm, John
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Raymond Mnichowicz, September 17, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Raymond Mnichowicz. Mnichowicz was born in Chicago, Illinois on 10 November 1927. He joined the US Navy in 1944 and attended boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Following boot camp he was assigned to the engine room of the USS Pochard (AM-375). He tells of the ship being involved in the laying of smokescreens and minesweeping operations prior to the invasion of Okinawa and of the shooting down of Japanese aircra… more
Date: September 17, 2004
Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Mnichowicz, Raymond
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Salvatore Rascati, September 17, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Salvatore Rascati. Rascati was born in New Haven, Connecticut on 12 May 1925. Entering the Navy in 1943 he attended boot camp at Sampson, New York. He then attended electrical school for four months followed by several months of training at the motion picture technical school in Brooklyn, New York. He was then assigned to the USS El Dorado (AGC-11). In 1944 the ship went to Guam at which time Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turn… more
Date: September 17, 2003
Duration: 16 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Rascati, Salvatore
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Eugene Conklin, March 17, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene Conklin. Conklin was born on 4 December 1923 in Chanute, Kansas. After graduating from high school he attended junior college and participated in the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he entered the Naval Aviator Cadet program. After taking primary training at Norman, Oklahoma he was sent to Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Texas for advanced training. Upon graduation he… more
Date: March 17, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Conklin, Eugene
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Schuck, June 17, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Schuck. Schuck joined the Army Corps of Engineers in 1943. He completed Officer Candidate School and was assigned to the Engineer Aviation Training Detachment. He learned how to build roads and airports. Schuck was a platoon commander in the 1902nd Engineer Aviation Battalion. In the spring of 1945 they traveled to Ie Shima and completed work on an airfield. Schuck describes his work and experiences on this island, as wel… more
Date: June 17, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Schuck, Kenneth
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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